Vaduz ended their winless start to the Swiss Super League season with a convincing 5:2 victory over Grasshoppers at the Rheinpark Stadion on Sunday. The hosts, who had lost all four previous matches without scoring a single point, finally found the winning formula against their 11th-placed opponents.
And here's the thing about the opening exchanges — Vaduz struck first through L. Dalipi in the twelfth minute, but Grasshoppers responded immediately. Lee Young-Jun equalised before the half-hour mark, then N. Muci put the visitors ahead just before the break. By then, Vaduz had already seen J. Stark booked for a late challenge.
The second half belonged to the home side after a pivotal substitution window around the fifty-eighth minute. D. Schwizer converted a penalty in the fifty-fifth minute to level matters, and Juan Cabrera arrived on the scene to fire home twice — first in the fifty-eighth, then again in the seventy-sixth. Schwizer added a second from the spot to complete his brace, while Dalipi's late effort was cancelled by VAR for offside.
To be fair, Grasshoppers created more opportunities overall. They registered six big chances against three for Vaduz, and their attack count of 129 dwarfed the hosts' 68. Yet possession tells a different story — Vaduz held 54 percent of the ball and converted it into six shots on target compared to the visitors' three.
The statistics reveal a match where Grasshoppers dominated territory but couldn't find the accuracy to match their ambition. Eight shots flew wide against just three on target, while Vaduz maintained a 46 percent shooting accuracy. The visitors completed 236 passes in the opposition half but failed to turn pressure into goals.
This result changes something for Vaduz, who now sit on their first points of the campaign after four defeats. Grasshoppers remain winless in three league games, a draw and two losses still defining their opening month. The gap between them in the table narrows to a single point, and suddenly both sides have something to play for.