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Zurich vs Grasshoppers Prediction & Betting tips
The second derby in a row is about to hit Zurich. At the weekend, Zurich’s two biggest football clubs met in the Super League. Jeffren shot the Hoppers already in the 16th minute in the lead. After that, the city of Zurich started relentlessly. However, the 12,300 spectators saw no second goal. The Grasshopper Club Zurich impressed above all with his dueling behavior.
The FC Zurich came to ten corner balls, which caused little Torgefahr. In today’s game, the two teams are facing each other again, but the city Zurich have the right of home. Nevertheless, this cup game will take place in Letzigrund. The bookmakers see FC Zurich as their favorite in the match. We believe that there will be no winner after 90 minutes. The odds on such a tip are in the 3.50er range. The main tip in this article is towards fewer hits. For bets under 2.5 goals, odds of 2.10 are available for the sports weather.
FC Zurich:
The defeat at the weekend has changed a lot. In the table, the Zurich have slipped to fourth place. However, the teams split only three points in places three to seven. Thus, the placement can change significantly after each round. In addition, a defeat in the derby of the team is increasing more and more. In addition, the new coach Magnin celebrated a bad debut. Certainly the city Zurich were the better team in the game. Nevertheless, neither Dwamena nor Frey could score a goal. In today’s cup game both have another opportunity to do so. Both strikers scored six goals this season. Thus, the two are the top scorer of the city Zurich. In general, the FC Zurich meets too little in the opponent’s goal. Only Lugano and taillight FC Sion scored fewer goals.
Today’s game is about a lot. The cup is the last chance to win a cup this year. In the championship the FCZ has 20 points behind the Bernese Young Boys. Thus, the Zurich fight only for the qualifying places for the Europa League. In the 2015/16 season, the Zurich won their last title. In the cup final they sat down in the Letzigrund 1-0. In this year’s edition, Zurich had a very easy way into the semi-finals. Only in the quarterfinals waited the first super-league. Against Thun the FCZ was up to the 85th minute with 1: 3 back. Within five minutes the inhabitants of Zurich equalized the game. Michael Frey caused with his goal in the third Nachspielminute for the sensation. However, fewer than 5,000 spectators saw this Zurich catching up live in the stadium.
Grasshoppers:
The Hoppers won the derby 1-0. Jeffren met early in the game in the gate of the “guests”. After that, Yakin’s players no longer had many offensive scenes. Only twice did GC bring the ball to the opposing goal. Especially in the second half, the Hoppers were busy with defensive work. Despite everything, GC took the three points. With that they closed pointwise to Lucerne. The Zurich continue to occupy the seventh place in the table. However, the gap to third place is only three points. Thus, the team is still in the race for the European qualifying places.
The Grasshoppers’ way into the semi-final was not very demanding. The first two rounds won the Zurich clearly against unterklassige teams. In the game against Romontois, it was even double digits (10: 0). A round later, the Zurich sat down 1-0 in the second round against Lausanne. In the quarterfinals a winner was found in Ticino only on penalties. The derby success of the Hoppers are optimally prepared for today’s game. We expect GC to be even more defensive than at the weekend. In the freezing temperatures, they will delay the game and wait for counterattack.
Zurich vs Grasshoppers head to head matches
25.02.18 SL Grasshoppers Zurich 1 : 0
21.10.17 SL Zurich Grasshoppers 0 : 4
23.07.17 SL Grasshoppers Zurich 0 : 2
19.04.16 SL Zurich Grasshoppers 1 : 1
13.03.16 SL Grasshoppers Zurich 4 : 2