In a mid week match in week 35, on Thu May 19th, St. Gallen and Grasshopper will play a match in Zürich in a clash of these two evenly matched Super League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Grasshopper is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Basel. Brayan Riascos struck first for Grasshopper in the 51st minute, then Sebastiano Esposito tied it up for Basel in the 84th minute earning them at least the one point. Grasshopper looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while 5th placed St. Gallen is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Young Boys. Meschack Elia scored the first goal for Young Boys in the 7th minute, but Jeremy Bruno Guillemenot got the equalizer for St. Gallen in the 51st minute. St. Gallen should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
On Feb 27th, St. Gallen hosted Grasshopper at the Kybunpark in their last match together. St. Gallen won by a score of 2 to 0. Julian Vonmoos struck first for St. Gallen in the 7th minute on a feed from Bastien Toma, then Duah added another in the 66th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Grasshopper couldn’t manage to score, and St. Gallen took the shutout win.
Fazliji has been the most prolific scorer on St. Gallen in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. Léo Bonatini has been the most prolific scorer on Grasshopper in his last five matches with two goals.