St. Pölten vs Sturm Graz: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Austria Tipico Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 13.September
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: NV ARENA (8012 seats)

It's a new Tipico Bundesliga campaign and St. Pölten are eager to get started here at NV ARENA. Sturm Graz are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

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!

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St. Pölten form and stats

St. Pölten have prepared for this season with nine friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these nine matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 7 losses. In these games, Pölten have scored 5 goals and conceded 23 times.

Last season, St. Pölten's league statistics were 3 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Tipico Bundesliga. Over these 22 matches they scored 21 goals and conceded 54. Playing at home last season St. Pölten managed 1-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 30 conceded.

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Sturm Graz form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Sturm as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Sturm Graz have played five with the results W2-D2-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Sturm Graz has scored 6 goals and conceded 5 times.

Let's have a look at how Sturm Graz performed last season in the Tipico Bundesliga: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 21/13 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pölten two wins, one draw and Sturm Graz seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

St. Pölten missing players

Sturm Graz missing players

Total First Half Second Half
St. Pölten Sturm Graz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low 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 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
St. Pölten Last season Sturm Graz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
8 3   Won W   6 10
10 6   Drew D   3 5
14 7   Lost L   7 17
39 17   Scored S   25 46
65 35   Conceded C   29 60
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   81% 88%
62% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 59%
47% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 41%
22% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 25%
41% 44%   BTTS BTTS   44% 53%
25% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 16%
41% 44%   Failed to Score F T   38% 31%
 
4.4 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.2
5 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.6
3 3.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
9 5   Red cards R C   4 9
 
275 149   Total Shots T S   131 309
117 65   Shots on Target S O   51 118
33% 26%   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 Admira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Austria Wien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hartberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 LASK Linz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Rapid Wien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rheindorf Altach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ried 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Salzburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 St. Pölten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sturm Graz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Wattens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Wolfsberger AC 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 Austria Wien 32 12 11 9 49 47 16 7 4 5 22 21 16 5 7 4 27 26 2 47
2 Rheindorf Altach 32 10 8 14 45 53 16 5 5 6 27 27 16 5 3 8 18 26 -8 38
3 St. Pölten 32 8 10 14 39 65 16 3 6 7 17 35 16 5 4 7 22 30 -26 34
4 Mattersburg 32 8 6 18 39 64 16 3 3 10 19 33 16 5 3 8 20 31 -25 30
5 Admira 32 6 10 16 29 57 16 2 4 10 9 27 16 4 6 6 20 30 -28 28
6 Wattens 32 6 8 18 34 66 16 2 4 10 12 34 16 4 4 8 22 32 -32 26

Table
  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 Austria Wien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hartberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 LASK Linz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Rapid Wien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rheindorf Altach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ried 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Salzburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 St. Pölten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sturm Graz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Wattens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Wolfsberger AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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