There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round meeting between Sturm Graz and PSV. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as PSV 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 Sturm Graz and PSV.
Sturm Graz form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.Only two Tipico Bundesliga home games for Sturm Graz so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen not having conceded a league goal in 384 minutes.
The spoils were shared in Sturm's previous game, also at home. Visiting Austria Klagenfurt travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. The goalie Scherpen was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.42 out of ten. Scherpen topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against PSV in the Champions League.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sturm Graz as they are travelling to their away game against Austria Lustenau in the Tipico Bundesliga. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sturm Graz at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
PSV form and stats
PSV's mission in Champions League last season failed in the play-offs against Rangers.Impressive finishing from Vertessen and Lang secured the home win 2-0 against FC Utrecht in their previous game. Saibari, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.45. Saibari served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 24 total).
Before that match, the win at home hosting Sturm Graz in the Champions League (4-1).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the PSV manager Bosz as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Vitesse.
Head 2 Head
PSV - Sturm 4-1 was the outcome when this pair of sides formerly played each other, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - zero - three (Sturm Graz wins - draws - PSV wins). As for goals, two matches 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 |
Sturm Graz missing players
PSV missing players
| Sturm Graz | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 58 | 30 | Scored | S | 20 | 56 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 15.4 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.6 | 17 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 7 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 9.5 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 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 | Sturm Graz | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Salzburg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Austria Klagenfurt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Wolfsberger AC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | LASK Linz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Hartberg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Austria Lustenau | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Blau-Wei Linz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Wattens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | SC Heerenveen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | PSV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | AZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Feyenoord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Almere City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | NEC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | FC Utrecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Heracles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
