Real Sociedad and Sturm Graz get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sturm Graz have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Real Sociedad form and stats
Real Sociedad was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Europa League. Manchester United was too strong.Real Sociedad have performed here at Reale Arena this season with 4 wins from 6 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Real Sociedad has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses. Sociedad haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Barcelona, 80 days ago.
Sociedad drew their last game, also a home match. Athletic Club was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Mikel Merino (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10.
Before that match, a La Liga win away at Celta de Vigo.Sociedad are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew zero and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Real Sociedad after this match as they are travelling to Osasuna for a La Liga game in only three days.
Real Sociedad have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Real Sociedad have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Sturm Graz form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Tipico Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-0D-3L. This is both home and away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Sturm are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The manager C. Ilzer was unhappy after their last game, a Tipico Bundesliga match played at their home ground Merkur Arena. Sturm suffered a 0-3 loss to Wolfsberger AC. Attacker Jakob Jantscher got a player rating of 7.4 in the game. "Man of the match" Jantscher hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The game before that, in the Austrian Cup, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Ried.You'll want to know how Sturm managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sturm Graz manager C. Ilzer as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Rheindorf Altach.
Sturm have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 6 away matches. Sturm Graz have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Sturm Graz - Sociedad 0-1 was the output when these two contenders previously met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jantscher 7 goals |  K. Yeboah 7 goals |   M. Oyarzabal Ugarte 6 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| Real Sociedad | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 33 | 53 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 73% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 16% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.7 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.6 | 16.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.7 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | ||
| 9.4 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monaco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | PSV | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 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 | Real Sociedad | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Barcelona | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 10 | Valencia | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Elche | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Deportivo Alaves | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Cadiz | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 18 | Granada | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 19 | Levante | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | Getafe | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Rapid Vienna | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Austria Klagenfurt | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Admira | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Ried | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -12 | 14 |
| 10 | Wattens | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | LASK Linz | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 10 |