National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stadl-Paura or Sturm Graz that keep their silverware dream alive.
Stadl-Paura form and stats
Stadl-Paura was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Austrian Cup.Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Stadl-Paura with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Spittal game, 294 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Stadl-Paura faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kalsdorf (0-3).
A Regionalliga: Mitte defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Kalsdorf.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Stadl-Paura friendly games in pre-season: Stadl-Paura played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Stadl-Paura scored 5 goals and conceded 1 in these one game.
Sturm Graz form and stats
Sturm was sent out of Austrian Cup in the semi-finals last season.Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Sturm are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Sturm Graz play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Wolfsberger AC. Attacker Kelvin Yeboah got a player rating of 8.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Yeboah scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wolfsberger AC at their stadium, the result 3-1.It's a day of discovery for Sturm as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Sturm Graz have played six with the results W3-D1-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Sturm Graz has scored 19 goals and conceded 6 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Skrigic 6 goals | D. Medjedovic 4 goals | J. Lopez da Silva 2 goals |
Stadl-Paura missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| Stadl-Paura | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Scored | S | 8 | 46 | ||
| 89 | 29 | Conceded | C | 9 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 62% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 60% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 2.7 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.2 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5 | ||
| 53% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 37% | ||