Austria Wien will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Sturm Graz.
- Austria Wien have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sturm Graz has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Tipico Bundesliga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Austria Wien form and stats
Austria Wien have collected 5 points from their Tipico Bundesliga home games so far after 1-2-1. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Austria Wien.
Austria manager P. Stöger and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Rapid Wien (placed 3rd) in the Tipico Bundesliga. Before that, Austria had a Austrian Cup home game versus Hartberg which ended with a victory 5-3.
Austria Wien's goalie Patrick Pentz played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Rapid Wien with a stunning eight saves.
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 Austria Wien have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost one.
The Austria fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Sturm Graz form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Tipico Bundesliga, are W2-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Tipico Bundesliga. Sturm love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Impressive finishing from Bekim Balaj secured the home win 1-0 against Wattens in their previous game. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Wacker Innsbruck in the Austrian Cup.
Goalkeeper Jörg Siebenhandl was absolutely vital in the Sturm victory against Wattens, making six saves. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager C. Ilzer when Bekim Balaj scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Sturm in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Sturm Graz, one draw and zero defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Sturm Graz's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Sturm are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Austria five wins, two draws and Sturm Graz three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Ljubic 4 goals |  C. Monschein 3 goals |  J. Jantscher 3 goals |
Austria Wien missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| Austria Wien | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 14.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 11 | 11.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 30% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 46% | 40% |
- All of Austria Wien's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Austria Wien have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Austria Wien have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Austria Wien haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sturm Graz has the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Tipico Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz have not yet lost a game away.
- Sturm Graz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 22 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | St. Pölten | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Wattens | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Austria Wien | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Ried | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 10 | Hartberg | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 10 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 5 |
| 12 | Admira | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 4 |