SK Sturm Graz vs NS Mura, Europe 2021-22 QUALIFICATION ROUND 3
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Overview
Match Preview
SK Sturm Graz vs NS Mura — Europe at Merkur-Arena.
- SK Sturm Graz 8 games · 7 pts (2025/26)
- NS Mura 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Aug NS Mura H 2–0 W 19 Aug NS Mura A 3–1 W 01 Aug FK Haugesund H 2–1 W 25 Jul FK Haugesund A 0–2 L 16 Aug AEK Larnaka A 0–5 L 09 Aug AEK Larnaka H 0–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Aug SK Sturm Graz A 0–2 L 19 Aug SK Sturm Graz H 1–3 L 12 Aug FK Zalgiris Vilnius A 1–0 W 05 Aug FK Zalgiris Vilnius H 0–0 D 28 Jul PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad A 1–3 L 21 Jul PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad H 0–0 D Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history25% Clean Sheets
SK Sturm Graz this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Merkur-Arena will turn into a battlefield for SK Sturm Graz and NS Mura.
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. SK Sturm Graz needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 20' NS Mura is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering SK Sturm Graz that had 141 games and scored 37 goals.
- 33' Matic Marusko is having his name booked by the referee on 33.
- 38' It’s high time Ante Simundza made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 39' GOAL! Otar Kiteishvili scores on 39.
- 44' SK Sturm Graz is showing some good football. However, SK Sturm Graz are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 46' Mihael Klepac is replacing Ziga Skoflek for the NS Mura side.
- 51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Mitja Lotric, as he is very good at scoring at Merkur-Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 54' It’s gonna be a Red card for Matic Marusko.
- 56' Time for substitution for NS Mura. Stanisa Mandic is replaced by Alen Kozar.
- 61' Amadou Dante has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 8 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 63' Another change for NS Mura made on 63 minute. Ziga Kous leaves to be changed by Amadej Marosa.
- 66' GOAL! Jakob Jantscher scores on 66.
- 67' SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Manprit Sarkaria is hanging Kelvin Yeboah on the field on 67 minute.
- 72' NS Mura started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 72.
- 74' SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Alexander Prass is hanging Stefan Hierlander on the field on 74 minute.
- 77' NS Mura manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tio Cipot is hanging Tomi Horvat on the field on 77 minute.
- 81' Anderson Niangbo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Stefan Hierlander on 81 minute.
- 82' The referee calls foul for Jan Gorenc. He receives a Yellow card.
- 87' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- The final score is 2-0.
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Lineups
SK Sturm Graz Lineups
Starting XI
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- 5
- 25
- 27
- 13
- 10
- 30
- 44
- 22
- 42
- 9
Bench
- 17
- 32
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11
Manprit Sarkaria ↑ 67'
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35
Niklas Geyrhofer ↑ 81'
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19
Andreas Kuen ↑ 74'
- 14
- 31
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8
Alexander Prass ↑ 74'
- 26
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15
Anderson Niangbo ↑ 81'
- 21
- 37
Coach Christian IlzerNS Mura Lineups
Starting XI
- 30
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27
Ziga Skoflek ↓ Mihael Klepac 46'
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77
Stanisa Mandic ↓ Alen Kozar 56'
- 69
- 3
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11
Ziga Kous ↓ Amadej Marosa 63'
- 21
- 23
- 9
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10
Tomi Horvat ↓ Tio Cipot 77'
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33
Mitja Lotric ↓ Kai Cipot 46'
Bench
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47
Mihael Klepac ↑ 46'
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7
Alen Kozar ↑ 56'
- 14
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17
Amadej Marosa ↑ 63'
- 13
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2
Kai Cipot ↑ 46'
- 15
- 90
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24
Tio Cipot ↑ 77'
- 12
Coach Ante Simundza -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jakob Jantscher 2 Otar Kiteishvili 2 Kelvin Yeboah 1 Ziga Skoflek 1 SK Sturm Graz Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.65 SK Sturm Graz xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.84 NS Mura xGI would bet for: SK Sturm Graz to win 58% + Under 2.5 goals 55%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: SK Sturm Graz winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.49Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 71% 29% ± 2.5 45% 55% ± 3.5 24% 76% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
SK Sturm Graz or Draw 83%Draw or NS Mura 42%SK Sturm Graz or NS Mura 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: SK Sturm Graz win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 12.8%1 – 1 12.3%2 – 0 Actual0 – 0 10.3%2 – 1 9.2%3 – 0 5.9%0 – 1 5.9%3 – 1 5.1%1 – 2 4.6%2 – 2 3.9%0 – 2 2.8%4 – 0 2.5%Asian Handicap — SK Sturm Graz
Handicap SK Sturm Graz covers Push NS Mura covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 17% 69% -1.5 31% — 69% -1 31% 25% 45% -0.5 55% — 45% +0.5 82% — 18% +1 82% 12% 6% +1.5 94% — 6% +2 94% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
SK Sturm Graz keeps clean sheet 44% ✗NS Mura keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.