Sturm Graz have travelled here for an exciting duel versus the hosts Ried. Read up on the game with this thorough Admiral Bundesliga preview!
Sturm Graz could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Dynamo Kyiv. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Ried form and stats
The hosts won their first Admiral Bundesliga game here at josko ARENA, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Ried last season were 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses from 5 games.
Ried's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Austria Lustenau (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Plavotić was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.11 out of 10. The defender Plavotić served one assist, hit two key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Ried lost 0-1 at Rapid Wien's place.At josko ARENA, Ried has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Sturm Graz form and stats
One match played away so far in the Admiral Bundesliga for Sturm Graz and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 5 games.
Two away matches in a row for Sturm Graz, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Dynamo Kyiv in the Champions League.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Salzburg.After this away game Sturm Graz return home for a Champions League game against Dynamo Kyiv. That game is only three sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sturm Graz has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Ried victories, one draw and seven Sturm Graz wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Højlund 2 goals |   J. Wießmeier 1 goals | M. Sarkaria 1 goals |
Ried missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| Ried | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 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% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 8 | 9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 14 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 15.5 | 14 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ried | Last season | Sturm Graz | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 26 | Scored | S | 30 | 62 | ||
| 54 | 22 | Conceded | C | 23 | 46 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 50% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 75% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 47% | ||
| 19% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | ||
| 72% | 81% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 69% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | ||
| 19% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 6% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 14.7 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 40% | ||
| 14.4 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rapid Wien | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Salzburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Wattens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Austria Lustenau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ried | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Austria Klagenfurt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Austria Wien | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -2 |
| 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 | Wattens | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 26 |
| 3 | Rheindorf Altach | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Ried | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 22 |
| 6 | Admira | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 21 |
