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Austria Vienna

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Austria Vienna will be hoping for a better result following the 2-1 Bundesliga defeat last time out to Rapid Vienna.

In that match, Austria Vienna managed 43% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Austria Vienna was Andreas Gruber (45'). Rapid Vienna got 22 shots on goal with 10 on target. Dion Drena Beljo (23') and Matthias Seidl (60') scored for Rapid Vienna.

Austria Vienna haven’t had any problems with scoring, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve hit an aggregate of 11 during that time while also conceding a total of 8. However, we will just have to wait and see if that trend will continue on in this next game or not.

Heading into this fixture, Austria Vienna are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

Sturm Graz

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After tasting defeat last time out to Wolfsberger AC in Bundesliga action, Sturm Graz will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Sturm Graz managed 60% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Wolfsberger AC got 4 shots at goal with 3 on target. Thierno Ballo (20'), David Atanga (72') and Erik Kojzek (94') scored for Wolfsberger AC.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Sturm Graz, three or more goals have gone in. The overall average goals scored per match during that spell is 3.5, with the average number of goals for Sturm Graz coming out as 2.

Ahead of this meeting, Sturm Graz haven't been defeated by Austria Vienna when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 12/03/2023 shows that Austria Vienna have won 1 of these & Sturm Graz 5, with the number of drawn matches being 0.

In all, 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 5 of them from Die Veilchen and 13 coming from die Schwoazn. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

🗞️ Team News: Austria Vienna

Lukas Haubenwaller (Cruciate ligament tear), Ziad El Sheiwi (Cruciate ligament tear), Luca Pazourek (Groin problems), Abdoulaye Kanté (Cruciate ligament tear) and Johannes Handl (Torn lateral knee ligament) won’t be able to feature for Austria Vienna boss Stephan Helm.

It seems likely that Die Veilchen will probably go for a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Samuel Radlinger, Matteo Perez Vinloef, Lucas Galvao, Aleksandar Dragovic, Reinhold Ranftl, Manfred Fischer, Abubakr Barry, Andreas Gruber, Dominik Fitz, Maurice Malone and Nik Prelec.

🗞️ Team News: Sturm Graz

Sturm Graz boss Christian Ilzer has some current player fitness concerns. Alexandar Borkovic (Cruciate ligament tear), Max Johnston (Hamstring injury) and Gregory Wüthrich (Capsular injury) won’t be making appearances.

We are inclined to think that die Schwoazn seem most likely to make use of a 4-3-1-2 lineup by sending out Kjell Scherpen, Jusuf Gazibegovic, Niklas Geyrhofer, Dimitri Lavalee, Emir Karic, William Boeving, Jon Gorenc-Stankovic, Otar Kiteishvili, M. Junior Yalcouye, Seedy Jatta and Amady Camara.

💭 Prediction

In our opinion, Austria Vienna will do well to score against this Sturm Graz outfit who we think should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 winning margin for Sturm Graz at the end of this game.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 16:08 25/09/2024