Red Bull Salzburg take on visitors Sturm Graz at Red Bull Arena in the Bundesliga clash on Sunday.
Our tips, poll and stats for Red Bull Salzburg v Sturm Graz can all be found here - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Red Bull Salzburg
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Red Bull Salzburg will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 4-3 Bundesliga loss in their previous game against Austria Klagenfurt.
In that match, Red Bull Salzburg managed 53% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 10 on target. For Red Bull Salzburg, the scorers were Karim Konaté (10', 18') and Strahinja Pavlović (87'). For their opponents, Austria Klagenfurt got 16 shots on goal with 6 on target. Solomon Bonnah (52') and Andy Irving (63', 74', 85') scored for Austria Klagenfurt.
Red Bull Salzburg have been conceding pretty frequently lately, although they’ve also done enough to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Red Bull Salzburg have seen their goal breached in 5 of them as well as managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Red Bull Salzburg:
- have not lost a league tie with Sturm Graz in their previous 6 games.
- are undefeated in their last 9 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.
Sturm Graz
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Sturm Graz will go into this meeting after a 1-3 Bundesliga win with the downing of Rapid Vienna in their most recent game.
In that game, Sturm Graz managed 42% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Sturm Graz, the goalscorers were Tomi Horvat (8'), Jusuf Gazibegović (29') and Otar Kiteishvili (44'). Rapid Wien had 19 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Fally Mayulu (19') was the scorer for Rapid Vienna.
Christian Ilzer's Sturm Graz have found the back of the net 12 times throughout their latest six matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period equals 6.
Going into this contest, Sturm Graz have not registered a win against Red Bull Salzburg in away games against them for the last 6 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.
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Head to head
A glance at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 23/04/2023 shows that Red Bull Salzburg have won 3 of these and Sturm Graz 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.
A combined sum of 19 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 11 for Die Bullen and 8 netted by die Schwoazn. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.
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Team News: Red Bull Salzburg
Fernando (Hamstring injury), Maurits Kjaergaard (Hamstring injury), Andreas Ulmer (Calf problems), Nicolás Capaldo (Knee injury), Mads Bidstrup (Shoulder injury), Leandro Morgalla (heart problems) and Amar Dedic (Calf problems) are unavailable for Red Bull Salzburg gaffer Onur Çinel. Strahinja Pavlovic is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
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Team News: Sturm Graz
Sturm Graz boss Christian Ilzer has multiple availability issues to deal with. Alexandar Borkovic (Cruciate ligament tear), Manprit Sarkaria (Broken ankle) and Kjell Scherpen (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection. David Schnegg will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.
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Prediction
In our opinion, Red Bull Salzburg can and should be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.
At the same time, Sturm Graz may well struggle to score - but, we do see them scoring as well.
We reckon that it will be a 3-1 winning score for Red Bull Salzburg at the end of this one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
12:07 27/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Red Bull Salzburg
Formed: 1933
Stadium: Red Bull Arena (30,188)
Captain: Andreas Ulmer
Chairman: Harald Lürzer
Manager: Gerhard Struber
Competitions: Bundesliga position 1
⭐ Star Player: Karim Konaté
Mostly used in the Striker position, Karim Konaté was born in Ivory Coast. Having played his first senior match for FC Liefering in the 2022 - 2023 season, the skilful Forward has accumulated 13 league goals in the Bundesliga 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 24 appearances.