On the 5th of November, St. Gallen will host Grasshopper at Kybunpark in a clash of the Super League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. St. Gallen sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Winterthur. Nishan Burkart scored the first goal for Winterthur in the 22nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, St. Gallen couldn’t muster any offence and Winterthur ran away with the shutout win. St. Gallen is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Grasshopper recorded a 1-3 loss against Luzern. Dejan Sorgic struck first for Luzern in the 9th minute, then Marco Burch added another in the 23rd minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
Grasshopper and St. Gallen last played eachother at the Stadion Letzigrund on Aug 6th. Grasshopper was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Emmanuel Latte Lath struck first for St. Gallen in the 5th minute, then Fabian Schubert added another in the 12th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 69th minute on a goal by Tsiy William Ndenge to cap off a wild match.
Both Hayao Kawabe and Guilherme Schettine have been the hottest scorers for Grasshopper in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. St. Gallen’s most prolific scorer has been Chadrac Akolo. The midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.