The Tipico Bundesliga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Sturm Graz and LASK Linz are placed 4th and 3rd respectively.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League.
Sturm Graz form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Sturm Graz's two home games in the Tipico Bundesliga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Merkur Arena.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jörg Siebenhandl not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Sturm Graz enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ried's place. The match ended 2-0 with Stefan Hierländer and Ivan Ljubić scoring. Before that match, a Austrian Cup win away at Hohenems.
Sturm Graz's victory against Ried could easily have been with a bigger margin than 2-0 as they hit the posts three times.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Austrian Cup game versus Wacker Innsbruck in only three days. This game is also played here at Merkur Arena.
Sturm Graz has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
LASK Linz form and stats
The Tipico Bundesliga season is young and LASK Linz have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Impressive finishing from Marko Raguž, Husein Balić and Andreas Gruber secured the home win 4-3 against Ludogorets in their previous game. A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs St. Polten.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for LASK, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The schedule is very tough for LASK Linz now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa League game at Antwerp is waiting in only four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, LASK Linz has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Sturm Graz victories, two draws and six LASK Linz wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Sturm Graz missing players
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| Sturm Graz | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | 21 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 22 | 80 |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 4 | 30 |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 30% |
- All of LASK Linz's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Sturm Graz's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- LASK Linz have yet to win a game away.
- LASK Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sturm Graz has the fewest conceded goals (2) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz has the most clean sheets (3) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz have not yet lost a game.
- Sturm Graz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Sturm Graz | Last season | LASK Linz | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 13 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Scored | S | 35 | 67 | ||
| 60 | 31 | Conceded | C | 15 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 78% | ||
| 59% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 59% | ||
| 41% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 41% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 22% | ||
| 53% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | ||
| 16% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | ||
| 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 309 | 178 | Total Shots | T S | 239 | 485 | ||
| 118 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 93 | 180 | ||
| 39% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Rapid Vienna | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | St. Polten | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Wattens | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 9 | Admira | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 4 |
| 10 | Wolfsberger AC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 11 | Ried | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Hartberg | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 3 |