GRAZ. Austria Klagenfurt was capable to turn the tables against Sturm Graz to win 2-1. It was Sturm Graz to strike first with a goal of D. Affengruber at the 11′. Then it was an own goal in the 13′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Markus Pink gave the win to Austria Klagenfurt in the 54′ minute. Sturm Graz was decisively better in terms of ball possession (68%).
The match was played at the Merkur Arena stadium in Graz. The referee was Alan Kijas with the assistance of Michael Obritzberger and Alexander Borucki. The 4th official was Markus Hameter. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.1 degrees Celsius or 41.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
- ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
- 16 Total 8
- 3 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 201 Attack 63
- 61 Dangerous attack 25
- 91 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Sturm Graz had a strong ball possession 68% while Austria Klagenfurt was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sturm Graz was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Austria Klagenfurt succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Sturm Graz shot 16 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Austria Klagenfurt shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Sturm Graz didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Austria Klagenfurt received 1 yellow card (Simon Straudi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sturm Graz will stay with 39 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Austria Klagenfurt will have 24 points to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Sturm Graz will host Austria Wien on the 12th of March with a 25-21 head to head in favor of Austria Wien (19 draws).
Austria Klagenfurt will host Hartberg on the 12th of March with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Austria Klagenfurt (0 draws).
Sturm Graz – Formation
Sturm Graz started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Christian Ilzer decided to play with the following team: Arthur Okonkwo , Jusuf Gazibegović , David Affengruber , Alexandar Borković , David Schnegg , Tomi Horvat , Jon Gorenc Stanković , Alexander Prass , Manprit Sarkaria , Bryan Silva Teixeira and Emanuel Emegha .
The home team had on the bench: Jörg Siebenhandl, Sandro Ingolitsch , Amadou Dante , Stefan Hierländer, Ivan Ljubić , Mohammed Fuseini and Leon Grgic .
Substitutions
Sturm Graz made 4 changes: David Schnegg for Dante Amadou (46′), Manprit Sarkaria for Ivan Ljubić (65′), Jusuf Gazibegovic for Sandro Ingolitsch (65′) and Alexandar Borkovic for Leon Grgic (73′).
Best player: Tomi Horvat
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sturm Graz was Tomi Horvat.
His rating is with 49 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.
Austria Klagenfurt – Formation
Austria Klagenfurt started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Peter Pacult played with: Phillip Menzel , Kosmas Gezos , Thorsten Mahrer , Nicolas Wimmer , Simon Straudi , Rico Benatelli , Vesel Demaku , Christopher Cvetko , Till Schumacher , Nicolas Binder and Markus Pink .
They had on the bench: Marco Knaller, Michael Blauensteiner, Maximiliano Moreira, Christopher Wernitznig , Andy Irving, Florian Jaritz and Sebastian Soto.
Austria Klagenfurt could not rely on the presence of Christopher Wernitznig (injured) and Florian Jaritz (injured).
Substitutions
Austria Klagenfurt made 3 changes: Vesel Demaku for Christopher Wernitznig (62′), N. Binder for Florian Jaritz (78′) and Rico Benatelli for Andy Irving (90′).
Best player: Simon Straudi
The most impressive player for Austria Klagenfurt was Simon Straudi even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 38 passes (65% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Admiral Bundesliga.