GRAZ. Sturm Graz was able to turn the table against Austria Klagenfurt to win 2-1. It was Austria Klagenfurt to strike first with an early goal of C. Cvetko at the 3′. Then it was a penalty in the 31′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, G. Wuthrich gave the win to Sturm Graz in the 90′ minute with a goal. Sturm Graz took advantage of its superior ball possession (65%). Its vastly superior ball possession (65%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Merkur Arena stadium in Graz on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Walter Altmann with the help of Andreas Staudinger and Santino Schreiner. The 4th official was Gabriel Gmeiner. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.6 degrees Celsius or 70.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Sturm Graz started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2). On the other side, Austria Klagenfurt adopted for a aggressive formation (4-3-3).
Sturm Graz – Formation
Christian Ilzer decided to play with the following team: Jörg Siebenhandl
, Jusuf Gazibegovic , David Affengruber , Gregory Wüthrich , Amadou Dante , Stefan Hierländer , Ivan Ljubić , Andreas Kuen , Manprit Sarkaria , Jakob Jantscher and Kelvin Yeboah .The home team had on the bench: Tobias Schützenauer, Niklas Geyrhofer, Jon Gorenc Stanković
, Lukas Jäger , Otar Kiteishvili , Alexander Prass and Anderson Niangbo .Best player: Gregory Wüthrich
The player that probably impressed the most for Sturm Graz was Gregory Wüthrich.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 58 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 12.Austria Klagenfurt – Formation
On the other side, Peter Ilzer played with: Lennart Moser
, Michael Blauensteiner , Thorsten Mahrer , Nicolas Wimmer , Till Schumacher , Christopher Cvetko , Patrick Greil , Turgay Gemicibasi , Alex Timossi Andersson , Markus Pink and Florian Rieder .They had on the bench: Marcel Kostenbauer, Herbert Paul
, Ivan Šaravanja, Thomas Roberts, Fabio Markelić, Gloire Amanda and Tim Maciejewski .Best player: Turgay Gemicibasi
The player that probably impressed the most for Austria Klagenfurt was Turgay Gemicibasi.
His rating is
with 23 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 17. He performed 7 crosses.Match report
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 23 Total 9
- 7 On Target 3
- 16 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 135 Attack 68
- 66 Dangerous attack 38
- 89 Ball safe 80
- 1 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 8
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 14 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Sturm Graz was in firm control of the ball 65% while Austria Klagenfurt was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Sturm Graz was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sturm Graz won the match.
Sturm Graz shot 23 times, 7 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, Austria Klagenfurt shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Sturm Graz received 2 yellow cards (I. Ljubic and G. Wuthrich). On the opposite sidee, Austria Klagenfurt received 3 yellow cards (F. Rieder, N. Wimmer and T. Gemicibasi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Sturm Graz will have 14 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Austria Klagenfurt will stay with 8 points to stay in the 9th place.
In the next match in the Tipico Bundesliga, Sturm Graz will host against Wattens on the 19th of September with a 5-0 head to head stats in favor of Sturm Graz (1 draw). Austria Klagenfurt will host against LASK Linz on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Tipico Bundesliga.
- LASK Linz – Austria Wien – 0-2
- Rheindorf Altach – Ried – 1-1
- Sturm Graz – Austria Klagenfurt – 2-1