Wattens will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Sturm Graz.
- Wattens have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Tipico Bundesliga
The visiting Sturm Graz played their last game only three days ago, a Austrian Cup match.
Wattens form and stats
Overall Tipico Bundesliga stats at home this season for Wattens are 3-2-4 (wins-draw-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Wattens, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The home team returns to Tivoli Stadion Tirol after being equal after 90 minutes with Admira (placed 12th) on their last time out; the Tipico Bundesliga game ended 1-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Hartberg.
The hometeam coach T. Silberberger made a successful contribution in the game against Admira, bringing on Renny Smith who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
The Wattens fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Wattens have conceded 14 from these games.
Sturm Graz form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sturm Graz, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Tipico Bundesliga, playing as the away team in the Tipico Bundesliga this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on C. Ilzer, the Sturm manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The manager C. Ilzer was unhappy after their last game, a Austrian Cup match played at their home ground Merkur Arena. Sturm Graz suffered a 0-4 loss to Salzburg (placed 1st). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Salzburg in the Tipico Bundesliga.
Sturm lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Sturm Graz have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Sturm in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Sturm Graz - Wattens 1-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Wattens won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Sturm Graz has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / fourTop Goalscorers
  N. Frederiksen 9 goals |   J. Jantscher 6 goals | I. Ljubic 6 goals |
Wattens missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| Wattens | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 89% |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 84% |
| 53% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 58% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 21% |
| 26% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 47% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 42% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 12.2 | 11.1 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.8 | 12.5 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 38% | 41% |
- Sturm Graz have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Sturm Graz have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Wattens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wattens have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Wattens 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 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 59 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 37 | 43 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 36 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 6 | Wattens | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Hartberg | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 8 | Austria Wien | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | St. Polten | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Ried | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 16 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -24 | 15 |
| 12 | Admira | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -25 | 13 |