Early sportsbook lines insinuate Sturm Graz edge when facing Ried

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Competition: Austria Tipico Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Arena (16764 seats)

The Sturm Graz & Ried managers C. Ilzer and A. Heraf are both dreading and looking forward to this crucial fixture in the higher part of the Tipico Bundesliga league table.

Insights:
  • Sturm Graz have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Ried have the most conceded goals (16) away in Tipico Bundesliga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sturm Graz form and stats

Sturm Graz have played 5 Tipico Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sturm after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Sturm faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hartberg (2-3). The striker Jakob Jantscher was announced as "man of the match" for Sturm Graz with the rating of 8.42/10. Jantscher scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 26 total).

Before that game, the home loss against PSV with the scoreline 1-4.

Sturm are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew zero and lost zero.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Sturm as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa League match thankfully also at home. Real Sociedad are visiting.

Sturm are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). On the other hand, Sturm have conceded 7 goals.

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Ried form and stats

Playing away, Ried have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Tipico Bundesliga this season.

Ried played 1-1 against Austria Klagenfurt in their previous match. Samuel Sahin-Radlinger had red hot gloves after the game against Austria Klagenfurt, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. Goalkeeper Samuel Sahin-Radlinger got the top player rating of the team with 7.8/10. Sahin-Radlinger stopped the opponent with six saves.

A draw for Ried before that, at their own venue hosting Austria Klagenfurt (1-1).

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Ried played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.

The visiting Ried have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. The Ried defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Sturm GrazK. Yeboah
K. Yeboah
7 goals
Sturm GrazJ. Jantscher
J. Jantscher
5 goals
SturmM. Sarkaria
M. Sarkaria
4 goals

Sturm Graz missing players

Ried missing players

Sturm Graz Ried
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
6 3 1 Won W 0 0 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 1 1 Lost L 1 3 3
26 13 3 Scored S 1 5 14
13 7 4 Conceded C 7 16 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
90% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
70% 80% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 30%
30% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 40% 30%
80% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 80%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
6.1 6.6 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.6 3.5
4.5 4.4 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.4 6.1
2 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17.7 20.8 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4 9.2 10
6 6.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.2 3.3
43% 42% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 31% 42%
Key stats in Tipico Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Ried's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Sturm Graz's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Ried have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ried have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Ried have the most conceded goals (16) away in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Ried have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Ried have yet to win a game away.
  • Ried haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sturm Graz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sturm Graz have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ried have scored away.
  • Sturm Graz have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Sturm Graz have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Sturm Graz have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Sturm Graz have the most points from losing position (7) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Sturm Graz have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Sturm Graz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 10 0 0 26 5 5 5 0 0 16 3 5 5 0 0 10 2 21 30
2 Sturm Graz 10 6 2 2 26 13 5 3 1 1 13 7 5 3 1 1 13 6 13 20
3 Austria Klagenfurt 10 3 4 3 16 17 4 2 2 0 8 6 6 1 2 3 8 11 -1 13
4 Ried 10 3 4 3 14 22 5 3 2 0 9 6 5 0 2 3 5 16 -8 13
5 Hartberg 10 3 3 4 18 17 5 1 1 3 8 10 5 2 2 1 10 7 1 12
6 Admira 10 3 3 4 13 13 5 2 2 1 8 3 5 1 1 3 5 10 0 12
7 Wolfsberger AC 10 3 3 4 14 19 6 2 1 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 6 8 -5 12
8 Rapid Wien 10 3 2 5 15 15 6 3 0 3 12 9 4 0 2 2 3 6 0 11
9 Austria Wien 10 2 5 3 12 12 4 0 4 0 3 3 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 11
10 LASK Linz 10 2 4 4 10 14 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 1 2 2 4 6 -4 10
11 Rheindorf Altach 10 2 3 5 7 15 5 1 1 3 4 9 5 1 2 2 3 6 -8 9
12 Wattens 10 1 5 4 13 22 5 1 3 1 7 7 5 0 2 3 6 15 -9 8

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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.