Salzburg vs Sturm Graz betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Red Bull Arena

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Competition: Austria Tipico Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 04.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena (4330 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Salzburg - Sturm Graz!

Insights:
  • Salzburg have the most scored goals (67) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Sturm Graz have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Tipico Bundesliga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Salzburg form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Red Bull Arena as Salzburg, who have the most scored goals (67) in Tipico Bundesliga, have scored 39 goals to get 27 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Tipico Bundesliga are 9-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Wolfsberger AC here at Red Bull Arena, Salzburg has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Happy days for Salzburg in their previous game, a Tipico Bundesliga match away at LASK Linz that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus LASK Linz with a 1-0 scoreline.

Salzburg are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew zero and lost zero.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Salzburg is on fire here. A stunning 39 from 11 league matches. Salzburg have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Sturm Graz form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Tipico Bundesliga, on their Tipico Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Visiting Sturm has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Sturm has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Admira for a Tipico Bundesliga game that ended a draw (0-0). Before that, Sturm travelled to Admira and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Goalkeeper Jörg Siebenhandl made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Admira. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sturm Graz played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected one time.

Sturm Graz find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sturm have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sturm Graz - Salzburg 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Salzburg won six, Sturm Graz won two and two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SalzburgP. Daka
P. Daka
20 goals
SalzburgS. Koita
S. Koita
14 goals
SalzburgM. Berisha
M. Berisha
9 goals

Salzburg missing players

Sturm Graz missing players

Salzburg Sturm Graz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 11 22
17 9 2 Won W 0 3 11
1 0 0 Drew D 0 5 6
4 2 0 Lost L 2 3 5
67 39 7 Scored S 1 13 34
24 14 3 Conceded C 6 11 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 86%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 82%
77% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 55%
64% 91% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 18%
36% 55% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 9% 5%
68% 82% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 50%
27% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 45% 41%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
16.5 17.2 19 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.6 13
6.6 7.2 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4
46% 49% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 32% 38%
Key stats in Tipico Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Salzburg's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Salzburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salzburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Salzburg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sturm Graz have scored away.
  • Salzburg have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Salzburg have the most points (27) at home in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the most points from losing position (15) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the most scored goals (39) at home in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the most scored goals (67) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the the best goal difference (+25) at home in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the the best goal difference (+43) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Salzburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Salzburg is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Sturm Graz have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Sturm Graz have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Tipico Bundesliga

  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 22 17 1 4 67 24 11 9 0 2 39 14 11 8 1 2 28 10 43 52
2 Rapid Vienna 22 13 6 3 43 25 11 8 2 1 24 9 11 5 4 2 19 16 18 45
3 LASK Linz 22 13 3 6 42 21 11 7 0 4 24 10 11 6 3 2 18 11 21 42
4 Sturm Graz 22 11 6 5 34 20 11 8 1 2 21 9 11 3 5 3 13 11 14 39
5 Wolfsberger AC 22 10 3 9 40 39 11 2 3 6 15 24 11 8 0 3 25 15 1 33
6 Wattens 22 8 6 8 37 34 11 3 4 4 17 16 11 5 2 4 20 18 3 30
7 Hartberg 22 7 8 7 25 38 11 4 4 3 13 16 11 3 4 4 12 22 -13 29
8 Austria Wien 22 6 7 9 31 32 11 2 5 4 16 20 11 4 2 5 15 12 -1 25
9 St. Polten 22 5 6 11 33 43 11 1 3 7 12 23 11 4 3 4 21 20 -10 21
10 Rheindorf Altach 22 6 3 13 20 43 11 3 3 5 9 16 11 3 0 8 11 27 -23 21
11 Ried 22 4 4 14 21 46 11 3 2 6 12 23 11 1 2 8 9 23 -25 16
12 Admira 22 3 5 14 22 50 11 3 2 6 12 21 11 0 3 8 10 29 -28 14

Read more about Tipico Bundesliga

The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the top level football league in Austria. It was founded in 1974, but there has been an Austrian league championship since 1911. Since the 1950s Austrian football has been dominated by Rapid Wien, Austria Wien and recently Red Bull Salzburg.