Yverdon Sport beats Grasshoppers in a tight match
Yverdon Sport defeated Grasshoppers 3-1 in an exciting match played at the Stade Municipal in Yverdon-les-Bains. Goals from Brian Cespedes, Hyacinthe Komano and an own goal by Grasshoppers were enough to secure the victory for the home team.
The match began with an early goal from G. Morandi for Grasshoppers, but Yverdon Sport was undeterred and managed to equalize through Brian Cespedes in the 49th minute.
Yverdon Sport dominated the second half and scored two more goals: Hyacinthe Komano scored in the 82nd minute and an own goal by Grasshoppers sealed the score in the 90th minute.
Although Yverdon Sport had less possession of the ball than Grasshoppers (43% vs 57%), they were more effective in attack, with a total of 7 shots (3 on target) while Grasshoppers recorded 8 shots (3 on target).
Yverdon Sport was cautioned twice (D. Kamenovic and B. Cespedes), while Grasshoppers received a yellow card (T. Ndenge).
Substitutions yverdon sport: at minute 46 N. Gunnarsson came in and J. Gnakpa went out., at minute 66 A. Sauthier came in and G. Esteves went out., at minute 66 H. Komano came in and M. Ntelo went out., at minute 66 M. Baradji came in and M. Rodrigues went out., at minute 84 Ricardo Alves came in and F. Gonzalez went out.
Substitutions grasshoppers: at minute 73 N. Muci came in and Lee Young-Jun went out., at minute 73 A. Abubakar came in and E. Maurin went out., at minute 85 P. Schurpf came in and A. Abrashi went out., at minute 85 F. De Carvalho came in and A. Mabil went out., at minute 90 T. Ndicka Matam came in and B. Schmitz went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Yverdon Sport
Titulares:
Grasshoppers
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