Sturm Graz vs Austria Vienna Live Stream, Predictions

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Sturm Graz

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Sturm Graz fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-2 Bundesliga victory against SC Austria Lustenau.

In that match, Sturm Graz managed 50% possession and 25 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Sturm Graz, the goals were scored by David Affengruber (51') and Tomi Horvat (76'). For their opponents, Austria Lustenau got 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

Sturm Graz haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They’ve totted up the amount of 8 during that period and have conceded a total of 5. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen whether the trend shall continue on here in this match or not.

Austria Vienna

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Austria Vienna come into this clash following on from a 1-3 Bundesliga win to defeat SV Ried in their last fixture.

In that game, Austria Vienna managed 66% possession and 22 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Austria Vienna, the goalscorers were Haris Tabaković (33') and Andreas Gruber (82'). SV Ried had 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Stefan Nutz (22') and Julian Turi (56' Own goal) scored for SV Ried.

A sequence of effective displays by the Austria Vienna defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 outings combined. During the same period, their forwards have scored 9.

Going into this contest, Austria Vienna have left without a victory over Sturm Graz when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 14/03/2021 shows that Sturm Graz have won 3 of these and Austria Vienna 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

An aggregate of 20 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 11 of them from die Schwoazn and 9 for Die Veilchen. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The last league match between these clubs was Bundesliga match day 10 on 02/10/2022 which ended up with the score at Austria Vienna 0-3 Sturm Graz.

On that day, Austria Vienna had 59% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

On the other side, Sturm Graz got 20 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. Albian Ajeti (14'), William Bøving (58') and Mohammed Fuseini (92') scored.

The match was refereed by Sebastian Gishamer.

🗞️ Team News: Sturm Graz

Otar Kiteishvili (Hamstring Injury), Jakob Jantscher (Calf Injury), William Böving (Syndesmotic ligament tear), Albian Ajeti (Hamstring Injury) and Moritz Wels (Meniscus Damage) will not be taking part for Sturm Graz boss Christian Ilzer.

It looks as if die Schwoazn may well employ a 4-1-2-1-2 system for this one, beginning the first half with Arthur Okonkwo, Jusuf Gazibegovic, David Affengruber, Gregory Wüthrich, David Schnegg, Jon Gorenc-Stankovic, Stefan Hierländer, Alexander Prass, Tomi Horvat, Manprit Sarkaria and Emanuel Emegha.

🗞️ Team News: Austria Vienna

Austria Vienna boss Michael Wimmer has a number of players out of action. James Holland (Muscle Injury), Florian Wustinger (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Marko Raguz (Pubitis), Ziad El Sheiwi (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Muharem Huskovic (Traffic Accident), Andreas Gruber (Ill) and Lucas Galvão (Unknown Injury) won’t be making appearances.

We believe Die Veilchen will likely utilise a 3-4-3 formation, choosing Christian Früchtl, Johannes Handl, Marvin Martins, Lukas Mühl, Reinhold Ranftl, Matthias Braunöder, Aleksandar Jukic, Manuel Polster, Manfred Fischer, Haris Tabakovic and Nikola Dovedan.

🧠 Prediction

Austria Vienna should get enough chances to score a goal against this Sturm Graz team, but it probably won’t quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re tipping a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Sturm Graz at the end of this one. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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

Lucas Pereira, 02:37 08/03/2023