The magic of the cup as PSV greet Sturm Graz visitors in Europa League tie

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Tipico Bundesliga game only four days ago.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sturm Graz, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

PSV form and stats

PSV have been outstanding at home so far in the Eredivisie with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss in this competition. After failing to beat Feyenoord here at Philips Stadion, PSV has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

PSV's previous game was a Eredivisie match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Vitesse. The home side are looking to build on that result. Goalkeeper Joël Drommel got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.4 out of ten. Drommel stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

The manager R. Schmidt will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to SC Heerenveen in only three days.

PSV are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 7 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.

Sturm Graz form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sturm Graz playing as the away team in the Tipico Bundesliga this season. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-1D-3L. This is both home and away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sturm have lost on their last two travels.

Sturm delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against LASK Linz in their previous match; a Tipico Bundesliga game. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against LASK Linz. Sturm were trailing 0-3 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 3-3, with Kelvin Yeboah scoring the equalizer. As you can tell from the result, the match against LASK Linz was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Kelvin Yeboah, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.82. Yeboah scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

With the home team stated as having a victory probability of around 80% by the bookies, any favourable result for the guesting team would be a small shock. Examining previous matches with similar odds and Sturm as the away team, we found four results. Statistics from these were one away win, one draw and two defeats. The visitors lost two of these fixtures by at least two goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sturm manager C. Ilzer as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Austria Wien.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sturm are regular goalscorers on their travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sturm have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

K. Yeboah 9 goals

J. Jantscher 7 goals

A. Tué Na Bangna 5 goals

PSV missing players

Sturm Graz missing players