Grasshoppers vs FC ST. Gallen: Preview & Prediction

Grasshoppers

Preview

18:30

FC ST. Gallen

9/2/2026

Super League · Round 6Letzigrund Stadion

Big match

39%

FC ST. Gallen

model favours

38%23%39%

FC ST. Gallen have scored in 15 games running

brightest fact of this match

1–1

likely score

64%

over 2.5 goals

66%

both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 10+ matches

Grasshoppers38%

×Draw23%

FC ST. Gallen39%

✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

48.6%

Always home

43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

GrasshoppersExpected goals in this matchFC ST. Gallen

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

1.64

1.68

Grasshoppers

1.64

FC ST. Gallen

1.68

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 12 home / 10 away

1.32

creates per match

1.61

1.74

allows per match

1.95

creates per match

Grasshoppers

1.32

FC ST. Gallen

1.61

allows per match

Grasshoppers

1.74

FC ST. Gallen

1.95

+0.51scores more than expected

finishing

+0.49scores more than expected

finishing

Grasshoppers+0.51scores more

FC ST. Gallen+0.49scores more

Total goals

Over64
Under36

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes66
No34

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Grasshoppers ↓

FC ST. Gallen →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–04%

0–16%

0–25%

0–33%

0–41%

1

1–06%

1–110%

1–28%

1–35%

1–42%

2

2–05%

2–18%

2–27%

2–34%

2–42%

3

3–03%

3–14%

3–24%

3–32%

3–41%

4

4–01%

4–12%

4–22%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

96%4%1.5

84%16%2.5

64%36%3.5

42%58%4.5

24%76%

Double chance

Grasshoppers or draw

61%

Grasshoppers or FC ST. Gallen

77%

Draw or FC ST. Gallen

62%

Winning margin

Grasshoppers wins by 2+

19%

FC ST. Gallen wins by 2+

20%

Team goals

Grasshoppers 1+ goals

81%

Grasshoppers 2+ goals

49%

Grasshoppers 3+ goals

23%

FC ST. Gallen 1+ goals

81%

FC ST. Gallen 2+ goals

50%

FC ST. Gallen 3+ goals

24%

Draw no bet

Grasshoppers (draw refunded)

49%

FC ST. Gallen (draw refunded)

51%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

56%

Both score & under 3

10%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Grasshoppers at home — creates 1.32, concedes 1.74 · 12 matches

FC ST. Gallen away — creates 1.61, concedes 1.95 · 10 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Grasshoppers attack 1.32 + FC ST. Gallen defence 1.95 → ÷2 → 1.64

FC ST. Gallen attack 1.61 + Grasshoppers defence 1.74 → ÷2 → 1.68

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 39%?"

Grasshoppers scores more

38%

level

23%

FC ST. Gallen scores more

39%

FC ST. Gallen at 39% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

injuries & suspensions
the matchday lineup
motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
weather & pitch condition
in-game coaching decisions

So 39% does not mean "FC ST. Gallen will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Match Insights

Grasshoppers score first in only 17% of matches
Both teams score in 87% of FC ST. Gallen’s matches
73% of FC ST. Gallen’s matches go over 2.5 goals
FC ST. Gallen score first in 60% of matches
Style contrast — Grasshoppers play Direct / counter-attacking, FC ST. Gallen Attack-heavy
22% of FC ST. Gallen’s goals come in the first 15 minutes