PSV and Sturm Graz will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
These teams have little in common geographically as Sturm Graz have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for PSV and Sturm Graz.
PSV form and stats
PSV was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Champions League. Rangers was too strong.PSV have been very solid at home in the Eredivisie so far, with 44 points collected from 17 matches (14-2-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.
PSV are returning here after guesting Feyenoord in a Super Cup match and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Defender Boscagli got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.61/10. Boscagli hit one key pass and won 13 of 16 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting AZ and winning 2-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as FC Utrecht are coming to town in four days.
It's goals goals goals for PSV who have scored 54 goals from 17 league home games. From these home matches, PSV have conceded only 14 goals.
Sturm Graz form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sturm Graz in their Tipico Bundesliga matches away.
Sturm have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jörg Siebenhandl. It's been 294 minutes since they last conceded in Tipico Bundesliga.
The supporters enjoyed Sturm Graz's previous game versus LASK Linz, a 2-0 win played at home. Włodarczyk has scored for the visitors three matches in a row. The efficiency! Midfielder Kiteishvili was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Kiteishvili hit three key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 38 total).
Prior to that result Sturm won their away game at Austria Wien in the Tipico Bundesliga. The scoreline was 3-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Sturm Graz are hosting Austria Klagenfurt in the Tipico Bundesliga only four days away.
Sturm Graz have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (PSV wins - draws - Sturm Graz wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Włodarczyk 2 goals |  D. Affengruber 1 goals | J. Gazibegovic 1 goals |
PSV missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| PSV | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 21 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 59 | 39 | Scored | S | 29 | 62 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.9 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17.2 | 19.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.7 | 16.3 | ||
| 7.1 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 39% | ||
| 9 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 20 | 51 | 82 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 49 | 75 |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 48 | 69 |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 33 | 67 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 64 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 59 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -14 | 41 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -29 | 36 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 45 | -39 | 32 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -32 | 28 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -43 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -44 | 18 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sturm Graz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Austria Klagenfurt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Salzburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Austria Lustenau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hartberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | LASK Linz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Blau-Wei Linz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Wattens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Austria Wien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
