Sturm Graz vs Rangers — UEFA Europa League 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 4+ matches
Sturm Graz62%
Rangers14%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Sturm Graz creates 159% more chances
Season form · 4 home / 4 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under61
- Over39
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No62
- Yes38
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Sturm Graz ↓
Most likely 1–0 (17%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Sturm Graz at home — creates 0.75, concedes 0.50 · 4 matches
Rangers away — creates 0.75, concedes 2.50 · 4 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Sturm Graz attack 0.75 + Rangers defence 2.50 → ÷2 → 1.63
Rangers attack 0.75 + Sturm Graz defence 0.50 → ÷2 → 0.63
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 62%?"
Sturm Graz at 62% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 62% does not mean "Sturm Graz will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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Statistics
Sturm Graz host Rangers on Thursday, 2 October 2025 at 19:00. The match is part of the UEFA Europa League 2026/2027 season.
UEFA Europa League: Sturm Graz 2–1 Rangers
Sturm Graz beat Rangers 2-1 in UEFA Europa League on October 2, 2025.
Goals: T. Horvat (7'), O. Kiteishvili (35'), D. Gassama (49').
Rangers controlled possession (59%) and registered 16 shots to 16.
The match was played at Merkur Arena in Graz.