Austria Vienna vs Sturm Graz Prediction: A win is crucial for the visiting team here

At Generali Arena, Austria Vienna will play Sturm Graz in the Austria Bundesliga League. 

After losing their previous Bundesliga match to Sturm Graz by a score of 3-2, Austria Vienna will be trying to bounce back with a better performance here. During that match, Austria Vienna held possession of the ball for 51% of the time and had 17 shots on goal, with six of them finding the target. Haris Tabakovi was the sole player listed on the scoresheet for Austria Vienna in the 10th and 39th minutes. 17 of Sturm Graz's shots were directed toward the goal, but only five of them were successful. Sturm Graz goals were scored by Manprit Sarkaria in the 23rd and 63rd minutes and Otar Kiteishvili in the 62nd minute. Coming into this matchup, Austria Vienna haven't won against Sturm Graz in their last three matches in the league.

Sturm Graz comes into this match having won three of their most recent five matches against Austria Klagenfurt, Austria Wien, and Rapid Vienna, while they lost two to LASK Linz and Salzburg. In those matchups, Sturm Graz scored nine goals while they conceded six. Away from home, Sturm Graz scored 1.68 goals on average per contest while allowing 0.68 goals to be scored against them. The overall number of fouls committed by the squad is 302, with 33 players receiving yellow cards and one player receiving a red card. The team rating that Sturm Graz receives on average is 6.87 per game.

Austria Vienna and Sturm Graz have competed against one another 68 times over the course of the previous seasons, with Austria Vienna claiming victory in 26 of those games and Sturm Graz claiming victory in 23 of those contests. There were 19 games where a tie resulted. In the head-to-head matchups, Austria Vienna scored 91 goals, while Sturm Graz was only able to score 89 goals.

This game is extremely crucial for Sturm Graz, since they might leapfrog Salzburg and take first place in the standings if Salzburg is defeated. In spite of this, Austria Vienna have been doing poorly as of late, so we do not have high expectations for them to score on their home turf. Since a victory for Sturm Graz is anticipated, a wager on more than 2.5 goals may be an appealing option.