Sturm Graz and PSV get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
Sturm have less rest than PSV in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Tipico Bundesliga game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Rapid Vienna, so at least Sturm are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Sturm Graz form and stats
Sturm was eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round last season in the Europa League.3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Sturm Graz have to build on here at Merkur Arena in the Tipico Bundesliga. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Merkur Arena.
Sturm are confident in defense, having played 267 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Sturm against Rapid Vienna the last match, as Kelvin Yeboah, Ivan Ljubić and Jon Gorenc Stanković were on target. Midfielder Otar Kiteishvili was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.41 (out of ten) in that game. Kiteishvili signed up for two assists and hit four key passes.
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Hohenems.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sturm as they are travelling to their away game against Hartberg in the Tipico Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
Sturm Graz are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). On the other hand, Sturm Graz have conceded 7 goals.
PSV form and stats
PSV's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 16th finals against Olympiakos Piraeus.The visitors are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
PSV play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Willem II. Midfielder Cody Gakpo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Gakpo hit seven key passes.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Go Ahead Eagles.A new game in only three days for PSV, the Eredivisie home match versus Sparta Rotterdam. Busy days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, PSV are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on PSV as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Yeboah 7 goals |  J. Jantscher 4 goals |  M. Sarkaria 4 goals |
Sturm Graz missing players
PSV missing players
| Sturm Graz | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 68 | 32 | Scored | S | 31 | 64 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15.5 | 17.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 16.1 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.9 | ||
| 45% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | PSV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Austria Klagenfurt | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Ried | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 12 |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | LASK Linz | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Hartberg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Admira | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | Rapid Vienna | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 12 | Wattens | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 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 | Ajax | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 19 |
| 2 | Willem II | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 4 | PSV | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | FC Utrecht | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 14 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Vitesse | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | NEC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 8 |
| 11 | Heracles | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | AZ | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Sparta Rotterdam | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 6 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 5 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -11 | 1 |