Sturm Graz II vs Bad Gleichenberg match preview: Even contest expected at Messendorf Trainingszentrum

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Competition: Austria Regionalliga: Mitte
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Messendorf Trainingszentrum (1500 seats)

Sturm Graz II and Bad Gleichenberg are both riding high in the Regionalliga: Mitte with their 4th and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Regionalliga: Mitte match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Weiz.

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Sturm Graz II form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Sturm Graz II have to build on here at Messendorf Trainingszentrum in the Regionalliga: Mitte.

A strong away win for Sturm against Weiz the last match, as T. Strahlhofer were on target. Ahead of that match, Sturm Graz II lost 2-3 at home to Spittal.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sturm have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost one.

Sturm can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 10 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sturm defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Bad Gleichenberg form and stats

As the visiting team in Regionalliga: Mitte matches, Bad Gleichenberg, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Regionalliga: Mitte, have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.

Bad Gleichenberg go into this game after a win, the home game against Stadl-Paura that ended 2-0. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Gleisdorf 09.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bad Gleichenberg playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were two Bad Gleichenberg wins, zero draws and one defeat.

Gleichenberg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). For Gleichenberg, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - two - one (Sturm Graz II wins - draws - Bad Gleichenberg wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SturmT. Strahlhofer
T. Strahlhofer
7 goals
Bad GleichenbergN. Köpf
N. Köpf
5 goals
Bad GleichenbergM. Krenn
M. Krenn
4 goals

Sturm Graz II missing players

Bad Gleichenberg missing players

Sturm Graz II Bad Gleichenberg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 2 4 9
5 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 2
2 2 1 Lost L 1 2 2
17 10 3 Scored S 2 5 21
12 9 4 Conceded C 6 8 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 67%
44% 60% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 44%
22% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 22%
78% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 44%
22% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 44%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
94 56 14 Total Shots T S 24 55 101
40 23 6 Shots on Target S O 9 17 43
32% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 44%
Key stats in Regionalliga: Mitte this season:
  • All of Bad Gleichenberg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Sturm Graz II's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Bad Gleichenberg has the most clean sheets (4) in Regionalliga: Mitte
  • Bad Gleichenberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sturm Graz II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Sturm Graz II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sturm Graz II have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Sturm Graz II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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. Anna 9 6 2 1 28 13 4 4 0 0 19 5 5 2 2 1 9 8 15 20
2 Bad Gleichenberg 9 5 2 2 21 11 5 4 1 0 16 3 4 1 1 2 5 8 10 17
3 Gleisdorf 09 9 5 2 2 20 15 5 2 1 2 12 12 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 17
4 Sturm Graz II 9 5 2 2 17 12 5 2 1 2 10 9 4 3 1 0 7 3 5 17
5 Hertha 9 5 1 3 22 17 4 3 0 1 10 5 5 2 1 2 12 12 5 16
6 Gurten 9 3 5 1 14 10 5 1 3 1 6 7 4 2 2 0 8 3 4 14
7 Weiz 9 4 1 4 18 12 5 1 1 3 5 6 4 3 0 1 13 6 6 13
8 Kalsdorf 9 4 1 4 10 16 4 2 1 1 6 5 5 2 0 3 4 11 -6 13
9 Deutschlandsberger SC 9 2 5 2 17 16 4 2 1 1 10 8 5 0 4 1 7 8 1 11
10 Wolfsberger AC II 9 3 2 4 15 15 4 1 1 2 5 5 5 2 1 2 10 10 0 11
11 Stadl-Paura 9 3 2 4 17 19 5 2 1 2 11 12 4 1 1 2 6 7 -2 11
12 Allerheiligen 8 3 0 5 17 17 4 2 0 2 10 8 4 1 0 3 7 9 0 9
13 Ried II 9 2 2 5 14 21 4 1 1 2 7 8 5 1 1 3 7 13 -7 8
14 Union Vocklamarkt 9 2 2 5 10 18 4 1 1 2 5 7 5 1 1 3 5 11 -8 8
15 Spittal 8 1 3 4 7 17 4 0 3 1 2 4 4 1 0 3 5 13 -10 6
16 Wels 9 0 4 5 8 26 5 0 2 3 4 13 4 0 2 2 4 13 -18 4

Read more about Regionalliga: Mitte

The Regionalliga is the third-highest division in Austrian football. It is divided into three geographical regions; East (Ost), West and Central (Mitte). Each division has 16 teams for a total of 48 teams on this level. Teams only play fixtures within their division, 30 in total to create the final league table.