Sturm Graz vs Rapid Vienna Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Sturm Graz

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Sturm Graz will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-3 Bundesliga triumph versus TSV Hartberg.

In that game, Sturm Graz had 40% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Sturm Graz, the goalscorers were Alexander Prass (9'), Otar Kiteishvili (63') and Jon Gorenc Stanković (90'). On the other side, TSV Hartberg got 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Donis Avdijaj (73') scored for TSV Hartberg.

Christian Ilzer's Sturm Graz have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 13 times in their preceding 6 outings. The comparative number of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures is 6.

Pre-game facts show that Sturm Graz:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Rapid Vienna in their last 2 matches.
• have not emerged victorious against Rapid Vienna in their previous 3 matches in the league.

Rapid Vienna

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Previously, Rapid Vienna drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga tie with Austria Klagenfurt.

In that game, Rapid Vienna managed 63% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Rapid Vienna was Isak Jansson (5'). Austria Klagenfurt had 7 shots on goal with 2 on target. Max Besuschkow (54') scored for Austria Klagenfurt.

A succession of effective displays by the Rapid Vienna defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their past 6 fixtures in total. During the same period of time, their own attack force has managed to score 9. We will have to find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Leading up to this clash, Rapid Vienna:

• haven't beaten Sturm Graz in games played away from home for the previous 7 league matches. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• are undefeated in their last 6 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 10/02/2023 shows that Sturm Graz have won 3 of these and Rapid Vienna 1, with the number of draws being 2.

In all, 16 goals were produced between them in these games, with 10 of them from die Schwoazn and 6 coming from Die Grün-Weißen. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league meeting featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 19 on 18/02/2024 which ended up with the score at Sturm Graz 1-1 Rapid Vienna.

In that game, Sturm Graz managed 51% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Dimitri Lavalée (6').

Rapid Vienna got 16 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Christoph Lang (41') scored.

The referee was Walter Altmann.

🗞️ Team News: Sturm Graz

Alexandar Borkovic (Cruciate ligament tear), Kjell Scherpen (Cruciate ligament tear) and Manprit Sarkaria (Broken ankle) won’t be able to feature for Sturm Graz boss Christian Ilzer.

🗞️ Team News: Rapid Vienna

Rapid Vienna boss Robert Klauß has to choose a team with limited availability. Leopold Querfeld (Calf injury), Oliver Strunz (Syndesmotic ligament tear), Furkan Dursun (Ankle injury), Thierry Gale (Cruciate ligament tear) and Nenad Cvetkovic (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered. Nikolas Sattlberger cannot play in this game through suspension.

🔮 Prediction

Our feeling is that Rapid Vienna would be disappointed if they were not to score a goal against this Sturm Graz lineup, but it may not quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We think that it’s going to be both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Sturm Graz at full-time. Looking forward to this.

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Victor Martins, 23:19 18/04/2024