Sturm Graz v Girona: Prediction and Tips

Sturm Graz and their interim manager Jurgen Saumel would dearly love a home UEFA Champions League win when Girona visit the Wörthersee Stadion.

The Austrian side have lost all four games so far, but they will feel they are edging closer to getting something after a gallant effort in Dortmund on matchday four, while Girona have one win and three losses so far.

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Sturm Graz v Girona Prediction

Key Prediction Stats & Insights

Supercomputer Prediction

Sturm Graz v Girona Betting Tips

Predicted Starting Line-ups

Sturm Graz v Girona Prediction

Prediction	BetSie Supercomputer %	Odds	Odds %
Girona	52.2%	1/1	50%

Key Prediction Stats & Insights

• Sturm Graz have lost all three of their most recent European home games without scoring.

• Girona have failed to score in both UEFA Champions League away games so far.

• The Austrian club have lost six of their last eight home European games (W1, D1).

Supercomputer Predictions

Sturm Graz	22.4%
Draw	25.3%
Girona	52.2%

The odds suggest that Girona have a 50% chance of winning their upcoming UEFA Champions League clash with Sturm Graz.

With a 52.2% probability, the BetSie Supercomputer believes the La Liga side have a slightly higher chance of winning the match compared to the betting odds.

Sturm Graz v Girona Betting Tips

Tip	Current Odds
Draw	29/10
Under 2.5 Goals	11/10
Oriol Romeu 1st card	9/1

Draw - 29/10

Confidence in either of these sides getting a win on the board is hard to find. Girona do have a win behind them, taking care of whipping boys Slovan Bratislava at home on matchday three, but they have yet to score on the road.

Sturm Graz have been competitive despite losing all four games so far, with only the 2-0 loss at Sporting CP seeing them downed by more than a one-goal margin.

Last time out they were undone by a very late goal in Dortmund on matchday four, a contest from which they had every right to feel they merited getting something from. 

Interim boss Jurgen Saumel will feel they can build on that now, with Sturm Graz currently on an eight-game unbeaten sequence in their domestic league. 

Girona are in decent form too, with Los Blanquivermells' having won four out of five lately in all competitions. 

Still, winning away from home in the UEFA Champions League doesn't come easy and the Spaniards may have to settle for a first ever point on the road in Europe.

Under 2.5 Goals - 11/10

Sturm Graz lost 2-1 to Brest in France on matchday one, but all three UEFA Champions League games they have contested since have gone under 2.5 goals. 

Indeed, the Austrians have not found the net at all, with defensive midfielder Edimilson Fernandes scoring an own goal in France. 

Girona were denied cruelly in Paris on matchday one, goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga fumbling over his own goal line in the 90th minute as PSG denied them a point. 

Feyenoord put three past them on matchday two and PSV scored four last time, while they were 2-0 winners at home over a poor Slovan side in between. 

This doesn't have the makings of a goal-fest and under 2.5 goals looks a solid option as these teams may cancel each other out.

Oriol Romeu 1st card - 9/1

Holding midfielder Oriol Romeu got into double figures in terms of yellow cards in three successive seasons during his time at Southampton and the 33-year-old Barcelona loanee could be a prime candidate for the first card here. 

He was cautioned in Paris on matchday one and, after a month out injured, has gone in the referee's notebook in two of his three La Liga appearances since he returned.

He made four tackles in the weekend's 4-1 win over Espanyol and should be in the thick of the action again in Austria.

He had 10 cautions last season for Girona and is on course to match that tally, with three in nine appearances so far. 

Predicted Starting Line-ups

Sturm Graz

Formation: 4-4-2
Team: Scherpen; Johnston, Aiwu, Lavalee, Gazibegovic; Yalcouye, Chukwuani, Kiteishvili, Boving; Biereth, Jatta.

Girona

Formation: 4-2-3-1
Team: Gazzaniga; Juanpe, Lopez, Krejci, Blind; Romeu, Clua; Gil, Van de Beek, Gutierrez; Miovski.

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