Admiral Bundesliga: A pair of contenders who have done well so far. Get smart on Austria Wien - Sturm Graz with this complete preview!
- Austria Wien have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sturm Graz have not yet lost a game away.
Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!
Austria Wien form and stats
When playing at home in the Admiral Bundesliga, Austria Wien have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Austria, as their goalkeeper Christian Fruchtl has completely shut out the opponents for 236 minutes in the Admiral Bundesliga.
The Austria Wien supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Ried and win 3-0. Austria Wien enjoyed their 3-0 win against Ried and the result could have been even better, as they hit the posts three times. Midfield player Fitz got a match rating of 8.22 in that game, the max score being 10. Fitz scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit three key passes.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Lech Poznan in the Europa Conference League. This is expected to be a close game, with Austria Wien perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Austria Wien as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Austria Wien has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Goals are plenty in this team's league games, with 7 in a row featuring three goals or more (over 2.5).
The manager Schmid will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Villarreal in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Austria Wien at home in the league. 8 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 4 matches.
Sturm Graz form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Admiral Bundesliga travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sturm goalkeeper Jörg Siebenhandl is eager to challenge this, with his 345 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Prass and Fuseini scored in Sturm Graz's previous match, the home game against Austria Lustenau that ended 2-0. Midfielder Hierländer was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Hierländer hit one key pass.
A loss, in the Europa League away at Feyenoord, earlier.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lazio in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Sturm Graz's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Austria victories, two draws and four Sturm Graz wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gruber 4 goals |  D. Fitz 2 goals |
Austria Wien missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| Austria Wien | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 78% |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 5.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.9 | 19 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | 17.3 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| 38% | 44% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 25% |
| 11.9 | 9.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.8 | 7.3 |
| 4.7 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
- All of Austria Wien's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Sturm Graz's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Austria Wien have not yet lost a game at home.
- Austria Wien have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Austria Wien haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sturm Graz have not yet lost a game away.
- Sturm Graz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sturm Graz have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sturm Graz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sturm Graz haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 22 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Austria Wien | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Austria Lustenau | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 6 | Wolfsberger AC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Wattens | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Rapid Wien | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Austria Klagenfurt | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Hartberg | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 11 | Ried | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 5 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 5 |
