Bournemouth vs Sturm Graz Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check: goals at both ends

Bournemouth's last 20 matches, across the Premier League, cups and Europe, show nine wins, eight draws and just three defeats, with 48 goals scored against 25 conceded. That's a side that keeps finding the net even when results are inconsistent, including a home defeat to Liverpool sandwiched between wins and draws elsewhere.

Bournemouth: 20 completed matches; Sturm Graz: 20 completed matches.

Bournemouth

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

40% 8 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

48

Conceded

25

Difference

+23

Sturm Graz

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

40

Conceded

23

Difference

+17

Sturm Graz's record over a similar length of sample reads eleven wins, four draws and five losses, scoring 40 and conceding 23, mostly in Austrian league and cup football. Away from home specifically, they've taken heavy defeats at both Red Bull Salzburg and Rapid Vienna, each by a two-goal margin, which raises a question about how they travel.

Sturm Graz's away form has been the shakier part of their recent record.

Comparative Team Statistics: Bournemouth vs Sturm Graz

Europa League table: early days

In the league phase itself, Bournemouth sit tenth with three points from their opening match, a win away at Real Sociedad. Sturm Graz are down in seventeenth after drawing 0-0 at home to Rennes.

It's only one match apiece, so these placings say more about a single result than a settled trend. Still, Bournemouth's start came with a positive scoreline behind it, while Sturm Graz's brought a blank.

What might decide it

Bournemouth have scored in nearly every match across their sample, including a heavy win in a friendly and several tight one-goal margins in the league, suggesting they can create chances against most opponents. Their issue has been tightening up at the back rather than finding goals.

Sturm Graz will look to be more solid than they were in Vienna and Salzburg, where they shipped three goals on both occasions. Keeping it tight away from home, as they managed against Rennes, would give them something to build on rather than chasing the game.