Sturm Graz vs Rapid Vienna Prediction and Betting Tips | November 2, 2024

Sturm Graz host Rapid Vienna at Merkur Arena on Saturday in the 12th round of games in the Austrian Bundesliga. The hosts lost 1-0 in the reverse fixture in the opening weekend of the campaign.

Sturm are coming off a 2-1 victory over BW Linz in the OFB Cup in midweek and a 2-1 league win over LASK last weekend. The victory over LASK took their unbeaten streak in the league to five games and put them atop the standings with 25 points from 22 matches.

Rapid, meanwhile, will look to return to winning ways following their shock 2-1 defeat to second-tier SV Stripfing in the OFB Cup in their previous outing. It marked their first loss since August for Rapid, who are three points behind leaders Sturm in second.

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Sturm Graz vs Rapid Vienna Boys Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 87 meetings between the two teams, with Sturm trailing 33-28.
• Sturm have managed one clean sheet in their last seven games in the fixture.
• Rapid have won two of their last 17 games in the fixture but have failed to score five times.
• Sturm (26) are the highest-scoring side in the Austrian Bundesliga this season.

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Sturm Graz vs Rapid Vienna Prediction

Sturm are on a run of back-to-back victories and have won four of their last five matches. They have won three of their last four home games, so Christian Ilzer's men will be confident of increasing the gap with Rapid.

The visitors, meanwhile, have one win and four goals in their five away league games. Robert Klauss's men are pushing for back-to-back league wins over Sturm for the first time since 2020 but could see their away woes continue.

Prediction: Sturm 2-1 Rapid

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Sturm Graz vs Rapid Vienna Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Sturm

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Eight of Sturm's last 10 matches have produced more than 2.5 goals.)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have scored in five of their last seven matchups.)