Sturm Graz beats Austria Klagenfurt 3-1

GRAZ. Sturm Graz prevails over Austria Klagenfurt 3-1.

March 21, 2022

GRAZ. Sturm Graz prevails over Austria Klagenfurt 3-1. Sturm Graz made the most of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Merkur Arena stadium in Graz. The referee was Sebastian Gishamer with the help of Roland Riedel and Markus Reichholf. The 4th official was Arnes Talic. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.

Match Statistics

Sturm Graz

3 - 1

Austria Klagenfurt

55 Ball Possession 45

Shots

20 Total 9
9 On Target 3
11 Off Target 6
3 Shots blocked 1

91 Attack 105
49 Dangerous attack 53
97 Ball safe 95

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 7
2 Off Sides 3

Fouls

12 Total 10
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sturm Graz had a superior ball possession 56% while Austria Klagenfurt was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Austria Klagenfurt was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Sturm Graz was able to find the solution to win this match.

Sturm Graz shot 20 times, 9 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Austria Klagenfurt shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Sturm Graz received 1 yellow card (L. Jager). On the opposite side, Austria Klagenfurt received 4 yellow cards (M. Moreira, C. Cvetko, A. Andersson and P. Greil).

Match Timeline

Manprit Sarkaria (goal)

23'

39'

43'

Manprit Sarkaria (goal)Jakob Jantscher

43'

45'

Christopher Cvetko- Yellow

46'

Stefan Hierländer - sub ->A. Prass

46'

57'

67'

68'

Jon Gorenc Stankovic(goal)

75'

Otar Kiteishvili- sub ->J. Jantscher

77'

86'

87'

89'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this encounter, Sturm Graz will have 21 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Austria Klagenfurt will stay with 15 points to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Sturm Graz will play away with Austria Wien on the 21st of May with a 24-19 head to head in favor of Austria Wien (19 draws).

Austria Klagenfurt will play away agasint Salzburg on the 21st of May with a 1-1 head to head.

Sturm Graz – Formation

Sturm Graz

Jörg Siebenhandl 27.Austria

6.8

Jusuf Gazibegovic 22.Bosnia and Herzegovina

7.0

77'

David Affengruber 42.Austria

7.3

Gregory Wüthrich 5.Switzerland

6.8

Amadou Dante 44.Mali

7.1

Manprit Sarkaria 11.Austria

8.7

90'

23', 43'

Jon Gorenc Stankovic 4.Slovenia

7.5

75'

Alexander Prass 8.Austria

6.8

46'

Anderson Niangbo 15.Ivory Coast

7.1

46'

Rasmus Højlund 9.Denmark

6.4

Jakob Jantscher 13.Austria

8.2

77'

Substitutes

Tobias Schützenauer 32.Austria

A. Borković 6.Austria

Lukas Jäger 17.Austria

6.4

77'

89'

Christoph Lang 26.Austria

90'

Andreas Kuen 19.Austria

6.6

46'

Otar Kiteishvili 10.Georgia

6.6

77'

Stefan Hierländer 25.Austria

6.1

46'

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: .

Substitutions

Sturm Graz made 5 changes: A. Niangbo for A. Kuen (46′), A. Prass for S. Hierlander (46′), J. Jantscher for O. Kiteishvili (77′), J. Gazibegovic for L. Jager (77′) and M. Sarkaria for C. Lang (90′).

Austria Klagenfurt – Formation

Austria Klagenfurt

Phillip Menzel 13.Germany

6.2

Kosmas Gezos 8.Greece

6.8

Thorsten Mahrer 31.Austria

6.1

46'

Ivan Šaravanja 63.Croatia

6.4

Till Schumacher 33.Germany

6.4

67'

Christopher Cvetko 14.Austria

6.4

68'

45'

Patrick Greil 4.Austria

7.8

90'

M. Moreira 6.Uruguay

6.6

87'

43'

Alex Timossi Andersson 12.Sweden

7.0

86'

57'

Markus Pink 32.Austria

7.7

39'

Florian Jaritz 7.Austria

6.5

Substitutes

L. Moser 1.Germany

Michael Blauensteiner 5.Austria

6.3

46'

Thomas Roberts 3.United States

6.7

68'

Fabian Miesenböck 70.Austria

6.6

67'

Alexander Fuchs 18.Germany

Lukas Fridrikas 80.Austria

6.5

86'

Darijo Pecirep 9.Croatia

6.1

87'

Austria Klagenfurt started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Peter Pacult played with: .

Austria Klagenfurt could not rely on the presence of M. Blauensteiner (injured).

Substitutions

Austria Klagenfurt made 5 changes: T. Mahrer for M. Blauensteiner (46′), T. Schumacher for F. Miesenbock (67′), C. Cvetko for T. Roberts (68′), A. Andersson for D. Pecirep (86′) and M. Moreira for L. Fridrikas (87′).