GRAZ. Sturm Graz prevails over Ried 1-0 after J. Jantscher scored just 1 goal (32′).
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 Andreas Heiß with the help of Andreas Witschnigg and Daniel Trampusch. The 4th official was Emil Ristoskov. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.2 degrees Celsius or 52.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 21 Total 4
- 3 On Target 1
- 18 Off Target 3
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 127 Attack 72
- 68 Dangerous attack 34
- 65 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 2
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was similar. Sturm Graz was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Ried that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sturm Graz was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sturm Graz won the match.
Sturm Graz shot 21 times, 3 on target, 18 off target. On the opposite side, Ried shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Sturm Graz received 2 yellow cards (J. Gazibegovic and N. Geyrhofer). On the opposite side, Ried received 2 yellow cards (C. Reiner and A. Bajic).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Sturm Graz will have 23 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, Ried will stay with 13 points like Hartberg and Admira to stay in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Sturm Graz will play away against Salzburg on the 24th of October with a 38-11 head to head stats in favor of Salzburg (16 draws).
Ried will play away agasint Austria Wien on the 23rd of October with a 29-10 head to head statistic in favor of Austria Wien (15 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: Jörg Siebenhandl , Jusuf Gazibegovic , David Affengruber , Gregory Wüthrich , Amadou Dante , Stefan Hierländer , Jon Gorenc Stanković , Alexander Prass , Anderson Niangbo , Jakob Jantscher and Kelvin Yeboah .
The home team had on the bench: Tobias Schützenauer, Lukas Jäger , Niklas Geyrhofer , Ivan Ljubić , Manprit Sarkaria , Christoph Lang and Andreas Kuen .
Sturm Graz could not rely on the presence of N. Geyrhofer (injured).
Substitutions
Sturm Graz made 5 changes: J. Gazibegovic for L. Jager (66′), A. Niangbo for I. Ljubic (66′), J. Jantscher for A. Kuen (77′), A. Prass for M. Sarkaria (77′) and S. Hierlander for N. Geyrhofer (83′).
Best player: Jakob Jantscher
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sturm Graz was Jakob Jantscher.
His rating is with 1 goal, 28 passes (92% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 10 crosses.
Ried – Formation
Ried started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the other side, Andreas Heraf played with: Samuel Sahin-Radlinger , Constantin Reiner , Markus Lackner , Tin Plavotić , Nikola Stosic , Marcel Ziegl , Daniel Offenbacher , Julian Wiessmeier , Stefan Nutz , Seifedin Chabbi and Philipp Pomer .
They had on the bench: Christoph Haas, Luca Meisl, Felix Seiwald, Milos Jovicic, Murat Satin , Ante Bajic and Leo Mikic.
Substitutions
Ried made 3 changes: N. Stosic for A. Bajic (63′), J. Wiessmeier for M. Satin (70′) and M. Lackner for L. Mikic (90′).
Best player: Murat Satin
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ried was Murat Satin.
His rating is with 5 passes (40% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 70′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Admiral Bundesliga.
- LASK Linz – Wolfsberger AC – 0-1
- Sturm Graz – Ried – 1-0
- Wattens – Hartberg – 2-2