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Commentary
JANKO's shot was well held by SMITHIES.
13¹RUSSELL steamed through the Grasshoppers defence but shot straight at TRAPP.
20¹COFIE beat PHILLIPS and whacked the ball to SIMONS who blasted his effort wide.
23¹SIMONS's header was well saved by the Newport County 'keeper.
26¹A shot from COFIE was nodded off the line by CRESSWELL.
34¹PHILLIPS dummied SCHIEMER but lashed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
36¹A header by BENNETT at the far post was easily collected by TRAPP.
38¹The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from DE BRUYNE.
38¹GARDNER waltzed past ANITA and poked a tame shot into the crowd.
43¹DE BRUYNE rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Newport County 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
RUSSELL worked the ball to PATERSON, BENNETT controlled his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
GOAL!! A neat one-two left DE BRUYNE clear and he made no mistake by floating the ball past the oncoming Newport County 'keeper. (1-0 Grasshoppers)
The 'keeper blocked a refined shot from RUSSELL.
A useful ball from BELLUSCI on the right was collected by DE BRUYNE who mishit his shot inches wide.
13²VAN DER WIEL shot over.
20²The 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely drive from Newport County's PHILLIPS.
21²Uncertainty in the Newport County defence enabled COFIE to hit an effort just beyond the near post.
22²VAN DER WIEL's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Newport County woodwork.
28²GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with SCHIEMER blasting the ball into the back of the net. (2-0 Grasshoppers)
29²BENNETT hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
38²A shot from RUSSELL was smothered by the Grasshoppers 'keeper.
40²PHILLIPS made space on the right and touched the ball to RICHARDS who rasped the ball wide.

 
Grasshoppers
 
League position: 1
Home league form: XWWW
Overall league form: WXWWWXWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Kevin TRAPP1Alex SMITHIES
Toby ALDERWEIRELD2Gary GARDNER
Radoslav ZÁBAVNÍK3Aaron CRESSWELL
Vurnon ANITA4Ashley RICHARDS
Giuseppe BELLUSCI5Jack HUNT(c)
Franz SCHIEMER6Liam MOORE
Isaac COFIE7Jamie PATERSON
Kevin DE BRUYNE8Matt PHILLIPS
(p)Marc JANKO9Mason BENNETT
(c,f)Timmy SIMONS10Stuart ARMSTRONG(p,f)
Abdul Majeed WARIS11Johnny RUSSELL
ManagerJames SMITH
Hiroshi KIYOTAKE  12  Mitch HANCOX
Lars UNNERSTALL  13  Karl DARLOW
Tonny TRINDADE DE VILHENA  14  Tom EAVES
Gregory VAN DER WIEL15  Craig FORSYTH
Jelle VOSSEN  16John STONES
 
Newport County
 
League position: 22
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: LLXLLLLL
Formation: 3-1-4-2

Statistics
Grasshoppers 2 Newport County 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 17,550, Stadium: Letzigrund, Referee: Piero Ceccarini 7½)

de Bruyne 3², Schiemer 28²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
Jankoóvan der Wiel 5²HuntóStones 22²
  
  
76
226
47
98
64
1512
77
57%43%
Man of the match: Vurnon Anita