It's time to decide the outcome of the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round meeting between Sturm Graz and Dynamo Kyiv. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
Dynamo Kyiv have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There have been limited time to rest for the hosting team, as they had a Tipico Bundesliga fixture only three days earlier. That game was an away game at Ried, so at least Sturm are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Sturm Graz form and stats
Sturm Graz was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.The story so far in the Tipico Bundesliga for Sturm Graz at their home stadium (Merkur Arena) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Sturm Graz travelled for their previous game, a trip to Ried that ended 1-1. Midfielder Ljubić was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.6 (out of ten) in that game. Ljubić hit one key pass.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sturm as they have a new game in only four days, a Tipico Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Rheindorf Altach are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sturm Graz at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Dynamo Kyiv form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Fenerbahce in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Dynamo Kyiv's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.Dynamo Kyiv have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 25 points collected from 9 Premier League games. 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
The regulars enjoyed Dynamo Kyiv's previous fixture versus Sturm Graz, a Champions League win (1-0) played at home. Midfield player Shaparenko was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Shaparenko hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 83 successful passes (of 93 total).
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 25 goals in 9 league games away this season. Dynamo Kyiv are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Dynamo Kyiv - Sturm 1-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' last head to head fixture, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Tsygankov 11 goals |  V. Buyalskyy 9 goals |  D. Harmash 7 goals |
Sturm Graz missing players
Dynamo Kyiv missing players
| Sturm Graz | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 18 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 11 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 52 | 22 | Scored | S | 32 | 38 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.4 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 36% | ||
| 10.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | LASK Linz | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Salzburg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Ried | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Wattens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Austria Lustenau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Hartberg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Austria Klagenfurt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Austria Wien | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 47 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 45 |
| 3 | Dnipro-1 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Zorya | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 36 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 33 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Desna | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Veres | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 19 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Lviv | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 13 | Chornomorets | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -20 | 14 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 15 | Minai | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 10 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -23 | 8 |
