It's advantage Salzburg so far with their 1st position in the Tipico Bundesliga table, welcoming Sturm Graz who are placed 5th.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Salzburg form and stats
As mentioned below, Salzburg are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Tipico Bundesliga games.
An away draw last time out for Salzburg, facing Rapid Wien in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home Champions League game against Bayern München that was lost 2-6.
The manager J. Marsch will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bayern München in only four days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Salzburg is on fire here. A stunning 16 from 3 league matches. From these home matches, Salzburg have conceded only 2 goals.
Sturm Graz form and stats
Things could have gone better for Sturm Graz in their Tipico Bundesliga away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.
The manager C. Ilzer was unhappy after their last game, a Tipico Bundesliga match played at their home ground Merkur Arena. Sturm Graz suffered a 0-2 loss to LASK Linz (placed 3rd). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Ried.
A new game in only three days for Sturm Graz, the Austrian Cup home match versus Wacker Innsbruck. Busy days.
Sturm Graz find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Sturm's manager C. Ilzer has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Salzburg wins - draws - Sturm Graz wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Koita 7 goals |  P. Daka 6 goals |  N. Okafor 4 goals |
Salzburg missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| Salzburg | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 43% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 124 | 52 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 1 | 34 | 70 |
| 57 | 29 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 44% | 55% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 38% |
- All of Salzburg's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- Salzburg has the most scored goals (16) at home in Tipico Bundesliga
- Salzburg has the most scored goals (25) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Salzburg has the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Salzburg has the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Tipico Bundesliga
- Salzburg has the the best goal difference (+20) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Salzburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Salzburg have scored in all their matches so far.
- Salzburg have scored more than double the goals of Sturm Graz.
- Salzburg have won all their matches at home so far.
- Salzburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Salzburg is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Sturm Graz has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Tipico Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz has the fewest conceded goals (4) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz have not yet lost a game away.
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 19 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | St. Polten | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Wattens | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Ried | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 10 | Hartberg | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 5 |
| 12 | Admira | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 4 |