GolVolt — Zürich vs Grasshopper: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Attack

Zürich score 2.8 goals per match

Zürich2.8 Grasshopper1.0

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Grasshopper score 1.0.

Last time

Last meeting, 5 September: Grasshopper – Zürich 2:2

WLWWWD

Zürich are unbeaten in the last 4 meetings.

Streak

Zürich unbeaten in 6 matches

DWDWWW

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 4 wins and 2 draws. Last defeat: 1 September, 2:4 against Young Boys.

Defence

Grasshopper concede 2.8 goals per match

Zürich1.6 Grasshopper2.8

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Zürich concede 1.6.

Streak

Zürich have scored in 9 matches in a row

LWLDWDWWW

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 22 goals in those matches.

Player in form

Philippe Paulin Keny: 5 goals in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG3.84

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 3.8).

Players to watch

Super League, this season.

Umeh Emmanuel

Zürich · midfielder

6goals 3assists 7.17avg rating

Last match, Young Boys: 2 goals, rating 8.4.

Samuel Sebastian Krasniqi

Grasshopper · forward

2goals 2assists 7.12avg rating

Last match, Vaduz: rating 7.5.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Zürich at home and Grasshopper away, as in this match.

Zürich

at home · 10

6W0D4L1.7scored per match1.6conceded per match

Grasshopper

away · 10

3W2D5L1.2scored per match2.1conceded per match

Head to head

9 meetings since 2024. The last 5 below.

Last time · 5 Sep 2026 · Super League Grasshopper 2:2 Zürich Krasniqi 58' · Pllana 90+6' · Spadanuda 54' · Emmanuel 80'

3wins

1 draw2.8 goals per match · both scored in 3 of 5

1wins

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Zürich (4-1-4-1, last: Young Boys) · Grasshopper (3-4-3, last: Vaduz).

Official around 17:00, Sat 12 Dec

SHHuber SWWalker AHHack LKKamberi DLLichtenstein LSSchödler UEEmmanuel MRReichmuth LCComenencia KSSpadanuda PKKeny JHHammel BPPllana YBBettkober NRRissi SSStroscio AAAbrashi MGGibelalde ÓMMues YLLee SKKrasniqi KGGoudmijn

ZürichGrasshopper

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

What this match changes in the season Derby

Zürich and Grasshopper are rivals.

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Volt matchup

47.0 37.4