This has the looks of quite the engrossing battle at Merkur Arena in the Admiral Bundesliga. Sturm Graz is in 4th place and host Rheindorf Altach in 5th spot. Read all about the game here!
These are active days for the home side, as they played only four days ago in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dynamo Kyiv, was also a home game here at Merkur Arena. The away team is better rested.
Sturm Graz form and stats
The hosts won their first Admiral Bundesliga game here at Merkur Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sturm Graz last season were 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from 5 games.
Sturm's previous game was also a home event, the loss 1-2 versus Dynamo Kyiv (in Champions League). Midfielder Prass was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Prass served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
1-1 away at Ried before that.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sturm Graz at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Rheindorf Altach form and stats
Rheindorf Altach have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Admiral Bundesliga were 3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 5 fixtures.
Rheindorf Altach go into this game after a win, the home game against Austria Wien that ended 3-2. That victory felt nice as this club had gone three league rounds without victory. What a finish in the last match, as Rheindorf came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Nuhiu's goal in the 90th minute. The end of the last match, against Austria Wien, was very satisfying as Nuhiu scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Nuhiu, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.41. Nuhiu scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Wolfsberger AC.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rheindorf Altach has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Sturm Graz wins - draws - Rheindorf Altach wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Nuhiu 4 goals |   R. Højlund 2 goals |
Sturm Graz missing players
Rheindorf Altach missing players
| Sturm Graz | Rheindorf Altach | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 3.3 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.7 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.3 |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 46% |
| 10 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 15.3 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 7.3 |
| Sturm Graz | Last season | Rheindorf Altach | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 62 | 32 | Scored | S | 14 | 24 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Conceded | C | 25 | 49 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 75% | 81% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 50% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 16% | ||
| 22% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 69% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 38% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 22% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 53% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14.7 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 23% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 14.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 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 | LASK Linz | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Salzburg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Rheindorf Altach | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Wattens | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Austria Lustenau | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Ried | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Hartberg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Wolfsberger AC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 11 | Austria Klagenfurt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Austria Wien | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | -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 | 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 |
