Sturm Graz and Sporting CP get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
It's quite the trip for Sporting CP when visiting Sturm Graz as the cities are 2700 kilometers apart.
Sporting CP could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga Portugal game only four sleeps 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 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Sturm's previous game, also at home. Visiting Salzburg travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Sturm Graz's goalie Scherpen played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Salzburg with a stunning seven saves. Midfielder Kiteishvili was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.64 (out of ten) in that game. Kiteishvili scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Sturm Graz had a Tipico Bundesliga home game versus Blau-Wei Linz which ended with a victory 4-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sturm as they are travelling to their away game against Rapid Wien in the Tipico Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
Sturm Graz have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sporting CP form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Juventus.Sporting CP are still undefeated on their travels in the Liga Portugal. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Sporting CP are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against Moreirense. A victory against Moreirense as mentioned above, but the margin of victory could have been bigger as Sporting CP hit the posts three times. Attacker Gyökeres got a player rating of 9.43 in the game. "Man of the match" Gyökeres scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 27 total).
A 1-1 draw at Sporting Braga's stadium before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rio Ave in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Sporting CP has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Włodarczyk 4 goals |   J. Dias Fernandes 4 goals |  V. Gyökeres 3 goals |
Sturm Graz missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Sturm Graz | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 62 | 36 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 12% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 14.7 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 13.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 43% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 37% | ||
| 10.5 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Rakow Czestochowa | 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 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 5 | Austria Klagenfurt | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Rapid Wien | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Rheindorf Altach | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Austria Wien | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 10 | Wattens | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 11 | Blau-Wei Linz | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 5 |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -9 | 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 | Sporting CP | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Porto | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Benfica | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Boavista | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Famalicao | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Farense | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Arouca | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 14 | Vizela | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Estrela Amadora | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Estoril | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Chaves | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -10 | 0 |
