Zürich 1-1 Grasshopper: Draw after A. Marchesano missed a penalty

ZüRICH. Grasshopper and Zürich draw 1-1. G. Morandi scored the first goal (50') for Grasshopper. F. Aliti settled the score 1-1 (81').

ZüRICH. Grasshopper and Zürich draw 1-1. G. Morandi scored the first goal (50′) for Grasshopper. F. Aliti settled the score 1-1 (81′). Zürich was far superior when it came to possession ball (64%)​

A. Marchesano missed a decisive penalty (28′). That would have allowed Zürich to win the match.​

A. Marchesano missed 1 penalty (28′) for ​Zürich.

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Sandro Schärer who was helped by Stéphane De Almeida and Bekim Zogaj. The 4th official was Nico Gianforte. The weather was snow. The temperature was quite cold around 0.4 degrees Celsius or 32.76 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 91%.​

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  Zürich

  1

  

  Grasshopper

  1

  2 Apr 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Zürich was in firm control of the ball 64% while Grasshopper was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Zürich was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Zürich to win the match​.

Zürich shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Grasshopper shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Zürich received 3 yellow cards (N. Boranijasevic, B. Dzemaili and A. Coric). On the other side, Grasshopper received 4 yellow cards (D. Schmid, M. K. Sene, D. Kacuri and N. Loosli).

After this match, Zürich will have 62 points to stay in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Grasshopper will have 27 points to stay in the 8th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Super League match, Zürich will play away with Servette on the 10th of April with a 9-7 head to head statistic in favor of Servette (3 draws).

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  Servette

  1

  

  Zürich

  0

  10 Apr 2022 Full time

Grasshopper will host Luzern on the 9th of April with a 19-18 head to head record in favor of Grasshopper (17 draws).

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  Grasshopper

  2

  

  Luzern

  2

  9 Apr 2022 Full time

Zürich: Formation and Lineups

Zürich started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager André Breitenreiter chose to play with the following team: Yanick Brecher (6.4), Bećir Omeragić (6.4), Karol Mets (7.0), Fidan Aliti (7.6), Ousmane Doumbia (6.8), Nikola Boranijašević (7.1), Blerim Džemaili (7.4), Antonio Marchesano (6.9), Adriá Guerrero (7.1), Blaž Kramer (6.7) and Wilfried Gnonto (7.0).

Zürich could not rely on the presence of B. Krasniqi (injured).

Substitutes

Zürich made 5 changes: D. Gnonto for T. Aiyegun (60′), A. Marchesano for B. Krasniqi (60′), B. Kramer for A. Ceesay (60′), O. Doumbia for A. Coric (76′) and N. Boranijasevic for F. Rohner (76′).

Top player: Fidan Aliti

Probably the most impressive player in Zürich was Fidan Aliti.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 36 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Grasshopper: Formation and Lineups

Grasshopper started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

On the other side, Giorgio Contini played with: André Moreira (7.8), Allan Arigoni (6.8), Noah Loosli (7.2), Ayumu Seko (6.6), Bendegúz Bolla (7.0), Christián Herc (6.2), Hayao Kawabe (7.0), Dominik Schmid (6.5), Giotto Morandi (7.8), Mamadou Kaly Sene (6.1) and Francis Momoh (7.3).

Grasshopper could not rely on the presence of D. Kacuri (injured).

Substitutes

Grasshopper made 4 changes: D. Schmid for E. Lenjani (74′), F. Momoh for D. Kacuri (74′), M. K. Sene for E. Rastoder (79′) and G. Morandi for N. Da Silva (79′).

Best player: André Moreira

The player that probably impressed the most for Grasshopper was the goalkeeper: André Moreira. His rating is 7.83. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League

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  Sion

  0

  

  St. Gallen

  3

  2 Apr 2022 Full time