With the anxious opening game done it’s time for the second Erste Liga battle of the season. First Vienna are eager to welcome Sturm Graz II in front of their home support.
Both teams have had adequate rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an animated match!
First Vienna form and stats
The season before, First Vienna's league stats were 12 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses, providing 7th spot in the Erste Liga. From these 30 matches they scored {34 goals} and gave away 33. Playing at home in the last season First Vienna delivered 6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 16 conceded.
Vienna are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Schwarz-Wei Bregenz.
In the game before, 1-1 away to Voitsberg (Austrian Cup).
Sturm Graz II form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sturm Graz II performed last season in the Erste Liga: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 4 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {56 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 8 with 24/30 goals scored/conceded.
Sturm Graz II's previous game was their home loss versus St. Polten (1-4).
Prior to that match, the Sturm manager Hösele faced defeat when travelling to Blau-Wei Linz and losing 1-2.Sturm Graz II are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior two meetings): First Vienna won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Sturm Graz II got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two.
First Vienna missing players
Sturm Graz II missing players
| First Vienna | Sturm Graz II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 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% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| First Vienna | Last season | Sturm Graz II | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 24 | 43 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 30 | 56 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 67% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 47% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 27% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 37% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 27% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | ||
| 10.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 12 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Polten | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Leoben | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Grazer AK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Schwarz-Wei Bregenz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Admira | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Lafnitz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dornbirn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ried | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Floridsdorfer AC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Kapfenberger SV | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | SV Horn II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Liefering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | First Vienna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Sturm Graz II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Amstetten | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Stripfing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | Blau-Wei Linz | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 36 | 61 |
| 2 | Grazer AK | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 60 |
| 3 | St. Polten | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 24 | 56 |
| 4 | SV Horn II | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 48 |
| 5 | Floridsdorfer AC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 | Amstetten | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 0 | 45 |
| 7 | First Vienna | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 43 |
| 8 | Lafnitz | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 41 |
| 9 | Liefering | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 52 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 10 | Admira | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Dornbirn | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 19 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Sturm Graz II | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 43 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 30 | -13 | 34 |
| 13 | Kapfenberger SV | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 56 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | Vorwarts Steyr | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 54 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | -18 | 32 |
| 15 | Rapid Wien II | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 34 | -22 | 30 |
| 16 | Austria Wien II | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -27 | 29 |
