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Competition: Austria Tipico Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 23.July
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Arena (16764 seats)

A new Tipico Bundesliga season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for Sturm Graz and Salzburg. Bring it on!

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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Sturm Graz form and stats

Last season, Sturm Graz's league statistics were 11 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Tipico Bundesliga. Over these 22 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 20. Playing at home last season Sturm Graz managed 8-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 9 conceded.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Sturm Graz, who have participated in five training matches. Sturm Graz have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.

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Salzburg form and stats

Last season was a triumph for Salzburg in the national league as they took home the Tipico Bundesliga trophy. The championship was secured after 17 wins, 1 draw and only 4 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 8, drew 1 and lost 2.

It's a day of discovery for Salzburg 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 Salzburg have played three with the results W2-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Salzburg has scored 7 goals and conceded 4 times.

Head 2 Head

Sturm Graz-Salzburg H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sturm Graz two wins, Salzburg seven wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Sturm Graz missing players

Salzburg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sturm Graz Salzburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Sturm Graz Last season Salzburg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
16 11   Won W   12 25
8 1   Drew D   1 2
8 4   Lost L   3 5
52 32   Scored S   43 94
34 17   Conceded C   17 33
84% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
78% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 94%
59% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 75%
34% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 59%
12% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 31%
56% 62%   BTTS BTTS   62% 66%
34% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 31%
25% 12%   Failed to Score F T   6% 3%
 
4.6 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   7.1 6.8
5.8 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.5
1.8 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
7 3   Red cards R C   2 3
 
13 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   15.6 16.2
4.5 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.2 6.4
36% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 46%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Admira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Austria Klagenfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Austria Wien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hartberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 LASK Linz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rapid Wien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Rheindorf Altach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ried 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Salzburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sturm Graz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Wattens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Wolfsberger AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 32 25 2 5 94 33 16 13 1 2 51 16 16 12 1 3 43 17 61 51
2 Sturm Graz 32 16 8 8 52 34 16 11 1 4 32 17 16 5 7 4 20 17 18 37
3 Rapid Wien 32 17 8 7 64 40 16 10 3 3 32 14 16 7 5 4 32 26 24 36
4 LASK Linz 32 15 6 11 55 41 16 8 3 5 32 20 16 7 3 6 23 21 14 30
5 Wolfsberger AC 32 13 5 14 52 62 16 3 3 10 20 41 16 10 2 4 32 21 -10 27
6 Wattens 32 10 8 14 53 60 16 5 5 6 28 26 16 5 3 8 25 34 -7 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Admira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Austria Klagenfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Austria Wien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hartberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 LASK Linz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rapid Wien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Rheindorf Altach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ried 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Salzburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sturm Graz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Wattens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Wolfsberger AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.