In a weekend match on Sat Feb 4th, in week 19, Grasshopper hosts Basel at Stadion Letzigrund in a meeting of these two evenly matched Super League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 7th placed Grasshopper is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Lugano. Hayao Kawabe struck first for Grasshopper in the 42nd minute, then Ignacio Aliseda tied it up for Lugano in the 88th minute earning Lugano at least a draw. Grasshopper looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while basel sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Luzern. Mohamed Amdouni struck first for Basel in the 17th minute, then in the 60th minute, Ismajl Beka sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Pascal Schürpf But luckily in the 89th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka. Basel looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
On the 12th of November, Grasshopper hosted Basel in their last match together. Grasshopper was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Renat Dadaşov struck first for Grasshopper in the 34th minute on a feed from Tsiy William Ndenge, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Basel couldn’t muster any offence and Grasshopper ran away with the shutout win.
Mohamed Amdouni has been the most prolific scorer on Basel in his last 5 matches with three goals. Giotto Morandi and Filipe De Carvalho Ferreira are the top scorers for Grasshopper in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.