Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Salzburg & Sturm Graz face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Austrian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Salzburg form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 8 Tipico Bundesliga games here at Red Bull Arena for Salzburg. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Happy days for Salzburg in their previous game, a fixture away at Austria Klagenfurt that ended with a 1-0 victory. Bernardo, defender, was given a rating of 8.04/10 in that game, top of the team. Bernardo won 17 of 25 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Austria Klagenfurt and winning 1-0.The Salzburg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Salzburg have only let in {3 goals} at home.
Sturm Graz form and stats
They also participated in Austrian Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.3 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Sturm Graz playing as the away team in the Tipico Bundesliga this season.
Sturm Graz has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to LASK Linz for a 1-1 draw. The draw against LASK Linz came from a losing position. The Sturm manager Ilzer brought on Emegha as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to LASK Linz.Sturm Graz have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Sturm Graz as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior ten meetings involving these two teams are: six wins for Salzburg, one draw and three wins for Sturm Graz. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Okafor 7 goals |  J. Chikwubuike Adamu 7 goals | B. Šeško 5 goals |
Salzburg missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| Salzburg | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 51 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 46 | ||
| 25 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.6 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.9 | 14.3 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 30% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Rapid Vienna | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Wattens | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Austria Lustenau | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 11 | Ried | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | Hartberg | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 11 |
