In this week 2 match on the 30th of July, Sturm Graz and Salzburg will play a match in Graz in a Tipico Bundesliga match. Sturm Graz sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Wolfsberger AC. Konstantin Kerschbaumer struck first for Wolfsberger AC in the 26th minute, then Manprit Sarkaria tied it up for Sturm Graz in the 44th minute on a feed from Hojlund squeezing out at least the one point for Sturm Graz. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10, while salzburg is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Austria Wien. Sesko scored the first goal for Salzburg in the 38th minute, then Fernando added another in the 56th minute In the end, Austria Wien couldn’t muster any offence and Salzburg ran away with the shutout win. Salzburg is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Salzburg won the head to head battle with 3 wins and 1 losss.
Salzburg is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Karim Adeyemi and Benjamin Sesko each having 2 goals in their last 5. Both Jakob Jantscher and Manprit Sarkaria have been the hottest scorers for Sturm Graz in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.