Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Mattersburg (3rd, 3 pts) and Sturm Graz (5th, -13 pts). Sturm Graz had been under-performing their position — 24th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Sturm Graz 0.9 scored and 3.2 conceded per game, Mattersburg 1.3 and 1.2, with the league averaging 1.67.
Mattersburg entered with three losses in a row.
Merkur Arena in Graz, capacity 16,764, hosted the game. The referee was S. Ebner, with 65 matches in our database and 2.8 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Mattersburg led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.