Sturm Graz vs Salzburg prediction and preview
Admiral Bundesliga · Sunday 8 November 2026, 16:00 UTC
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Sturm Graz vs Salzburg
Admiral Bundesliga · Sunday 8 November 2026, 16:00 UTC · Merkur Arena, Graz
Sturm Graz vs Salzburg preview
Sturm Graz host Salzburg in the Admiral Bundesliga on Sunday 8 November 2026, kick-off 16:00 UTC at Merkur Arena in Graz. Sturm Graz are 4th in the table with 19 points from 11, while Salzburg go into the round 2nd, on 27 points from 11 games.
Sturm Graz have collected 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat from their last 5 league games; Salzburg have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat over the same stretch. Over their last 6, Sturm Graz have scored 2.0 and conceded 1.2 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Salzburg average 2.2 scored and 1.3 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.
The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Sturm Graz won 4, 4 games were drawn and Salzburg won 2. Those games averaged 3.3 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 7. The most recent meeting, on 20 Sep 2026, ended Salzburg 3-0 Sturm Graz.
Sturm Graz list 8 absentees, including Emran Soglo (injury), Seedy Jatta (injury) and Nelson Felix Patrick Weiper (injury). Emran Soglo and Seedy Jatta have featured heavily in recent matches. Salzburg list 8 absentees, including Nikolas Veratschnig (injury), Sota Kitano (injury) and Jesper Lindstrøm (injury). Nikolas Veratschnig and Sota Kitano have featured heavily in recent matches. Walter Altmann is the appointed referee. Across 124 earlier matches in our data the average is 4.0 yellow cards per game and 0.2 penalties per game, and home sides won 31% of those games.
Bookmaker prices give Salzburg a slight edge. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.
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Form and table
- Sturm GrazLast five: L W W D D
- SalzburgLast five: L W D W W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Salzburg | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 6 | +23 | 27 | WDWWW |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 19 | LWWDD |
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Leon Grgic
- Emran Soglo
- Seedy Jatta
- Filip Rózga
- Enrique Aguilar
- Nikolas Veratschnig
- Justin Omoregie
- Nelson Felix Patrick Weiper
- Otar Kiteishvili
- Gizo Mamageishvili
- Daniil Khudyakov
- Dominik Schmid
- Damir Redzic
- Sota Kitano
- John Mellberg
- Jesper Lindstrøm
Sturm Graz expected line-up (3-4-2-1)
Ammar Helac, Arjan Malic, Joshua Quarshie, Paul Koller, Jürgen Heil, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Luca Weinhandl, Jacob Peter Hödl, Simon Seidl, Valmir Matoshi, Belmin Beganovic
Salzburg expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christian Zawieschitzky, Tim Drexler, Kévin Boma, Valentin Zabransky, Frans Krätzig, Abubakr Barry, Bartosz Mazurek, Edmund Baidoo, Gaoussou Diakité, Yorbe Vertessen, Haris Tabakovic
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