Sturm Graz vs Girona Prediction & Betting Tips (27 November)

Unfortunately for him and for his supporters, Sturm Graz should not fare well in this Champions League. Because halfway through the league phase, the Austrian club has still not unlocked its points counter after its 4 inaugural defeats against Brest 2-1, Club Bruges 0-1, Sporting 0-2 and Borussia Dortmund 1-0 on the last day. As a result, the Blackies are logically lagging behind at the bottom of the rankings, in 33rd place out of the 36 teams entered. These very poor European results pushed the leaders to part ways with their coach and appoint Jürgen Saumel as head of the team in recent weeks. In the championship, however, everything is going well for Sturm Graz who are leading the way in the Austrian Bundesliga with 3 lengths ahead of Rapid Vienna. Next weekend, they will aim for a 6th success in 7 days against Austria Klagenfurt. A real surprise in La Liga last year, Girona was therefore able to benefit from the first ticket in its history for the Champions League.

But everything is not going as planned in this competition for the Spaniards who, stripped of numerous executives during the summer transfer window, are not really managing to do well. They have actually only taken 3 small points during their First 4 matches, thanks to their success against Slovan Bratislava 2-0. Previously, the Catalans were beaten by PSG 1-0 and Feyenoord 2-3 and then lost to PSV Eindhoven 4-0 earlier this month. Also, they are now in 29th place in the ranking, 2 units from 24th place, the last qualifier for the play-offs. These difficulties in the Champions League are not so surprising for Girona who are also struggling in La Liga. 10th in the ranking, Danny van de Beek's partners have still won 2 wins in a row against Leganes 4-3 and Getafe 0-1 and they will try to make it 3 against Espanyol next weekend.

The long-term injured Borkovic is still in the recovery phase and he should not be able to hold his place for this poster. In addition to this, his partners in the defensive sector Wüthrich and Gorenc-Stankovic will also have to give up this week. Center forward Sarkaria is not qualified to play in this competition, nor is midfielder Skern. With his 8 goals scored in the league, the young Dane Biereth is one of the revelations of the season for Sturm Graz. We must also count on the valuable Georgian international Kiteishvili (6 goals) who should start in the heart of the game. On the other hand, no player from this team has found the fault in this competition.

The only goal scored by this team was the work of Brestois Fernandes against his camp during the first day.  Victim of an injury with his selection last week, Venezuelan midfielder Yangel Herrera will not be available. He also joins a busy infirmary where we already find the recruit Asprilla, the striker Danjuma, the major defenders Frances and Krejci, starting midfielder Ivan Martin, the young Dutchman Misehouy, the winger Portu, the striker and international hopeful Abel Ruiz, the Colombian Solis Romero and the Ukrainian Tsygankov. It is therefore a particularly reduced squad which will present itself in Austria this week. Despite his 38 years, the Uruaguayan Stuani (4 goals in 9 appearances in La Liga) is the best offensive asset of this formation at the moment.