Evenly matched teams: Hartberg vs Sturm Graz match preview

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Competition: Austria Tipico Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 27.September
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: PROfertil ARENA (4635 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Tipico Bundesliga table has to be read with caution. So far Hartberg find themselves in 10th position and Sturm Graz are placed 8th.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Hartberg form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Tipico Bundesliga game of the season here at PROfertil ARENA. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from Hartberg's 16 home games.

The Hartberg fans got no joy from their last match, a Tipico Bundesliga game also here at PROfertil ARENA: A 0-2 defeat against Wolfsberger AC (placed 6th). Heartbreak before that as Hartberg lost 2-3 at Piast Gliwice's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hartberg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hartberg as a small favourite), we find six games. Hartberg has won three of these, drawn one and lost two.

Hartberg has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sturm Graz form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Tipico Bundesliga away game of the season. During their previous season 16 away games resulted in 6 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Sturm Graz's last game was the home draw against Rapid Wien (1-1). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to St. Pölten.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sturm playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were three Sturm Graz wins, one draw and zero defeats.

Sturm Graz have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Hartberg won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Sturm Graz has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / two

Top Goalscorers

HartbergD. Tadic
D. Tadic
1 goals
Sturm GrazJ. Gorenc Stankovič
J. Gorenc Stankovič
1 goals

Hartberg missing players

Sturm Graz missing players

Hartberg Sturm Graz
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 2 2 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
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%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 9 9 Total Shots T S 0 1 10
4 1 1 Shots on Target S O 0 1 4
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
Hartberg Last season Sturm Graz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   16 32
13 5   Won W   6 10
7 5   Drew D   3 5
14 7   Lost L   7 17
55 25   Scored S   25 46
76 35   Conceded C   29 60
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
82% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   81% 88%
79% 76%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 59%
56% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 41%
38% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 25%
65% 65%   BTTS BTTS   44% 53%
15% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 16%
24% 29%   Failed to Score F T   38% 31%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.6 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
6 3   Red cards R C   4 9
 
347 170   Total Shots T S   131 309
159 80   Shots on Target S O   51 118
35% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   49% 39%

  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 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 6
2 St. Pölten 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 4
3 Rapid Wien 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 LASK Linz 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Ried 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
6 Wolfsberger AC 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
7 Austria Wien 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Sturm Graz 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
9 Wattens 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
10 Hartberg 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
11 Rheindorf Altach 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
12 Admira 2 0 0 2 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 -8 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 Salzburg 32 22 8 2 110 34 16 13 2 1 60 19 16 9 6 1 50 15 76 74
2 LASK Linz 32 20 4 8 67 37 16 7 3 6 32 22 16 13 1 2 35 15 30 64
3 Rapid Wien 32 17 7 8 64 43 16 7 4 5 31 24 16 10 3 3 33 19 21 58
4 Wolfsberger AC 32 15 9 8 69 43 16 7 5 4 37 23 16 8 4 4 32 20 26 54
5 Hartberg 32 12 6 14 52 74 16 5 4 7 25 35 16 7 2 7 27 39 -22 42
6 Sturm Graz 32 10 5 17 46 60 16 4 2 10 21 31 16 6 3 7 25 29 -14 35

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The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the top level football league in Austria. It was founded in 1974, but there has been an Austrian league championship since 1911. Since the 1950s Austrian football has been dominated by Rapid Wien, Austria Wien and recently Red Bull Salzburg.