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St. Gallen vs Grasshoppers Prediction & Betting tips
The sports commentator Matthias Hüppi surprisingly took over the presidency at FC St. Gallen in December. This reacted to the club on the negative trend. At this time, the eastern Swiss were on the sixth place in the table. Since then, the wind has turned in the Espenmoos – the St. Gallen won the last four games and currently occupy the third place. The gap to Basel has even melted down to three points! The Zurich residents also have prominent Swiss leaders. Murat Yakin – with his brother Hakan – has been coaching the Grasshoppers since August. Nevertheless, there was no noticeable change in Zurich, after all, GC is immersed in the middle of the league. Only four points have been won in the last five games. In order for this trend to change, Zurich residents in Eastern Switzerland would have to win. The odds on such a tip are almost in the 3-range. This is not surprising since GC’s last point win in Sankt Gallen is already three years ago.
St. Gallen:
Apart from the duel for the title between the Young Boys and Basel, not much is said about Swiss football. Almost unnoticed, the eastern Swiss team from St. Gallen climbed to third place, thanks to four wins in the last four games. The gap to second place is currently only three points! The away win in Basel ushered in this phase, but no one thought that St. Gallen will lay down such a winning streak. Likewise, the bookmakers did not expect this, the betting odds are impressive: against Basel, odds of up to 15 could be achieved. Likewise with the clear victories against Lugano and Lausanne one could triple its employment – with a tip on Sankt Gallen. I am convinced that Sankt Gallen will win again at home. After all, the Eastern Swiss won the last four direct duels in Kybunpark against the Hoppers.
In the first round the situation looked much worse. That’s why in December Matthias Hüppi was wooed by the Swiss radio and television. The native of Eastern Switzerland and football commentator took over the office of President. Before this change, the club lost six of the last eight games of the first round. In this phase, the Eastern Swiss also dueled in the quarter-finals of the Cup against the Bernese Young Boys for the semi-finals. Assale scored in the 13th minute for the lead for the Bernese. In the second half, the Ivorian doubled, securing YB’s semi-final. The St. Gallen can only save their season with the championship. The second place and thus a possible Champions League qualification would be a novelty for the club.
Grasshoppers:
For the Grasshoppers, the back-round balance sheet looks very different. The Zurich team has only won two games so far in 2018. Against Sion, GC won an important victory away to start the second half of the season. Also in Zurich derby the Hoppers had more luck and got the three points. Although the city rivals had more of the game, the Yakin team saved the tight lead over time. Bad looked three days later in the Cup semi-final. The city of Zurich was again presented a derby, the Hoppers this time could not hold the lead. The FC Zurich turned on and scored two goals to the final score of 2: 1. The second goal fell in the 91st minute and put the followers of the city Zurich in Ektase. Since then, the Grasshoppers are in crisis.
In the home game against Lausanne managed the Zurich no goal, so they had to share the points with the Vaud. Also against the Young Boys was not enough. In the second half in Bern dominated the home team and secured the victory. This puts the Hoppers 17 points behind the leaders. Also Basel and St. Gallen are already too far away. Rather, the Hoppers should orient themselves down and keep an eye on the distance to the relegation zone. Currently, Thun has seven points less in the account and takes the last place.
Also in this game Yakin will not be able to coach on the sidelines. The former GC player made a verbal slip against the referee team and cashed for a suspension of three games. Nevertheless, the team will be optimally prepared, if this is enough for a point win, I doubt it. After all, the match takes place in Sankt Gallen and the home team won the last direct duel.
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