📊 Form Guide

Sturm Graz

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Sturm Graz enter this game following on from a 2-2 Bundesliga drawn game versus Red Bull Salzburg.

In that match, Sturm Graz had 33% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Sturm Graz was Alexander Prass (1', 34'). Red Bull Salzburg got 24 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Dorgeles Nene (72') and Karim Konaté (82') scored for Red Bull Salzburg.

Christian Ilzer's Sturm Graz have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a sum total of 12 times over their prior 6 outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures amounts to 6.

Rapid Vienna

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After a loss in their previous game against LASK Linz in Bundesliga competition, Rapid Vienna and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Rapid Vienna managed 48% possession and 5 shots at goal with 1 on target. On the other side, LASK Linz had 14 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Marin Ljubičić (31', 60'), Florian Flecker (36'), Adil Taoui (38') and Sascha Horvath (56') scored for LASK Linz.

Looking at their form, and Rapid Vienna have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 11 goals in total. At the back, Rapid Vienna have not been doing too well.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 30/04/2023 shows that Sturm Graz have won 3 of these games and Rapid Vienna 1, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

A total of 16 goals were produced between them in this period, with 10 of them for die Schwoazn and 6 for Die Grün-Weißen. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The last league clash between these clubs was Bundesliga match day 6 on 24/04/2024 when the final score was Rapid Vienna 1-3 Sturm Graz.

In that match, Rapid Vienna managed 58% possession and 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer was Fally Mayulu (19').

For their opponents, Sturm Graz got 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Tomi Horvat (8'), Jusuf Gazibegović (29') and Otar Kiteishvili (44') scored.

The match was refereed by Walter Altmann.

ℹ️ Team News: Sturm Graz

Alexandar Borkovic (Cruciate ligament tear), Manprit Sarkaria (Broken ankle) and Kjell Scherpen (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for Sturm Graz manager Christian Ilzer.

📰 Team News: Rapid Vienna

Rapid Vienna boss Robert Klauß has to currently contend with reduced team options. Oliver Strunz (Syndesmotic ligament tear), Martin Moormann (Ankle injury), Thierry Gale (Cruciate ligament tear), Maximilian Hofmann (unknown injury), Furkan Dursun (Ankle injury) and Lukas Grgic (unknown injury) won’t be making appearances.

💭 Prediction

Rapid Vienna will need to apply a lot of pressure to hit the back of the net against this Sturm Graz lineup who we think will likely manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

That’s why our selection here is for a narrow 1-0 advantage for Sturm Graz at the end of this game.

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

Andre Moura, 14:01 01/05/2024