HARTBERG. Hartberg prevailed over Sturm Graz. It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the PROfertil ARENA stadium in Hartberg on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Manuel Schüttengruber who was helped by Roland Brandner and Robert Steinacher. The 4th official was Alexander Harkam. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.9 degrees Celsius or 69.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
- ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
- 7 Total 19
- 4 On Target 8
- 3 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 72 Attack 140
- 29 Dangerous attack 69
- 92 Ball safe 91
- 0 Penalties 1
- 1 Corners 10
- 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 17 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Sturm Graz was in firm control of the ball 63% while Hartberg was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Sturm Graz was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. Nevertheless, Hartberg managed to find the solution to win this match.
Hartberg shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Sturm Graz shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Hartberg received 1 yellow card (J. Heil). On the other side, Sturm Graz didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Hartberg will have 12 points like Admira and Wolfsberger AC to stay in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Sturm Graz will stay with 20 points to stay in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Tipico Bundesliga, Hartberg will play away with Wattens on the 17th of October with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Hartberg (1 draw).
Sturm Graz will host Ried on the 17th of October with a 28-12 head to head record in favor of Sturm Graz (10 draws).
Hartberg – Formation
Hartberg
10'
19'
47'
Hartberg started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Kurt Russ decided to play with the following team: Rene Swete , David Stec , Thomas Rotter , Mario Sonnleitner , Manfred Gollner , Christian Klem , Tobias Kainz , Matija Horvat , Jurgen Heil , Noel Niemann and Donis Avdijaj .
The home team had on the bench: Raphael Sallinger , Thomas Kofler, Michael Steinwender , Philipp Erhardt , Marc Andre Schmerböck , Nemanja Belaković and Philipp Sturm .
Hartberg could not rely on the presence of R. Sallinger (injured).
Substitutions
Hartberg made 5 changes: R. Swete for R. Sallinger (10′), M. Gollner for M. Steinwender (35′), J. Heil for P. Erhardt (75′), D. Avdijaj for M. A. Schmerbock (75′) and N. Niemann for P. Sturm (75′).
Best player: Matija Horvat
The player that probably impressed the most for Hartberg was Matija Horvat.
His rating is with 1 goal, 41 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.
Sturm Graz – Formation
Sturm Graz
Sturm Graz started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
On the opposite side, Christian Ilzer played with: Jörg Siebenhandl , Lukas Jäger , Niklas Geyrhofer , Gregory Wüthrich , Amadou Dante , Stefan Hierländer , Jon Gorenc Stanković , Andreas Kuen , Manprit Sarkaria , Jakob Jantscher and Kelvin Yeboah .
They had on the bench: Tobias Schützenauer, Jusuf Gazibegovic , Alexandar Borković, David Affengruber , Alexander Prass , Ivan Ljubić and Anderson Niangbo .
Substitutions
Sturm Graz made 5 changes: A. Kuen for I. Ljubic (46′), A. Dante for A. Prass (46′), M. Sarkaria for A. Niangbo (46′), L. Jager for J. Gazibegovic (46′) and N. Geyrhofer for D. Affengruber (82′).
Best player: Jakob Jantscher
The player that probably impressed the most for Sturm Graz was Jakob Jantscher.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 20 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Tipico Bundesliga.
- Salzburg – LASK Linz – 3-1
- Rapid Vienna – Wattens – 5-2
- Hartberg – Sturm Graz – 3-2
