Sturm Graz steals a 2-1 win against Rapid Vienna

GRAZ. Sturm Graz beat Rapid Vienna to win 2-1. A goal from F. Druijf was decisive in the 90min.

April 17, 2022

GRAZ. Sturm Graz overcome Rapid Vienna to win 2-1. A goal from F. Druijf was decisive in the 90min. It was Sturm Graz to strike first with a goal of J. Jantscher at the 25′. Then R. Hojlund scored again for Sturm Graz in the 61′ minute. Eventually, F. Druijf reduced the distance for Rapid Vienna (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Rapid Vienna was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (65%).

The match was played at the Merkur Arena stadium in Graz. The referee was Alan Kijas assisted by Maximilian Weiss and Michael Obritzberger. The 4th official was Alexander Harkam. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.2 degrees Celsius or 57.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.

Match Statistics

Sturm Graz

2 - 1

Rapid Vienna

! 35 Ball Possession 65

Shots

10 Total 9
5 On Target 3
5 Off Target 6
2 Shots blocked 3

102 Attack 133
32 Dangerous attack 54
65 Ball safe 92

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 6
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

23 Total 6
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Rapid Vienna had a superior ball possession 65% while Sturm Graz was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rapid Vienna was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Sturm Graz was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Sturm Graz shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Rapid Vienna shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Sturm Graz received 3 yellow cards (A. Dante, J. Gorenc Stankovic and R. Hojlund). Regarding the opposition, Rapid Vienna received 2 yellow cards (E. Aiwu and K. Wimmer).

Match Timeline

M. Oswald- sub ->S. Grahovac

Jakob Jantscher(goal)D. Affengruber

25'

28'

34'

46'

61'

69'

71'

Jon Gorenc Stankovic- Yellow

75'

78'

80'

88'

89'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Sturm Graz will have 30 points to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, Rapid Vienna will stay with 22 points to remain in the 6th 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 24-20 head to head stats in favor of Austria Wien (19 draws).

Rapid Vienna will play away agasint Wolfsberger AC on the 21st of May with a 15-12 head to head record in favor of Rapid Vienna (10 draws).

Sturm Graz – Formation

Sturm Graz

Jörg Siebenhandl 27.Austria

6.8

Jusuf Gazibegovic 22.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.4

78'

David Affengruber 42.Austria

7.1

Gregory Wüthrich 5.Switzerland

7.4

Amadou Dante 44.Mali

6.2

34'

Stefan Hierländer 25.Austria

6.5

Jon Gorenc Stankovic 4.Slovenia

7.3

75'

Alexander Prass 8.Austria

6.8

89'

Manprit Sarkaria 11.Austria

6.7

78'

Rasmus Højlund 9.Denmark

7.3

89'

80'

61'

Jakob Jantscher 13.Austria

7.9

69'

25'

Substitutes

Tobias Schützenauer 32.Austria

Lukas Jäger 17.Austria

6.1

78'

Ivan Ljubic 30.Austria

6.3

78'

Christoph Lang 26.Austria

Andreas Kuen 19.Austria

89'

Luca Kronberger 23.Austria

89'

Anderson Niangbo 15.Ivory Coast

6.7

69'

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: J. Jantscher for A. Niangbo (69′), M. Sarkaria for I. Ljubic (78′), J. Gazibegovic for L. Jager (78′), R. Hojlund for L. Kronberger (89′) and A. Prass for A. Kuen (89′).

Rapid Vienna – Formation

Rapid Vienna

Niklas Hedl 45.Austria

6.8

Filip Stojkovic 22.Montenegro

7.1

88'

Emanuel Aiwu 4.Austria

6.5

28'

Kevin Wimmer 6.Austria

6.6

80'

Jonas Auer 23.Austria

7.1

46'

Srđan Grahovac 14.Bosnia and Herzegovina

Robert Ljubicic 5.Austria

6.9

Marco Grüll 27.Austria

7.8

Ferdy Druijf 38.Netherlands

7.1

90'

Y. Demir 10.Austria

6.3

71'

B. Zimmermann 41.Austria

6.4

Substitutes

B. Unger 21.Austria

Christopher Dibon 17.Austria

88'

M. Oswald 28.Austria

6.5

Christoph Knasmüllner 8.Austria

6.4

71'

Dragoljub Savić 53.Serbia

6.5

46'

Thorsten Schick 13.Austria

N. Binder 57.Austria

6.2

71'

Rapid Vienna started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ferdinand Feldhofer played with: .

Rapid Vienna could not rely on the presence of M. Oswald (injured).

Substitutions

Rapid Vienna made 5 changes: S. Grahovac for M. Oswald (3′), J. Auer for D. Savic (46′), Y. Demir for N. Binder (71′), M. Oswald for C. Knasmullner (71′) and F. Stojkovic for C. Dibon (88′).