Sturm Graz 3-1 SK Rapid: result and report

Admiral Bundesliga · Sunday 2 April 2023

Result

Sturm Graz 3-1 SK Rapid

Admiral Bundesliga · Sunday 2 April 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Sturm Graz 3-1 SK Rapid: match report

Sturm Graz defeated SK Rapid 3-1 in the Admiral Bundesliga on Sunday 2 April 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

E. Emegha opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Sturm Graz's goals came from E. Emegha (6'), Manprit Sarkaria (45+1') and Otar Kiteishvili (70'). SK Rapid scored through Guido Burgstaller (17').

Discipline: Sturm Graz received 4 yellow cards; SK Rapid received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sturm Graz were 2nd on 48 points from 22 and SK Rapid 5th on 33 points from 22. Sturm Graz went on to finish that season 2nd with 66 points, and SK Rapid 7th with 42.

Sturm Graz lined up in a 4-3-3 and SK Rapid in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Emmanuel Emegha of Sturm Graz (8.3), ahead of Manprit Sarkaria (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sturm Graz wins, 4 draws and 1 for SK Rapid.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · E. EmeghaSturm Graz · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · E. EmeghaSturm Graz
  • 17'Goal · Guido BurgstallerSK Rapid · 1-1
  • 23'Yellow card · Thorsten SchickSK Rapid
  • 38'Yellow card · Stefan HierländerSturm Graz
  • 45+1'Goal · Manprit SarkariaSturm Graz · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Jon Gorenc StankovicSturm Graz
  • 70'Goal · Otar KiteishviliSturm Graz · 3-1
  • 72'Yellow card · D. AffengruberSturm Graz
  • 88'Yellow card · Aleksa PejicSK Rapid

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sturm Graz 5, draws 4, SK Rapid 1.

Team news

Sturm Graz line-up (4-3-3)

Arthur Okonkwo, Alexandar Borkovic, Jusuf Gazibegovic, David Schnegg, David Affengruber, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Alexander Prass, Tomi Horvat, Stefan Hierländer, Manprit Sarkaria, Emmanuel Emegha

SK Rapid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Niklas Hedl, Michael Sollbauer, Jonas Auer, Leopold Querfeld, Roman Kerschbaum, Christoph Knasmüllner, Thorsten Schick, Aleksa Pejic, Marco Grüll, Guido Burgstaller, Oliver Strunz