Grasshoppers take on the visitors KR Reykjavik in the second leg of qualifying matchup in Europa League. The match will be played on Thursday, July 21st in Zurich. The first leg ended with outstanding 3-3 draw.
Grasshoppers ended the last season in Swiss top league on fourth place with 53 points and 65-56 goals difference after 36 matches. The hosts of the second leg played three club friendlies this summer, beating Rapperswill, 2-0, drawing with Aarau, 2-2, and losing to Wohlen, 0-1. The teams start their path in Europa League qualification from this round. The first leg was in Iceland was quite even match and the opponents managed to convert to goals almost every chance they created. Grasshoppers played nine matches at home in 2016, taking three wins, two draws and four defeats.
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The season in Iceland in its middle, but Reykjavik aren’t doing well so far. The team has gained only 13 points in 11 matches with 12-12 goal difference and currently occupy tenth place in the league standings. On the other hand, the team in unbeaten in their last five matches in all competitions, taking three wins and two draws. Two of these wins were taken over Glenavon, 2-1, 6-0. Reykjavik played 14 matches on the road in 2016, taking 10 wins, one draw and three defeats.
Such feast of goals as we saw in the first leg is quite rare thing in football. We can expect the teams to draw conclusions and play more careful in defense and the second leg should be less eventful.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.5 goals.
