Tipico Bundesliga duel: Close contest expected between Sturm Graz and Wolfsberger AC

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Sturm Graz form and stats

When playing at home in the Tipico Bundesliga, Sturm Graz, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Tipico Bundesliga, have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.

Sturm Graz are returning here after visiting St. Pölten in a Tipico Bundesliga game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. In the match before that, Sturm Graz hosted Salzburg and drew the game 1-1.

As mentioned above, Sturm Graz "killed" St. Pölten in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Kiril Despodov was absolutely essential when Sturm Graz beat St. Pölten 4-0, scoring 3 goals.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sturm Graz perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sturm Graz as a small favourite), we find five games. Sturm Graz has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The Sturm Graz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Sturm Graz have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Wolfsberger AC form and stats

3-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wolfsberger AC in their Tipico Bundesliga matches away.

Wolfsberger AC's last game was the home draw against Admira (2-2). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting İstanbul Başakşehir's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Wolfsberger AC in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Wolfsberger AC, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Wolfsberger AC's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Wolfsberger AC have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Wolfsberger AC - Sturm Graz 0-1 earlier this season. Sturm Graz-Wolfsberger AC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sturm Graz 4 wins, Wolfsberger AC 5 wins, 1 draw. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

S. Weissman 11 goals / 1 assists

A. Niangbo 6 goals / 2 assists

B. Balaj 5 goals

Sturm Graz missing players

Wolfsberger AC missing players

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		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	12	10	2	0	50	12	7	7	0	0	34	8	5	3	2	0	16	4	38	32
2	LASK Linz	12	9	2	1	26	8	5	2	2	1	12	6	7	7	0	0	14	2	18	29
3	Wolfsberger AC	12	7	3	2	30	13	7	4	2	1	21	7	5	3	1	1	9	6	17	24
4	Rapid Wien	12	6	3	3	25	17	6	2	2	2	12	9	6	4	1	1	13	8	8	21
5	Sturm Graz	12	6	2	4	20	11	6	3	1	2	10	5	6	3	1	2	10	6	9	20
6	Hartberg	12	5	3	4	24	24	6	3	1	2	11	8	6	2	2	2	13	16	0	18
7	Austria Wien	12	3	3	6	18	25	6	2	1	3	7	10	6	1	2	3	11	15	-7	12
8	Wattens	12	3	3	6	16	23	5	1	1	3	5	10	7	2	2	3	11	13	-7	12
9	Mattersburg	12	3	1	8	17	35	6	1	1	4	8	15	6	2	0	4	9	20	-18	10
10	Admira	12	2	3	7	14	31	5	1	1	3	5	9	7	1	2	4	9	22	-17	9
11	Rheindorf Altach	12	2	1	9	17	31	7	2	1	4	14	14	5	0	0	5	3	17	-14	7
12	St. Pölten	12	1	4	7	8	35	6	0	2	4	5	20	6	1	2	3	3	15	-27	7