- Lausanne-Sports have won four of their last five Super League matches.
- Grasshopper Club Zurich have lost four of their last five Super League games.
- Lausanne-Sports have won two of their last three home games.
Form guides favor Lausanne-Sports
Lausanne-Sports head into Saturday’s home game against Grasshopper Club Zurich in the ascendancy after a run of four wins and one draw from their last five Super League fixtures. Peter Zeidler’s side are now on a three-game winning streak in the competition that includes a 1-3 away win at Young Boys and a 1-0 away win over Servette.
Standing seventh in the Super League standings with 27 points from 20 matches, the Lausanne-Sports vs Grasshopper Club Zurich prediction puts the hosts in a solid mid-table position that their manager has promised them throughout the campaign. Zeidler’s proactive, high-tempo, gegenpressing system sees his players prioritize quick vertical transitions and central overloads as the route to control and dominate midfield battles, which should suit the fixture against a more wide, wing-back-based Grasshopper side.
Grasshopper have lost back-to-back home games to St. Gallen (1-2) and Thun (1-3), and have now lost four of their last five, leaving them second from bottom in the Super League with just 17 points from 20 fixtures. Gerald Scheiblehner’s side play a dynamic, vertical, transitional game that relies on the width of the wing-backs and direct play to stretch the opposition and create chances.
Back the hosts to win
This Lausanne-Sports vs Grasshopper Club Zurich preview suggests the clash of styles should be interesting as Lausanne’s narrow, aggressive midfield system looks to contain Grasshopper’s wide overloading wing-back system. The hosts are the form favourites for a reason and with odds of 1.8, while the visitors are as high as 3.95 and the draw 3.8, it is obvious that they are not the preferred selection here.
Although Grasshopper won the last head-to-head 3-1 at home four months ago, the recent history of this fixture has been very tight with one win each and three draws from the last five meetings in the Super League. Our Lausanne-Sports vs Grasshopper Club Zurich prediction is that Lausanne’s current form and superiority in structure and tactics should see them through this game, so we are going with the home side to get all three points here.
Luke Plange has hit form for Grasshopper with four goals in his last five Super League appearances to provide a little spark for the underperforming side. Thelonius Bair is Lausanne’s top scorer with six goals in 14 Super League matches and the striker has the clinical touch to take his chances in this match. These Lausanne-Sports vs Grasshopper Club Zurich betting tips also point to over 2.5 goals at 1.62 given the attacking intent of both teams and their respective defensive deficiencies.
Lausanne-Sports have won four, drawn two and lost four of their ten home Super League matches this season. They score an average of 2.00 goals per home match and concede 1.70, while Grasshopper Club Zurich have won just two, drawn two and lost six of their ten Super League away matches, conceding 21 goals on the road.
