On the 20th of March, Grasshopper hosts Basel in a meeting of these two Super League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Grasshopper is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Luzern. Léo Bonatini struck first for Luzern on an own goal in the 2nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Grasshopper couldn’t muster any offence and Luzern ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while basel is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Servette. Chipperfield struck first for Basel in the 69th minute, then Ádám Szalai added another in the 88th minute In the end, Servette was frustrated by Basel’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Basel ended the match with the shutout victory. Basel is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
Grasshopper and Basel last played eachother at the St. Jakob-park on Dec 19th. Basel and Grasshopper battled to a 2-2 draw. Valentin Stocker scored the first goal for Basel in the 45th minute, then Hayao Kawabe tied it up for Grasshopper in the 54th minute .
Basel’s top weapon lately has been Fedor Chalov, who has three goals in the last five matches. Bendegúz Bolla and Georg Margreitter are the top scorers for Grasshopper in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.