📊 Form Guide

TSV Hartberg

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TSV Hartberg prepare for this match following a 2-2 Bundesliga drawn match against Austria Klagenfurt.

In that game, TSV Hartberg had 50% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For TSV Hartberg, the goalscorers were Maximilian Entrup (25') and Dominik Prokop (45'). Austria Klagenfurt got 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Kosmas Gkezos (28') and Andy Irving (98') scored for Austria Klagenfurt.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that TSV Hartberg have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that TSV Hartberg have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 13 goals during that time. Despite that, we’ll just have to find out if such a trend shall be replicated in this next game.

Looking at their past form shows that TSV Hartberg:

• have not registered a win against Sturm Graz in their last 5 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 league matches.

Sturm Graz

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Sturm Graz will go into the game following a 1-0 Bundesliga win to defeat LASK Linz in their most recent match.

In that game, Sturm Graz managed 46% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sturm Graz was Alexander Prass (20'). For their opponents, LASK Linz got 8 shots at goal with 3 on target.

Throughout their six previous matches, Christian Ilzer's Sturm Graz have turned their attacks into goals 11 times, giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.83.

Leading up to this clash, Sturm Graz:

• remain undefeated by TSV Hartberg when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 6 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head clashes going back to 03/10/2021 shows us that TSV Hartberg have won 1 of these & Sturm Graz 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

A combined sum of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 of them for Hartberg and 10 for die Schwoazn. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The last league game between these sides was Bundesliga match day 22 on 10/03/2024 when the final score was TSV Hartberg 1-1 Sturm Graz.

That time, TSV Hartberg had 51% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Their only player to score was Donis Avdijaj (70').

For their opponents, Sturm Graz got 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. William Bøving (29') scored.

The referee was Sebastian Gishamer.

📋 Team News: TSV Hartberg

Fabian Ehmann (Shoulder injury) and Fabian Wilfinger (unknown injury) will be missing for TSV Hartberg gaffer Markus Schopp.

ℹ️ Team News: Sturm Graz

Sturm Graz boss Christian Ilzer has not got a full squad to pick from. Alexandar Borkovic (Cruciate ligament tear), Manprit Sarkaria (Broken ankle) and Kjell Scherpen (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

💡 Prediction

We feel that in this game, TSV Hartberg have the ability to score against this Sturm Graz outfit, although one goal is unlikely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 win for Sturm Graz after 90 minutes. We’ll have to see what happens.

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

Andre Moura, 12:11 14/04/2024