National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leobendorf or Sturm Graz that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Leobendorf and Sturm Graz.
Leobendorf form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Austrian Cup for Leobendorf, as the manager Laschet led his troops to eliminate SV Horn II, and reach the 2nd Round.Leobendorf's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Rapid Wien II.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting TWL Elektra (0-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leobendorf as they are travelling to their away game against Wiener SC in the Regionalliga: Ost. That match is three days after this one.
Sturm Graz form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated SAK Klagenfurt in order to reach 2nd round of Austrian Cup. Nothing but glory last season for Sturm Graz, as they won the Austrian Cup.The visitors are W3-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Tipico Bundesliga.
Sturm has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Rapid Vienna for a 1-1 draw. Midfield player Prass was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.52/10. Prass scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
The fixture before that was the Europa League-battle against Sporting CP, a home loss (1-2).
After this away game Sturm Graz return home for a Tipico Bundesliga game against Wattens. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Sturm Graz's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. Sturm are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Pranjic 6 goals |  M. Sahanek 4 goals |   S. Włodarczyk 4 goals |
Leobendorf missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| Leobendorf | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 24 | Scored | S | 25 | 59 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.6 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 42% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 44% | ||
| 7.2 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 6 | Rheindorf Altach | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Rapid Vienna | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 10 | Austria Wien | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 11 | Wattens | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 2 |
