Sturm Graz are located at 3rd, while Rapid Vienna are dragging their feet 8 points behind in the league table. Can they decrease the gap?
- Sturm Graz have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Admiral Bundesliga
- Rapid Vienna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago.
Sturm Graz form and stats
When playing at home in the Admiral Bundesliga, Sturm Graz have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games. Sturm Graz have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Sturm drew their last game, 2-2 away at Wattens (placed 10th). The versatile forward Højlund outperformed all the other players in that game and was awarded a match rating of 9.0 out of 10. Højlund scored two goals, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that match, a win away at Austria Klagenfurt.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 Graz have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost two.
Sturm Graz have conceded 14 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rapid Vienna so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-3 (win-draw-lose).
Druijf, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Druijf scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.
A loss against Salzburg was the result prior to that, in a Admiral Bundesliga home game.We have checked recent matches where Vienna have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, two draws and one defeat.
Rapid Vienna have another match that requires travelling in just four nights, a Europa Conference League game versus Vitesse. A difficult calendar for the visitors!
Rapid Vienna have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rapid Vienna have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The newest recorded scoreline between these teams is the Rapid Vienna - Sturm 0-3 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Sturm Graz won two, Rapid Vienna were winners in five and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jantscher 9 goals |  M. Sarkaria 7 goals |   T. Fountas 7 goals |
Sturm Graz missing players
Rapid Vienna missing players
| Sturm Graz | Rapid Vienna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 39 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 28 |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 79% | 78% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 58% |
| 53% | 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 21% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 16% |
| 68% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 89% | 68% |
| 26% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 11% | 16% |
| 5.6 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.4 | 19.9 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 14.6 | 16.1 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
| 40% | 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 25% | 26% |
| 10.5 | 9.7 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.2 | 11.7 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | 4.4 |
- All of Rapid Vienna's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rapid Vienna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Rapid Vienna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sturm Graz have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Admiral Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 31 | 48 |
| 2 | Wolfsberger AC | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Rapid Vienna | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Ried | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -11 | 24 |
| 8 | Hartberg | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | LASK Linz | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Wattens | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -10 | 20 |
| 11 | Admira | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -20 | 13 |
