It's the second attempt for points this season as Sturm Graz and LASK Linz fight it out at Merkur Arena.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sturm Graz form and stats
The previous season, Sturm Graz's league stats were 14 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses, results that produced 2nd spot in the Admiral Bundesliga. From these 22 matches they scored {37 goals} and conceded 15. Playing as the host team in the former season Sturm Graz delivered 8-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with {20 goals} and 9 conceded.
Sturm Graz are confident in defense, having played 204 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Sturm Graz in their previous game, a fixture away at Austria Wien (placed 12th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Affengruber was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.15 out of 10. The defender Affengruber scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and won 8 of 10 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory at SAK Klagenfurt. A Austrian Cup game.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sturm Graz as they are travelling to their away game against PSV in the Champions League. That match is three days after this one.
LASK Linz form and stats
Let's have a look at how LASK Linz performed last season in the Admiral Bundesliga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded {28 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 1 with 19/11 goals scored/conceded.
LASK's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Rapid Vienna that finished 1-1. Goalkeeper Lawal made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Rapid Vienna. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
Earlier, the Austrian Cup win away at Röthis.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Sturm Graz won four games, three matches ended with a tie and LASK Linz managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Affengruber 1 goals | J. Gazibegovic 1 goals |  S. Włodarczyk 1 goals |
Sturm Graz missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| Sturm Graz | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 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% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Sturm Graz | Last season | LASK Linz | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 9 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 57 | 32 | Scored | S | 23 | 54 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 38 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 88% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 81% | ||
| 53% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 50% | ||
| 22% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 41% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 16% | ||
| 59% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 69% | ||
| 34% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 19% | ||
| 6.1 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13.4 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 12.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sturm Graz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Austria Klagenfurt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Salzburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Wolfsberger AC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria Lustenau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Rapid Vienna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | LASK Linz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | WSG Tirol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Austria Wien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 67 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 45 | 49 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 28 | 42 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 54 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Rapid Vienna | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 31 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 45 | 63 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 38 | -18 | 23 |
