Admiral Bundesliga match prediction: Little separates Sturm Graz and LASK Linz in quality

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Competition: Austria Admiral Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Arena (16764 seats)

Sturm Graz host LASK Linz for another engaging Admiral Bundesliga match here at Merkur Arena.

Insights:
  • Sturm Graz have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz have the most scored goals (11) in Admiral Bundesliga

This could be an absorbing game with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Sturm Graz form and stats

Perfect Admiral Bundesliga season at home so far for Sturm Graz, who have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Admiral Bundesliga, 2 wins from 2 appearances.

Sturm Graz's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Rheindorf Altach (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sturm played a great game against Rheindorf Altach and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The talented striker Højlund edged out all the other players in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.03 out of 10. Højlund scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Erik lost again

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sturm Graz at home in the league. 6 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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LASK Linz form and stats

Four points from two away games for LASK Linz, meaning one draw and one victory in the Admiral Bundesliga so far.

Goiginger and Nakamura scored in LASK Linz's previous match, the home game against Rapid Wien that ended 2-1. Midfield player Goiginger was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Goiginger scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that result LASK Linz won their away game at Wolfsberger AC. The scoreline was 5-1.

It's early days yet, but LASK Linz has scored 6 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Sturm Graz have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) versus LASK Linz.

The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

LASK LinzM. Ljubičić
M. Ljubičić
6 goals
SturmR. Højlund
R. Højlund
3 goals
LASK LinzT. Goiginger
T. Goiginger
3 goals

Sturm Graz missing players

LASK Linz missing players

Sturm Graz LASK Linz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 6 2 Scored S 0 6 11
3 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 75%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
75% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3.5
4 6.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8.5 6.5
2.2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.8 14.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 12
6.2 7.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.5 4.2
32% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 65%
 
9.5 9.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.5 12
2.8 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 3
Key stats in Admiral Bundesliga this season:
  • LASK Linz have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz have the most points (4) away in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz have the most scored goals (11) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz have the most scored goals (6) away in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz have the the best goal difference (+7) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz is in the best form (3-1-0) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Sturm Graz have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Admiral Bundesliga
Sturm Graz Last season LASK Linz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   17 33
16 9   Won W   3 9
8 4   Drew D   7 12
8 3   Lost L   7 12
62 32   Scored S   19 45
46 23   Conceded C   25 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
88% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 73%
75% 81%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 48%
47% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 33%
22% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 15%
69% 69%   BTTS BTTS   59% 55%
25% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 24%
6% 6%   Failed to Score F T   29% 30%
 
5.4 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   7.8 6.9
4.5 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.4
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
2 0   Red cards R C   1 5
 
14.7 16.6   Shots (avg) S (   18.2 16.6
4.8 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.1
40% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 27%
 
10.5 9.6   Shots against (avg) S A   10.6 9.4
3.7 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 LASK Linz 4 3 1 0 11 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 6 2 7 10
2 Salzburg 4 3 0 1 8 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 5 9
3 Sturm Graz 4 2 2 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 5 8
4 Austria Lustenau 4 2 1 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 7
5 Rapid Wien 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
6 Wattens 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 4
7 Ried 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 4
8 Austria Klagenfurt 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 4
9 Rheindorf Altach 4 1 1 2 6 10 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 0 0 2 1 6 -4 4
10 Hartberg 4 1 0 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 3
11 Wolfsberger AC 4 0 2 2 5 10 2 0 1 1 2 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 -5 2
12 Austria Wien 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -3 1
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 10 8 1 1 27 6 5 4 1 0 13 2 5 4 0 1 14 4 21 52
2 Sturm Graz 10 6 1 3 16 14 5 4 0 1 9 7 5 2 1 2 7 7 2 37
3 Austria Wien 10 3 4 3 13 16 5 2 2 1 9 7 5 1 2 2 4 9 -3 29
4 Wolfsberger AC 10 3 1 6 14 21 5 1 1 3 5 10 5 2 0 3 9 11 -7 28
5 Rapid Wien 10 2 4 4 13 14 5 1 3 1 6 6 5 1 1 3 7 8 -1 25
6 Austria Klagenfurt 10 1 3 6 12 24 5 0 0 5 5 16 5 1 3 1 7 8 -12 21

Read more about Admiral 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.