International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Sturm Graz and Midtjylland are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's quite the trip for Midtjylland when visiting Sturm as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Superliga game only four days ago.
Sturm Graz form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.Sturm Graz have played 4 Tipico Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sturm Graz, who played 0-0 against Hartberg. That match was also played at this venue (Merkur Arena). Midfielder Horvat was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.41 (out of ten) in that game. Horvat hit ten key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 58 successful passes (of 61 total).
A victory at home ahead of that match, as predicted. The team were big favourites against Austria Salzburg and won 3-1.
The manager Ilzer will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Austria Klagenfurt in only three days.
A decent goal production from Sturm in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Sturm Graz have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Midtjylland form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Midtjylland have produced an overall stat of 2-2-0 so far.
Midtjylland have a lot to remedy after their shock loss (0-2) to AaB in their previous match, played at home. Evander got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Evander hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 44 successful passes (of 50 total).
Preceding that game was the away Superliga victory against Brøndby with the score of 2-0.Midtjylland have another game away from home in just three sleeps, a Superliga match vs Nordsjælland. A demanding calendar for the visiting team!
Midtjylland are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (13 goals from 4 away games). In the opposite end, Midtjylland have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Isaksen 4 goals |  A. Dreyer 4 goals |  P. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija 3 goals |
Sturm Graz missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| Sturm Graz | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 50 | 22 | Scored | S | 26 | 45 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 6 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 15.4 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 15.4 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 32% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Lazio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Midtjylland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Salzburg | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Austria Lustenau | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 7 | Hartberg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 8 | Wattens | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 9 | Austria Wien | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Ried | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | Wolfsberger AC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Randers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Nordsjælland | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Viborg | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Silkeborg | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | AGF | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | København | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Horsens | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Midtjylland | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Brøndby | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 10 | AaB | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | OB | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 7 |
| 12 | Lyngby | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 2 |
