GRAZ. Sturm Graz and Austria Klagenfurt didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Austria Klagenfurt was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Merkur Arena stadium in Graz on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Markus Hameter with the help of Alexander Borucki and Herbert Mimra. The 4th official was Gabriel Gmeiner. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 25.69 degrees Celsius or 78.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
- 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
- 11 Total 9
- 1 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 0
- 93 Attack 123
- 43 Dangerous attack 50
- 123 Ball safe 140
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 8
- 6 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 8 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Austria Klagenfurt was in firm control of the ball 59% while Sturm Graz was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Austria Klagenfurt was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Austria Klagenfurt to win the encounter.
Sturm Graz shot 11 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Austria Klagenfurt shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Sturm Graz received 3 yellow cards (David Schnegg, Jon Gorenc Stanković and Jon Gorenc Stanković). On the opposite side, Austria Klagenfurt received 2 yellow cards (Turgay Gemicibaşi and Rico Benatelli).
(Sturm Graz) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (34′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Sturm Graz has 7 points to occupy the 2nd place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Austria Klagenfurt has 5 points (3rd).
Next matches
In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Sturm Graz will play away with Hartberg on the 16th of March with a 7-4 head to head in favor of Sturm Graz (2 draws).
Austria Klagenfurt will play away agasint LASK Linz on the 16th of February with a 4-0 head to head in favor of LASK Linz (3 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: Kjell Scherpen , Jusuf Gazibegović , Niklas Geyrhofer , Gregory Wüthrich , David Schnegg , Otar Kiteishvili , Jon Gorenc Stanković , Alexander Prass , Tomi Horvat , Szymon Włodarczyk and Bryan Silva Teixeira .
The home team had on the bench: William Bøving , Vesel Demaku, Stefan Hierländer , Mohammed Fuseini , Luka Marić, David Affengruber and Amadou Dante .
Substitutions
Sturm Graz made 5 changes: Otar Kiteishvili for Amadou Dante (46′), Szymon Włodarczyk for Mohammed Fuseini (46′), Alexander Prass for Stefan Hierländer (61′), Bryan Silva Teixeira for William Bøving (66′) and Niklas Geyrhofer for David Affengruber (75′).
Best player: Kjell Scherpen
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sturm Graz was the goalkeeper: Kjell Scherpen. His rating is 7.24. He performed 3 saves.
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 , Turgay Gemicibaşi , Rico Benatelli , Christopher Cvetko , Till Schumacher , Jonas Arweiler and Andy Irving .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Marco Knaller, Solomon Bonnah, Nikola Đorić , Florian Jaritz , Christopher Wernitznig and Aaron Sky Schwarz.
Substitutions
Austria Klagenfurt made 3 changes: Rico Benatelli for Christopher Wernitznig (46′), Simon Straudi for Nikola Đorić (68′) and Jonas Arweiler for Florian Jaritz (76′).
Best player: Nicolas Wimmer
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Austria Klagenfurt was Nicolas Wimmer.
His rating is with 76 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Admiral Bundesliga.
- LASK Linz – Blau-Weiß Linz – 2-0
- Wolfsberger AC – Austria Lustenau – 1-1
- Sturm Graz – Austria Klagenfurt – 0-0