Sturm Graz and Feyenoord get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both sides have had enough days rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an active game!
Sturm Graz form and stats
Sturm Graz was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.Sturm Graz have performed here at Merkur Arena this season with 5 wins from 7 Admiral Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
Sturm shared the glory with Salzburg in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The goalie Siebenhandl was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.45 out of ten. Siebenhandl topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, a fine away victory at Grazer AK. A Austrian Cup match.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sturm Graz, as the Admiral Bundesliga home game vs Ried is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Sturm in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Sturm Graz have conceded only 5 goals.
Feyenoord form and stats
Feyenoord have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 1W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.
There were no winners in Feyenoord's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Fortuna Sittard. Midfielder Kökçü was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.34. Kökçü hit nine key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 71 successful passes (of 81 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus AZ at their stadium, the result 3-1.Feyenoord are a potent attacking force on the road with their 17 goals in 6 league games. As for defending, Feyenoord rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also met each other previously this campaign: Feyenoord - Sturm Graz 6-0. One of the stars has been Jahanbakhsh with 2 goals scored against Sturm Graz in these 1 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Pereira da Silva 7 goals |  O. Kökçü 4 goals |  J. Dilrosun 4 goals |
Sturm Graz missing players
Feyenoord missing players
| Sturm Graz | Feyenoord | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 24 | 52 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 42 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 20% | ||
| 5.9 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16.4 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.1 | 16.2 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.4 | ||
| 23% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Lazio | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 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 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 30 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 5 | Wattens | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Rapid Vienna | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Austria Lustenau | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 11 |
| 11 | Ried | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Hartberg | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 10 |
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | PSV | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 24 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 24 |
| 4 | AZ | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 11 | Vitesse | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | NEC | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Excelsior | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 10 |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 15 | SC Cambuur | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 6 |
