Shots on target: 5-2. Corners: 8-2. Yellow cards: SK Sturm Graz 2, SV Ried 2.
SK Sturm Graz came into the match with 2 draws and 3 defeats in their last 5, scoring 10 and conceding 13. SV Ried came into the match with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats in their last 5, scoring 12 and conceding 14.
In our records the two sides have met 10 times: SK Sturm Graz won 7, 2 ended level and SV Ried won 1. Their last meeting, on , finished SK Sturm Graz 1-0 SV Ried. Every result is on the head-to-head page.
This page has the SK Sturm Graz – SV Ried match report, the goals, the statistics, the line-ups and the standings.
From our own match data, up to the last 4 matches before this one. In brackets: the matches a value is based on; a value with data from fewer than 3 matches is not shown.
One of the ScoreMondo model’s 20,000 simulations — an estimate, not a result.
SK Sturm GrazKick-off0-0SV Ried
90 minutes play in about half a minute.
Before kick-off: Model simulation (20,000 runs): expected goals SK Sturm Graz 2.2 – 1.2 SV Ried. Most frequent scores: 2-1 (10%), 1-1 (9%), 2-0 (9%). Both teams score in 61% of the simulated matches.
It finished 2-2 between SK Sturm Graz and SV Ried at Merkur Arena. Down to ten men in the 47th minute (Arjan Malic sent off), SK Sturm Graz still came away with a draw. It was 1-1 at half-time. Player of the match: Simon Seidl of SK Sturm Graz, with a ScoreMondo rating of 7.2. The match was played on Sunday, 25 October 2026 at Merkur Arena in Graz (matchday 10).
How the match unfolded
SK Sturm Graz took the lead in the 31st minute through Simon Seidl. SV Ried drew level at 1-1 on 45 minutes. The first half ended 1-1.
Arjan Malic saw a straight red card in the 47th minute, leaving SK Sturm Graz short-handed. Isaac Kiese Thelin turned the game around for SV Ried at 2-1 after 55 minutes. The officials disallowed a SK Sturm Graz goal on 77 minutes. SK Sturm Graz drew level at 2-2 in the 90th minute through Belmin Beganovic.
What the numbers say
Shots on target5–2
Corners finished 8-2. A red card for SK Sturm Graz and 4 yellows made it a bad-tempered match. SV Ried's goalkeeper made 5 saves. Dangerous attacks: 215 for SK Sturm Graz, 145 for SV Ried. SK Sturm Graz committed 7 fouls to SV Ried's 15, and the offside count read 1-0.
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to Belmin Beganovic (SK Sturm Graz, 7.0), Isaac Kiese Thelin (SV Ried, 7.0) and Philipp Pomer (SV Ried, 6.5). From the SK Sturm Graz bench came Petar Petrović on 67 minutes, Belmin Beganovic on 67 minutes, Szymon Wlodarczyk on 78 minutes and Julian Halwachs on 78 minutes, among 5 changes. SV Ried made 5 changes: Martin Rasner for Lukas Malicsek (63'), Stefan Schwab for Yussef Nasrawe (64'), Joris Boguo for Jaeden Rhodes (80') and Evan Eghosa for Isaac Kiese Thelin (80').
How they came into it
SK Sturm Graz came into the match with 4 wins and 1 defeat from their last 5 matches. Their most recent game was a 1-0 win over Olympique de Marseille for SK Sturm Graz. Before kick-off, SV Ried's last 5 matches had brought 3 wins and 2 draws. Last time out, SV Ried beat FK Austria Wien3-2 at home. The last meeting, in 2026 in the Bundesliga, ended in a 1-0 win for SK Sturm Graz. Those 10 games produced 27 goals, an average of 2.7 per match.
What it means
SV Ried are now unbeaten in 7 matches. Across 11 meetings in our records: 7 wins for SK Sturm Graz, 1 win for SV Ried and 3 draws.
