Sturm Graz vs BW Linz Prediction: Expect an entertaining contest

This clash for round 5 of the Austria Bundesliga will take place at the Merkur-Arena and feature Sturm Graz and BW Linz. While BW Linz's terrible record in the Austria Bundesliga persisted, the home team beat Austria Lustenau away from home last weekend, getting back to winning ways in the process.

After claiming a 0-1 victory over SC Austria Lustenau in the Bundesliga in their most recent match, Sturm Graz is looking to add another success to their record. During that game, Sturm Graz held possession of the ball for 53% of the time and had 15 shots on goal, with 5 of them finding the target. Gregory Wuthrich was the only player on the Sturm Graz team to score, and he did it in the 33rd minute. There were six shots on goal taken by Austria Lustenau, but only one of them was on target. During their previous six matches, Christian Ilzer's Sturm Graz have found the back of the net an impressive eight times. Seven goals have been scored against them in those matches, showing their worst defensive performance. Ahead of this matchup, Sturm Graz has gone through their previous five league matches at home without suffering a loss.

The previous game that BW Linz played in the Bundesliga was against Rapid Vienna, and they ended up losing. As a result, they will be looking to make amends in this contest. During that match, BW Linz managed to gain 38 percent of the possession and 9 shots on goal, with 5 of them landing in the target area. There were 15 shots on goal for Rapid Wien, but only 8 of them were on target. For Rapid Vienna, goals were scored by Guido Burgstaller twice in the 12th minute and once in the 22nd minute, Leopold Querfeld once in the 64th minute, Ante Bajic once in the 79th minute, and Fally Mayulu once in the 92nd minute. In the previous six games that BW Linz has participated in, there have been a total of 25 goals scored, which works out to an average of 4.17 goals scored per contest. 14 of these goals have been scored by the opposing teams. Before this encounter, BW Linz had gone winless on the road in their previous two league matches.

Only four games have ever been played between Sturm Graz and BW Linz in the history of the two clubs. Sturm Graz has won one of those games, while BW Linz has won one of those games. There were, however, two games that finished in ties. In the head-to-head matchups, Sturm Graz scored six goals, while BW Linz managed to score seven.

The reality that they will have to face a team like Sturm Graz when they are on the road will make things much worse for the visiting BW Linz squad, who do not appear to be prepared to compete at this level. While the visiting team has had defensive issues, I anticipate that Sturm Graz will capitalize on this opportunity, win, and score at least three goals.