It's the second window of opportunity for points this campaign as Sturm Graz and Salzburg battle it out at Merkur Arena.
This promises to be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Sturm Graz form and stats
In the previous season, Sturm Graz's league statistics were 10 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, producing 2nd spot in the Admiral Bundesliga. From these 22 matches they scored 46 goals and conceded 32. Performing at home in the previous season Sturm Graz generated 5-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 16 conceded.
An away draw last time out for Sturm Graz, facing Wolfsberger AC in a game that ended 1-1. The striker Højlund bested all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Højlund served one assist and hit two key passes.
Sturm Graz are traveling soon after this match as the Champions League match at Dynamo Kyiv awaits in two days.
Salzburg form and stats
Let's have a look at how Salzburg performed last season in the Admiral Bundesliga: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 50 and conceded 13 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 17/8 goals scored/conceded.
Salzburg are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Austria Wien (placed 12th). Šeško has scored for the away team four matches in a row. The competence! Midfield player Fernando was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.12/10. Fernando scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A draw for Salzburg before that, at their own venue hosting Austria Klagenfurt (1-1).Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Sturm Graz won three games, zero matches ended with a tie and Salzburg managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  M. Sarkaria 1 goals |   N. Okafor 1 goals | B. Šeško 1 goals |
Sturm Graz missing players
Salzburg missing players
| Sturm Graz | Salzburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sturm Graz | Last season | Salzburg | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 62 | 32 | Scored | S | 31 | 77 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 75% | ||
| 75% | 81% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 59% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 41% | ||
| 22% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 19% | ||
| 69% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 50% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 6% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.7 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.4 | 17.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6.9 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Austria Lustenau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sturm Graz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Wattens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Ried | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Austria Klagenfurt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Austria Wien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -3 |
| 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 |
