Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sturm Graz U18 3rd with 38 points, Ried U18 10th with 22, 16 apart. Sturm Graz U18 had been under-performing their position — 11th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Sturm Graz U18 were scoring 1.91 and conceding 1.36, Ried U18 1.41 and 2.32, against a competition average of 1.8 goals per team per game.
Sturm Graz U18 had won three straight. The last-five ledger: Sturm Graz U18 12/15, Ried U18 3/15.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sturm Graz U18 2, draws 1, Ried U18 1, at 5.5 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 100% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The match was played at Messendorf Trainingszentrum (capacity 1,300). It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.