In this week 18 match on Dec 12th, Austria Klagenfurt and Sturm Graz will play a match in Klagenfurt in a clash of the Tipico Bundesliga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only -2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 4th placed Austria Klagenfurt is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Wattens. Raffael Behounek struck first for Austria Klagenfurt on an own goal in the 90th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wattens couldn’t manage to score, and Austria Klagenfurt took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Austria Klagenfurt should be reasonably happy with their performance, while sturm Graz is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Admira. Jakob Jantscher struck first for Sturm Graz in the 13th minute, then in the 38th minute, Suliman Mustapha sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Wilhelm Vorsager squeezing out at least the one point for Admira. Sturm Graz is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 12th of September, Sturm Graz won by a score of 2 to 1. Christopher Cvetko scored the first goal for Austria Klagenfurt in the 3rd minute, but Jakob Jantscher got the equalizer for Sturm Graz in the 31st minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 94th minute on a goal by Gregory Wüthrich to cap off a wild match.
Sturm Graz’s top weapon lately has been Manprit Sarkaria, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Austria Klagenfurt is glad to have Markus Pink in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.