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Sturm Graz vs Wolfsberger AC Live Stream, Predictions
Sturm Graz will take to the pitch with visiting side Wolfsberger AC at Merkur-Arena in this Bundesliga fixture on Sunday.
Our Sturm Graz v Wolfsberger AC tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below (including the best match odds).
📊 Form Guide
Sturm Graz
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Sturm Graz will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 0-2 Bundesliga victory over WSG Swarovski Tirol.
In that match, Sturm Graz had 59% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 9 on target. For Sturm Graz, the goalscorers were Mika Biereth (9') and Jon Gorenc Stanković (12'). WSG Tirol got 15 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.
Sturm Graz haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.
They’ve hit an aggregate of 11 during that period and have conceded a total of 3. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen if that trend will be replicated here in this game.
Taking a look at their past results, Sturm Graz:
- are unbeaten in the league by Wolfsberger AC in their previous 3 matches.
- have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.
Wolfsberger AC
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Wolfsberger AC head into the game after a 0-1 Bundesliga win versus LASK Linz in their previous outing.
In that match, Wolfsberger AC had 39% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Wolfsberger AC was Thierno Ballo (14'). LASK Linz had 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.
Over the course of 5 of the past 6 games featuring Wolfsberger AC, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game in that period comes to a mere 2, with the average goals for Wolfsberger equalling 1.
↔️ Head to head
A review of their past head to head clashes stretching back to 31/10/2021 tells us that Sturm Graz have won 3 of these and Wolfsberger AC 2, with the number of draws being 1.
A total of 20 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 for die Schwoazn and 11 belonging to Wolfsberger. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.
The previous league contest between the two was Bundesliga match day 10 on 08/10/2023 when it finished Wolfsberger AC 1-2 Sturm Graz.
On that day, Wolfsberger AC managed 50% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 2 on target.
At the other end, Sturm Graz had 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Amadou Dante (40' Own goal), Manprit Sarkaria (54') and Otar Kiteishvili (59') scored.
The match was refereed by Walter Altmann.
📰 Team News: Sturm Graz
Seedy Jatta (Syndesmotic ligament tear), Alexandar Borkovic (Cruciate ligament tear), Vitezslav Jaros (muscular problems), David Affengruber (unknown injury) and Kjell Scherpen (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Sturm Graz gaffer Christian Ilzer. Gregory Wüthrich will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.
It seems likely that die Schwoazn look set to use a 4-3-1-2 formation for the game featuring Luka Maric, Jusuf Gazibegovic, Max Johnston, Dimitri Lavalée, Niklas Geyrhofer, Tomi Horvat, Jon Gorenc-Stankovic, Alexander Prass, Otar Kiteishvili, Amady Camara and Mika Biereth.
ℹ️ Team News: Wolfsberger AC
Owing to a fully healthy squad available for selection, the Wolfsberger AC manager Manfred Schmid has no fitness worries whatsoever before this match.
From our viewpoint, Wolfsberger AC might utilise a 3-4-3 formation, choosing Hendrik Bonmann, Dominik Baumgartner, Lukas Ibertsberger, Ervin Omic, Adis Jasic, Samson Tijani, Sandro Altunashvili, Jonathan Scherzer, Augustine Boakye, Bernhard Zimmermann and Thierno Ballo.
🧠 Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Sturm Graz are likely to dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.
Conversely, Wolfsberger AC could well find it tough to score although we do see them managing to get on the scoresheet, too.
We reckon that it will be a fairly comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Sturm Graz at the conclusion of the game.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 15:02 03/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Sturm Graz
Formed: 1909
Stadium: Merkur-Arena (16,764)
Captain: Stefan Hierländer
Chairman: Christian Jauk
Manager: Christian Ilzer
Competitions: Bundesliga position 2, ÖFB Cup (Semi-finals), Conference League (Round of 16)
⭐ Star Player: Otar Kiteishvili
Normally playing in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Otar Kiteishvili was born in Rustavi, Georgia. Having played his first senior match for Sturm Graz in the 2018 - 2019 season, the skilful Midfielder has managed to score 4 league goals in this Bundesliga 2023 - 2024 campaign so far coming from a total of 15 appearances.
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20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 44 | WWDDW |
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20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 42 | DWDDW |
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20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 34 | DWDDL |
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20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | DDDWW |
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20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 33 | DWLDW |
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20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 31 | WLWDW |
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20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 29 | LLLWW |
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20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 27 | DDWWL |
9 |
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20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 19 | DLDDL |
10 |
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20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 17 | WLDLL |
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20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | -21 | 11 | LWLLL |
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20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | -38 | 6 | LLWLL |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 0.6 |
Time first goal scored | 24 |
Time first goal conceded | 31 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 34 |
Time first goal conceded | 38 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 3-2 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Tomi Horvat | 6 |
Szymon Włodarczyk | 5 |
Mika Biereth | 4 |
Otar Kiteishvili | 4 |
Manprit Sarkaria | 4 |
Thierno Ballo | 9 |
Mohamed Bamba | 6 |
Augustine Boakye | 6 |
Bernhard Zimmermann | 3 |
Adis Jašić | 1 |
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