HARTBERG. Sturm Graz beat Hartberg to win 2-1. It was Sturm Graz to strike first with a goal of Manprit Sarkaria at the 11′. Then Tomi Horvat scored again for Sturm Graz in the 44′ minute. Eventually, Dario Tadic reduced the distance for Hartberg (75′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Hartberg lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the PROfertil ARENA stadium in Hartberg on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Dieter Muckenhammer with the collaboration of Andreas Zangerle and Manuel Undesser. The 4th official was Emil Ristoskov. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Hartberg

1 - 2

Sturm Graz

  • 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
  • 13 Total 13
  • 6 On Target 3
  • 4 Off Target 8
  • 3 Shots blocked 2
  • 100 Attack 96
  • 48 Dangerous attack 45
  • 147 Ball safe 127
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 2
  • 1 Off Sides 5
Fouls
  • 14 Total 20
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Hartberg had a strong ball possession 60% while Sturm Graz was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hartberg was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Sturm Graz was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Hartberg shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Sturm Graz shot 14 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Hartberg received 2 yellow cards (Thomas Rotter and Tobias Kainz). Talking about the opposition, Sturm Graz received 2 yellow cards (Manprit Sarkaria and Ivan Ljubic).

Match Timeline

11'
Manprit Sarkaria (goal)
27'
Manprit Sarkaria - Yellow
Thomas Rotter- Yellow
41'
44'
Tomi Horvat(goal)
Ruben Providence- sub ->Lukas Fadinger
54'
54'
O. Diakité- sub ->Matija Horvat
62'
66'
66'
75'
81'
81'
M. Sangaré- sub ->Donis Avdijaj
87'
Tobias Kainz- Yellow
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Salzburg
49
32
Wolfsberger AC
31
32
Austria Lustenau
29
32
Sturm Graz
42
32
LASK Linz
35
32
WSG Tirol
24
32
Hartberg
24
32
Rapid Vienna
25
32
Austria Wien
24
32
Rheindorf Altach
19
32
Austria Klagenfurt
23
32
Ried
14
32

After this match, Hartberg will stay with 14 points like Ried to sit in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Sturm Graz will have 39 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Hartberg will play away against Austria Klagenfurt on the 12th of March with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Austria Klagenfurt (0 draws).

Sturm Graz will host Austria Wien on the 12th of March with a 25-21 head to head statistic in favor of Austria Wien (19 draws).

Hartberg – Formation

Hartberg
G
Raphael Sallinger 35.Austria
6.4
D
Thomas Rotter 31.Austria
6.2
41'
D
Marin Karamarko 22.Croatia
6.2
D
Manuel Pfeifer 20.Austria
7.2
D
Matija Horvat 11.Croatia
6.3
66'
M
Tobias Kainz 23.Austria
7.1
90'
M
Dominik Frieser 33.Austria
7.0
M
Jürgen Heil 28.Austria
6.9
M
Lukas Fadinger 8.Austria
6.6
54'
M
Donis Avdijaj 10.Kosovo
6.3
87'
F
Rene Kriwak 39.Austria
6.3
54'
Substitutes
G
Fabian Ehmann 40.Austria
D
Christian Klem 14.Austria
D
Michael Steinwender 12.Austria
M
O. Diakité 32.Mali
6.3
62'
M
M. Sangaré 45.Mali
87'
F
Ruben Providence 70.France
6.7
54'
F
Dario Tadić 24.Austria
7.1
54' 75'

Hartberg started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Markus Schopp decided to play with the following team: Raphael Sallinger (6.4), Matija Horvat (6.3), Thomas Rotter (6.2), Marin Karamarko (6.2), Manuel Pfeifer (7.2), Tobias Kainz (7.1), Jurgen Heil (6.9), Dominik Frieser (7.0), Lukas Fadinger (6.6), Donis Avdijaj (6.3) and Rene Kriwak (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Ousmane Diakité (6.3), Mamadou Sangare, Fabian Ehmann, Christian Klem, Ruben Providence (6.7), Dario Tadić (7.1) and Michael Steinwender.

Substitutions

Hartberg made 5 changes: Rene Kriwak for Dario Tadić (54′), Lukas Fadinger for Ruben Providence (54′), Matija Horvat for Ousmane Diakité (62′), Matija Horvat for Ivan Ljubić (66′) and Donis Avdijaj for Mamadou Sangare (87′).

Best player: Manuel Pfeifer​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hartberg was Manuel Pfeifer.

His rating is (7.2) with 50 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.

Sturm Graz – Formation

Sturm Graz
G
Arthur Okonkwo 1.England
7.6
D
A. Borković 6.Austria
7.3
D
Jusuf Gazibegovic 22.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.9
D
David Affengruber 42.Austria
7.0
D
David Schnegg 28.Austria
6.9
M
Jon Gorenc Stankovic 4.Slovenia
7.0
M
Stefan Hierländer 25.Austria
6.4
66'
M
Tomi Horvat 19.Slovenia
6.8
81' 44'
M
Alexander Prass 8.Austria
7.0
F
Manprit Sarkaria 11.Austria
7.1
81' 27' 11'
F
Bryan Teixeira 17.Cape Verde
7.6
Substitutes
G
Jörg Siebenhandl 27.Austria
D
Sandro Ingolitsch 24.Austria
D
N. Geyrhofer 35.Austria
D
Amadou Dante 44.Mali
6.5
81'
M
Ivan Ljubic 30.Austria
6.6
90'
F
Emanuel Emegha 20.Netherlands
6.8
66'
F
Mohammed Fuseini 29.Ghana
81'

Sturm Graz started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Christian Ilzer played with: Arthur Okonkwo (7.6), Jusuf Gazibegović (6.9), David Affengruber (7.0), Alexandar Borković (7.3), David Schnegg (6.9), Stefan Hierländer (6.7), Jon Gorenc Stanković (7.0), Alexander Prass (7.0), Tomi Horvat (6.8), Manprit Sarkaria (7.1) and Bryan Silva Teixeira (7.6).

These were the players on the bench: Jörg Siebenhandl, Sandro Ingolitsch, Niklas Geyrhofer, Emanuel Emegha (6.8), Amadou Dante (6.5), Ivan Ljubić (7.0) and Mohammed Fuseini.

Substitutions

Sturm Graz made 3 changes: Stefan Hierländer for E. Emegha (66′), Manprit Sarkaria for Mohammed Gadafi Fuseini (81′) and Tomi Horvat for Dante Amadou (81′).

Best player: Bryan Silva Teixeira​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sturm Graz was Bryan Silva Teixeira even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 8 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Admiral Bundesliga.​