Grasshoppers vs Young Boys Prediction: Expect a close match in favor of Young Boys

In this round of the Swiss Super League, match 17 takes place at Letzigrund Stadion and features Grasshoppers taking on Young Boys. Both Young Boys and Grasshoppers won their final league matches before the World Cup. Young Boys prevailed over Luzern, and Grasshoppers prevailed over Basel.

Grasshopper's previous games resulted in a win over Rheindorf Altach and a loss to FC Augsburg, as well as a draw against Luzern and a draw against VfL Bochum 1848. Grasshopper won two games against FC Schaffhausen and Rheindorf Altach. Grasshopper was only able to score two goals while allowing five goals against them. During the current league season, Grasshopper has scored 1.75 goals on average in every game they have played. In terms of disciplinary action, the team playing at home was issued a total of 40 yellow cards and 3 red cards, which equates to an average of 11.13 fouls committed per game. The average rating for Grasshopper's team is 6.65 points per game.

Young Boys comes into this encounter having won three of their previous five matches against Luzern, Puskás, and Thun, losing one to Darmstadt 98, and drawing with Vaduz. The team had nine goals scored while only allowing three against them. When playing away from home, Young Boys tallied an average of 2.19 goals scored while only allowing 0.56 goals against. There were 34 yellow cards and 3 red cards handed out to the team, while there were a total of 215 fouls committed. Young Boys team has a rating of 6.7 overall, on average, for each game.

During the past seasons, Grasshopper and Young Boys have competed against one another 63 times, with Grasshopper claiming victory in 18 of those games and Young Boys claiming victory in 31 of those games. There were a total of 14 games that were decided by a draw. In those matchups between the two teams, Grasshopper scored 85 goals, while Young Boys managed to score 121. Both clubs are known to put in strong efforts, and we anticipate that Young Boys will emerge victorious from this match.