Football betting preview: Sturm Graz favourites when Wattens visits

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Competition: Austria Tipico Bundesliga
Date: Sun 25.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Arena (16764 seats)

It's early days in the Tipico Bundesliga and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

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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Sturm Graz form and stats

Only two home games for Sturm Graz so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Sturm Graz's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Rapid Wien. Prior to that, an away loss at Hartberg.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sturm Graz matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from one game).

Early season goal statistics from Sturm Graz's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.

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Wattens form and stats

Still no away game victory for Wattens with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Wattens are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at LASK Linz. A draw for Wattens before that, at their own venue hosting St. Polten (1-1).

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Wattens playing away, we found two games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 1 home win.

It's early days yet, but Wattens has scored 3 and conceded 4 goals from their travels so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Sturm Graz, 0 draws and 0 wins for Wattens. Over 2,5 goals: 0 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

Z. Dedič
3 goals
J. Jantscher
2 goals
Juan Domínguez
1 goals

Sturm Graz missing players

Wattens missing players

Sturm Graz Wattens
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played 0 2 4
2 1 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost 0 1 1
4 3 0 Scored 0 3 7
2 1 0 Conceded 0 4 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4.5 5.8
5 2.5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 7.5 6.8
2.2 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3 2.2
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Sturm Graz Last season Wattens
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
34 17 0 Played 0 15 30
11 4 0 Won 0 7 19
10 4 0 Drew 0 6 8
13 9 0 Lost 0 2 3
39 20 0 Scored 0 24 59
42 24 0 Conceded 0 15 26
88% 94% 0% Over 0.5 0% 93% 97%
74% 76% 0% Over 1.5 0% 93% 87%
47% 59% 0% Over 2.5 0% 47% 50%
18% 18% 0% Over 3.5 0% 20% 27%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 0% 7% 13%
56% 59% 0% BTTS 0% 73% 63%
29% 24% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 27% 33%
26% 24% 0% Failed To Score 0% 7% 7%
 
5.7 6.6 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4.7 5.6
4.5 4.6 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 4.8 4.8
2 1.6 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.5 2.1
4 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats last season:
  • Sturm Graz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wattens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Wattens have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Sturm Graz
All Champions League Tipico Bundesliga Europa League Club Friendlies Austrian Cup
All Home Away
28-07-19 TB Sturm Graz 3 - 0 St. Polten
01-08-19 EL Sturm Graz 2 - 1 Haugesund
04-08-19 TB Wolfsberger AC 0 - 1 Sturm Graz
11-08-19 TB Hartberg 1 - 0 Sturm Graz
18-08-19 TB Sturm Graz 0 - 1 Rapid Wien
25-08-19 TB Sturm Graz 15:00 Wattens
01-09-19 TB Rheindorf Altach 15:00 Sturm Graz
14-09-19 TB Sturm Graz 15:00 LASK Linz
21-09-19 TB Mattersburg 15:00 Sturm Graz
25-09-19 AC Austria Klagenfurt - Sturm Graz
Wattens
All Tipico Bundesliga Club Friendlies Austrian Cup Erste Liga
All Home Away
19-07-19 AC Treibach 1 - 2 Wattens
27-07-19 TB Wattens 3 - 1 Austria Wien
03-08-19 TB Rheindorf Altach 3 - 2 Wattens
11-08-19 TB Wattens 1 - 1 St. Polten
17-08-19 TB LASK Linz 1 - 1 Wattens
25-08-19 TB Sturm Graz 15:00 Wattens
31-08-19 TB Wattens 15:00 Salzburg
14-09-19 TB Mattersburg 15:00 Wattens
21-09-19 TB Wattens 15:00 Rapid Wien
25-09-19 AC Wattens - Austria Wien

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Salzburg 4 4 0 0 17 3 2 2 0 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 8 0 14 12
2 LASK Linz 4 3 1 0 7 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 10
3 Hartberg 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 7
4 Rapid Wien 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 7
5 Wolfsberger AC 4 2 0 2 10 6 2 1 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 5 5 4 6
6 Sturm Graz 4 2 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 6
7 Wattens 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 5
8 Austria Wien 4 1 1 2 7 8 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 6 4 -1 4
9 Rheindorf Altach 4 1 1 2 7 9 2 1 1 0 6 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 4
10 Mattersburg 4 1 0 3 4 15 2 1 0 1 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 9 -11 3
11 St. Pölten 4 0 2 2 3 12 2 0 1 1 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 4 -9 2
12 Admira 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 2 5 -7 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Wattens 30 19 8 3 59 26 15 12 2 1 35 11 15 7 6 2 24 15 33 65
2 Ried 30 18 9 3 61 21 15 10 3 2 31 9 15 8 6 1 30 12 40 63
3 Austria Lustenau 30 14 8 8 55 34 15 8 5 2 30 14 15 6 3 6 25 20 21 50
4 Kapfenberger SV 30 13 7 10 44 40 15 9 2 4 29 16 15 4 5 6 15 24 4 46
5 Blau-Weiß Linz 30 14 2 14 46 48 15 5 2 8 16 22 15 9 0 6 30 26 -2 44
6 Wiener Neustadt 30 12 8 10 39 41 15 6 5 4 14 15 15 6 3 6 25 26 -2 44
7 Juniors OÖ 30 13 3 14 52 55 15 9 1 5 35 25 15 4 2 9 17 30 -3 42
8 Austria Klagenfurt 30 9 14 7 43 35 15 6 7 2 24 12 15 3 7 5 19 23 8 41
9 Wacker Innsbruck II 30 10 11 9 40 44 15 5 6 4 20 18 15 5 5 5 20 26 -4 41
10 Floridsdorfer AC 30 11 8 11 35 41 15 5 4 6 14 15 15 6 4 5 21 26 -6 41
11 Amstetten 30 10 6 14 45 43 15 5 4 6 27 22 15 5 2 8 18 21 2 36
12 Liefering 30 10 5 15 50 54 15 6 2 7 32 27 15 4 3 8 18 27 -4 35
13 Austria Wien II 30 9 7 14 46 62 15 5 3 7 29 36 15 4 4 7 17 26 -16 34
14 Lafnitz 30 8 9 13 36 42 15 3 6 6 17 18 15 5 3 7 19 24 -6 33
15 SV Horn II 30 6 7 17 33 62 15 4 3 8 18 29 15 2 4 9 15 33 -29 25
16 Vorwärts Steyr 30 5 6 19 32 68 15 3 4 8 21 35 15 2 2 11 11 33 -36 21

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