SK Sturm Graz vs SV Innsbruck Free Betting Tips

Sturm Graz highly favored in the ÖFB Cup

In the first round of the ÖFB Cup, Bundesliga club SK Sturm Graz host SV Innsbruck from the Tyrolean league and are vastly superior. We analyze both teams and say in advance whether the big favorite can stumble on the win at home. We’ll also reveal alternatives to the winner’s tip that don’t yield too much. The Grazer want to check off a botched season and attack with new supervisors. For the guests, their game of life is about the sensation – at least the Innsbruckers want to annoy the Bundesliga club as much as possible in front of a television audience.

SK Sturm Graz – Sturm demanded as a huge favorite

5 times cup winner
1.25 goals per home game
1.44 goals conceded per home game

Sturm Graz was last eliminated in the 1st round of the ÖFB Cup in 2006, at that time with 0: 1 against Karlsdorf. This time the Grazers do not want to give up this nakedness. Since then, they have won the Austrian Cup twice, most recently in 2018. The Styrians already have 5 trophies in their showcase. Last season was the quarter-finals against LASK. In the new season, a lot should be new at SK Sturm, the sometimes devastating previous season should be forgotten. Christian Ilzer has been on the sidelines of the Blackies since this season. In the preseason, Nestor El Maestro acted more than unhappy as the new savior. The club reached the championship group of the best 6 teams, but only finished 6th without a chance at the European Cup and showed almost consistently poor performances after the end of the lockdown. At the start of the ÖFB Cup, Sturm is playing the role of the big favorite, with the bookies you get very little back for tip 1.

5 home failures last

Sturm Graz ended the preseason with only 10 wins and 5 draws and 17 defeats in 6th place, and an international starting place was missing a whopping 12 points. In the champions group you lost all 5 home games at the end of the season. In the last 16 home games, there were only 4 successes and 2 draws out of 10 bankruptcies in their own stadium. The team was only able to score 1.25 hits per home appearance and had to concede an average of 1.44 goals. In 4 of the last 5 Sturm home games there were over 2.5 goals, in 3 of the most recent 4 home games there were over 4.5 goals. We are expecting more goals this time as well. Sturm was able to win 4 of the last 5 opening games in the ÖFB Cup without conceding a goal.

The trainer

Christian Ilzer has been looking after Sturm since this summer. The 42-year-old was a little unlucky at Wiener Austria in the preseason. Before that, Hartberg led into the Bundesliga and Wolfsberg into the European Cup. With Hartberg, he reached the quarter-finals of the ÖFB Cup in 2018. In a total of 10 games in this competition, he was able to celebrate 6 wins and 4 defeats with 3 different clubs.

SV Innsbruck – Will Innsbruck make a sensation in Graz?

1st place in the Tyrol League
2 games without defeat
experienced coach

As one of the representatives of the Tyrolean Football Association, the Innsbruck sports club is in the first main round of the ÖFB Cup. The Innsbruckers are naturally clear outsiders there, something that can be counted – and if it should only be one goal – would be a surprise. The SVI was in first place in the Tyrol League in the preseason when the championship was canceled just before the start of spring. So you were deprived of the possibility of promotion to the Regionalliga West, but you still qualified for the ÖFB Cup. In 15 league games the team brought 12 wins and 1 draw with only 2 defeats. The Innsbruck team was 7 points ahead of their first rival SV Fügen. In the guest appearance in Graz, Innsbruck are clear outsiders. If the Tyroleans achieve the sensation and decide the game for themselves in the regular playing time, you will get back more than 25 times the stake. Even if the guests make it into overtime, you can still look forward to a very high profit with the double chance bet.

Possible list of SVI: Manuel Hauser, Martin Bär, Florian Mair, Rene Waldhart, Lukas Tinzl, Lucas Peintner, Degenhard Angerer, Ertugrul Yösavel, Gregor Engelbrecht, Philipp Plattner, Julius Heimpel

New trainer

Since this season, SV Innsbruck has been looked after by Martin Hofbauer. The 55-year-old is very well versed in Tyrolean football. The SVI is its 5th station after Matrei, Schwaz, Kufstein and Zirl. The last station was rather untypical for Hofbauer, because his engagements were long-term. But he was only in Zirl for a good six months. With his new team, the coach got all 3 possible results in the first 3 games of the Tirol League: 1: 3 at the start at Silz / Mötz, 1: 1 at home against Völs and 3: 2 at the front runner Natters, who had previously been free of loss points. So Innsbruck are undefeated in the last two games.

“The threesome was a bit happy. But of course it was a very strong performance of my eleven to get three points from the championship leaders ”, said Innsbruck coach Martin Hofbauer.

SK Sturm Graz vs SV Innsbruck Free Betting Tips

As a Bundesliga team, Sturm Graz is of course the clear favorite in this game against the regional division. The odds for the home win are correspondingly low. It will probably only be about the height of the victory for Graz. You can increase the odds by placing a handicap bet – it only becomes lucrative from 0: 2. The hosts should already lead clearly at the break. There will be under 4.5 goals in the regular season and not both teams to score.

Betting Tips: Under 4.5 goals
Odds: 5.50