Sturm Graz make preparations for this following their 1-0 result vs Austria Wien, a fixture that made them wiser. What will happen against Rapid Vienna?
- Sturm Graz have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Admiral Bundesliga
- Rapid Vienna have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Admiral Bundesliga
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!
Sturm Graz form and stats
When playing at home in the Admiral Bundesliga, Sturm Graz have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Sturm Graz, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sturm, as their goalkeeper Jörg Siebenhandl has completely shut out the opponents for 231 minutes in the Admiral Bundesliga.
The Sturm Graz followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Austria Wien and win 1-0. Dante was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.34 out of 10. The defender Dante hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Wolfsberger AC.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sturm have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost two.
Sturm Graz can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Sturm have conceded 16 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
Playing away, Rapid Vienna have won 2 games, drawn 6 and suffered 3 defeats in the Admiral Bundesliga this season.
Rapid Vienna won their last game, 2-1 versus Wolfsberger AC played at home. Savić came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Wolfsberger AC last time out, making the manager Feldhofer feel like a tactical genius. Schick got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, top player of the team. Schick served one assist and hit five key passes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Salzburg wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Rapid Vienna are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.
Rapid Vienna have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Vienna's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head match ended Sturm Graz - Rapid Vienna 2-2, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sturm Graz two wins, four draws and Rapid Vienna four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Sarkaria 11 goals |  J. Jantscher 10 goals |  M. Grüll 7 goals |
Sturm Graz missing players
Rapid Vienna missing players
| Sturm Graz | Rapid Vienna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 52 | 27 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 42 |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 85% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 73% | 77% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | 62% |
| 50% | 54% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 31% | 23% |
| 19% | 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 12% |
| 62% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 85% | 69% |
| 31% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 8% | 12% |
| 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.7 | 18.4 | 19.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.9 | 15.7 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 39% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 30% |
| 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 11.6 | 12.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
- All of Rapid Vienna's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rapid Vienna have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Admiral Bundesliga
- Rapid Vienna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sturm Graz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sturm Graz have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Admiral Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Admiral Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 37 | 55 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 37 |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 37 |
| 4 | Austria Wien | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Rapid Vienna | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 30 |
| 7 | Ried | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -10 | 29 |
| 8 | LASK Linz | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Wattens | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 23 |
| 10 | Hartberg | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Admira | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -28 | 13 |
