Match Report
1 points and 0 places separated them: Sturm Graz 1st with 38, LASK Linz 1st with 39. On recent form LASK sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Sturm Graz ran at 1.5 scored and 1.18 conceded, LASK Linz at 1.75 and 1.31.
Sturm Graz's unbeaten run stood at 7.
Across 10 recorded meetings, Sturm Graz have 6 wins to LASK Linz's 3, with 1 draw, at 3.3 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 70% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Merkur Arena, capacity 16,764, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Sturm Graz: Otar Kiteishvili (78') · LASK Linz: Moses Usor (52')
Key stats
Possession: Sturm Graz 72% · LASK Linz 28% · Total shots: 21-9 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 7-5