It's finally time for the Erste Liga season debut for these teams, whom at last are battling for points again. Will Sturm Graz II or St. Pölten get that vital first three points?
Both contenders have had enough days rest since their previous game. Let's wish for an enthusiastic match!
Sturm Graz II form and stats
The previous season, Sturm Graz II's league stats were 10 wins, 4 draws and 16 losses, ending with 12th place in the Erste Liga. From these 30 matches they scored {43 goals} and gave away 56. Playing as the home side in the previous season Sturm Graz II generated 4-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 26 conceded.
Sturm Graz II have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Sturm Graz II scored {8 goals} and let in {14 goals} during these four games.
St. Pölten form and stats
Let's have a look at how St. Pölten performed last season in the Erste Liga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded {27 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 26/10 goals scored/conceded.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. St. Pölten have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from five fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Sturm Graz II-St. Pölten H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Sturm one win, St. Pölten one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 3 red cards from the last two encounters. One of the players to grab the headlines has been László with 3 goals scored against St. Pölten in these 2 games.
Sturm Graz II missing players
St. Pölten missing players
| Sturm Graz II | St. Pölten | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sturm Graz II | Last season | St. Pölten | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Scored | S | 26 | 51 | ||
| 56 | 26 | Conceded | C | 10 | 27 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | ||
| 60% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 43% | ||
| 47% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 23% | ||
| 23% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 13% | ||
| 57% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 53% | 50% | ||
| 27% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 17% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12.4 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| 12 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 9.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Admira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Amstetten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Dornbirn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | First Vienna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Floridsdorfer AC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Grazer AK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Kapfenberger SV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Lafnitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Leoben | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Liefering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ried | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Schwarz-Wei Bregenz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | St. Pölten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Stripfing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sturm Graz II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | SV Horn II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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. Pölten | 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 |