Matchday

UEFA Europa League 25/26 · 24 Sep 2025

FC Midtjylland 2–0 SK Sturm Graz

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.3 – 0.8
Actual xG
0.6 – 0.9
Goals
2 – 0

Footybot made FC Midtjylland favourites at 72%.

FC Midtjylland won a close one on the chances: 0.6 xG to 0.9.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Dimitri Lavalėe, 62.2 in 90′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

FC Midtjylland

28 Aug 2025W 2–0at Kuopion Palloseura Europa League
21 Aug 2025W 4–0v Kuopion Palloseura Europa League
14 Aug 2025W 2–0v Fredrikstad FK Europa League
7 Aug 2025W 3–1at Fredrikstad FK Europa League
31 Jul 2025D 0–0at Hibernian Europa League

SK Sturm Graz

26 Aug 2025W 2–1v Bodø/Glimt Champions League
20 Aug 2025L 0–5at Bodø/Glimt Champions League

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

FC Midtjylland

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Elías Ólafsson Goalkeeper9000–60.8–
Denil Castillo Midfielder9000–54.7–
Ousmane Diao Defender90100.0651.7–
Pedro Bravo Midfielder9000–51.3–
Kevin Mbabu Defender6900–49.8–
Han-Beom Lee Defender9000–48.7–
Valdemar Byskov Midfielder2000.0646.2–
Aral Şimşir Forward3001–45.6–
Philip Billing Midfielder90000.2243.0–
Gue-sung Cho Forward60000.0842.8–
Franculino Djú Forward88000.1442.6–
Edward Chilufya Forward2000–41.3–
Júnior Brumado Forward7000–35.7–
Mads Bech Sørensen Defender9000–34.5–
Adam Gabriel Defender2100–17.6–

SK Sturm Graz

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Dimitri Lavalėe Defender90000.1462.2–
Oliver Christensen Goalkeeper9000–54.8–
Tomi Horvat Midfielder90000.0753.0–
Tochi Chukwuani Midfielder84000.0650.9–
Emanuel Aiwu Defender9000–50.6–
Stefan Hierländer Midfielder1700–50.2–
Jacob Hödl Midfielder45000.1148.6–
Emir Karić Defender9000–47.7–
Maurice Malone Forward59000.3947.2+2.5
Belmin Beganović Forward17000.0946.8–
Jon Gorenc Stanković Midfielder9000–44.5–
Filip Rózga Midfielder45000.0143.0–
Seedy Jatta Forward7300–42.3–
Julius Beck Midfielder1100–39.2–
Leon Grgić Forward3100–37.0–
Tim Oermann Defender73000.0236.7–