GRAZ. Sturm Graz beat Wattens to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Sturm Graz to strike first with a goal of J. Gorenc Stankovic at the 17′. Then it was a goal in the 20′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, D. Schnegg gave the win to Sturm Graz in the 38′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Merkur Arena stadium in Graz. The referee was Arnes Talic assisted by Roland Riedel and Jasmin Sabanovic. The 4th official was Florian Jäger. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.5 degrees Celsius or 59.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Sturm Graz

2 - 1

WSG Tirol

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 18 Total 10
  • 12 On Target 5
  • 6 Off Target 5
  • 3 Shots blocked 2
  • 99 Attack 106
  • 48 Dangerous attack 42
  • 85 Ball safe 91
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 13 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 12 Total 10
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Sturm Graz was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Wattens that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sturm Graz was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sturm Graz won the match​.

Sturm Graz shot 18 times, 12 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Wattens shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sturm Graz received 2 yellow cards (E. Emegha and M. Sarkaria). On the opposite side, Wattens received 2 yellow cards (D. Stumberger and L. Sulzbacher).

Match Timeline

15'
D. Štumberger- Yellow
Jon Gorenc Stankovic(goal)
17'
20'
Kofi Schulz(goal)
David Schnegg(goal)M. Sarkaria
38'
59'
Lukas Sulzbacher(var)
62'
Alexander Prass- sub ->O. Kiteishvili
65'
Jakob Jantscher- sub ->E. Emegha
65'
65'
W. Bøving- sub ->D. Schnegg
71'
Manprit Sarkaria - Yellow
74'
74'
80'
Lukas Sulzbacher- Yellow
81'
84'
J. Naschberger- sub ->V. Muller
84'
D. Tomic- sub ->B. Blume
84'
J. Forst- sub ->L. Sulzbacher
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Salzburg
49
32
Wolfsberger AC
31
32
Austria Lustenau
29
32
Sturm Graz
42
32
LASK Linz
35
32
WSG Tirol
24
32
Hartberg
24
32
Rapid Vienna
25
32
Austria Wien
24
32
Rheindorf Altach
19
32
Austria Klagenfurt
23
32
Ried
14
32

After playing this contest, Sturm Graz will have 24 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Wattens will stay with 11 points to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Sturm Graz will play away against LASK Linz on the 13th of November with a 15-12 head to head stats in favor of Sturm Graz (8 draws).

Wattens will host Ried on the 12th of November with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Wattens (0 draws).

Sturm Graz – Formation

Sturm Graz
G
Jörg Siebenhandl 27.Austria
6.9
D
Jusuf Gazibegovic 22.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.9
D
Gregory Wüthrich 5.Switzerland
7.6
D
A. Borković 6.Austria
7.4
D
David Schnegg 28.Austria
7.8
71' 38'
M
Stefan Hierländer 25.Austria
6.8
65'
M
Jon Gorenc Stankovic 4.Slovenia
7.4
17'
M
Tomi Horvat 19.Slovenia
7.0
M
Otar Kiteishvili 10.Georgia
6.4
65'
F
Emanuel Emegha 20.Netherlands
6.8
65' 62'
F
Manprit Sarkaria 11.Austria
7.3
81' 74'
Substitutes
G
Tobias Schützenauer 32.Austria
D
Dominik Oroz 18.Croatia
M
Alexander Prass 8.Austria
6.6
65'
M
W. Bøving 15.Denmark
7.0
71'
M
Ivan Ljubic 30.Austria
6.9
65'
F
Jakob Jantscher 13.Austria
7.0
65'
F
Albian Ajeti 9.Switzerland
81'

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 (6.9), Jusuf Gazibegović (6.9), Gregory Wüthrich (7.6), Alexandar Borković (7.4), David Schnegg (7.8), Stefan Hierländer (6.8), Jon Gorenc Stanković (7.4), Otar Kiteishvili (6.4), Tomi Horvat (7.0), Emanuel Emegha (6.8) and Manprit Sarkaria (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Tobias Schützenauer, Dominik Oroz, Alexander Prass (6.6), William Bøving (7.0), Ivan Ljubić (6.9), Jakob Jantscher (7.0) and Albian Ajeti.

Substitutions

Sturm Graz made 5 changes: S. Hierlander for I. Ljubic (65′), O. Kiteishvili for A. Prass (65′), E. Emegha for J. Jantscher (65′), D. Schnegg for W. Boving (71′) and M. Sarkaria for A. Ajeti (81′).

Best player: David Schnegg​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sturm Graz was David Schnegg.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 32 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.

Wattens – Formation

WSG Tirol
G
Ferdinand Oswald 25.Austria
8.3
D
Felix Bacher 5.Austria
6.6
89'
D
Raffael Behounek 30.Austria
6.5
D
D. Štumberger 26.Austria
6.8
15'
M
Kofi Schulz 44.Germany
7.8
20'
M
Lukas Sulzbacher 6.Austria
7.1
84' 80'
M
Bror Blume 10.Denmark
7.4
84'
M
Valentino Müller 4.Austria
6.7
84'
F
Sandi Ogrinec 98.Slovenia
6.2
74'
F
Nik Prelec 9.Slovenia
6.4
F
Thomas Sabitzer 7.Austria
6.8
Substitutes
G
B. Ozegovic 13.Austria
M
J. Naschberger 17.Austria
84'
M
A. Ranacher 14.Austria
M
Zan Rogelj 21.Slovenia
89'
F
J. Forst 19.Austria
84'
F
D. Tomic 18.Austria
84'
F
Tim Prica 33.Sweden
6.6
74'

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

Thomas Silberberger played with: Ferdinand Oswald (8.3), Felix Bacher (6.5), Raffael Behounek (6.5), Dominik Stumberger (6.8), Lukas Sulzbacher (7.1), Valentino Müller (6.7), Bror Blume Jensen (7.4), Kofi Schulz (7.8), Sandi Ogrinec (6.2), Nik Prelec (6.4) and Thomas Sabitzer (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Benjamin Ožegović, Johannes Naschberger, Alexander Ranacher, Žan Rogelj, Justin Forst, Denis Tomić and Tim Prica (6.6).

Substitutions

Wattens made 5 changes: S. Ogrinec for T. Prica (74′), V. Muller for J. Naschberger (84′), B. Blume for D. Tomic (84′), L. Sulzbacher for J. Forst (84′) and F. Bacher for Z. Rogelj (89′).

Best player: Ferdinand Oswald​

The player that probably impressed the most for Wattens was the goalkeeper: Ferdinand Oswald. His rating is 8.32. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Admiral Bundesliga.​