Sturm wants to extend perfect series against Klagenfurt

After three successes in the highlight weeks at the start of spring, Sturm want to continue to put pressure on Salzburg, who are also flawless in the Bundesliga For this, the Grazers need three points in the 19th round on Saturday in the home game against the recently weakening Austria from Klagenfurt, who are still fighting for a place in the championship group.

Wiener Austria, which receives TSV Hartberg, also wants such a place The games start at 5 p.

m Sturm is currently six points behind leaders Salzburg, and given the points that are due after 22 rounds, they are within striking distance of the league dominators.

The Styrians want their clean slate after league wins against Rapid (1-0), Hartberg in the Steirer-Derby (2-1) and a quarter-final triumph in the cup against defending champions Salzburg (6: 5 on penalties) retained in any case "After a good start, it's important to remain fully concentrated and to focus on the next tasks," emphasized coach Christian Ilzer.

The statistics also speak for Graz against Klagenfurt: The Black and Whites have won all five previous Bundesliga duels against Peter Pacult’s squad, plus one in 2019 in the cup In front of more than 10,600 fans - that's how many tickets were sold on Friday - Salzburg, who failed in the Europa League and only played against Ried on Sunday, should be at least a little under pressure with a win.

"I don't want to practice reading tables It's about preparing the team for the next tasks.

We can't influence what Salzburg does anyway," emphasized Ilzer The violets from Klagenfurt are in a mini-crisis, the last four competitive games have all been lost.

Pacult sees one reason for the bad start to the new year in the attitude of his troops “There is currently nothing to be seen of the virtues that have made us outstanding and strong.

We absolutely have to find our way back there,” said the 63-year-old "Everything seems inhibited.

We don't bring the willingness to run and the duel behavior that is necessary to survive Cleverness and courage with the ball are also missing.

” Klagenfurt are only two points short of sixth place and thus the championship group However, Pacult does not put his team under pressure for the remaining games in Graz, against Altach, Hartberg and in Lustenau.

The goal is still to stay in the league "If we achieve that in March, that would be a huge thing," emphasized the Viennese.

The club and the team would need time to grow According to Pacult, reaching the championship group in the promotion year like last season would be "anything but normal".

The coveted sixth place is currently held by Wiener Austria While a gap has already opened up at the front, the pursuers are breathing down the “Violets”.

In the home game against the penultimate TSV Hartberg, three points are firmly planned for Austria in order to get a little closer to the “target place six”, which neo-coach Michael Wimmer announced The violets have always been successful in the last five duels with Hartberg.

The route for the coming encounter is therefore clearly defined "We want to win the home game," emphasized Wimmer.

But he doesn't want to underestimate the Styrians Last but not least, because the distribution group continues to struggle with an injured list of eight players, there was still good news in this regard.

Captain Lukas Mühl is likely to return to the starting eleven for the first time since the beginning of October in a duel with Hartberg “Lukas has trained very well this week, if he agrees he will start.

He's our captain," emphasized Wimmer A decision will be made after the final training session about whether Andreas Gruber, who was recently ill, will be used, but the trend is in a positive direction.

Hartberg is tied with Ried on the penultimate place in the table Coach Markus Schopp was not dissatisfied with the performance in the 1:2 derby defeat against Sturm, but he also wants to score the necessary points for courageous performances.

The duel against Wiener Austria also brings with it a very exciting starting position "We're up against an opponent who needs points to be in the championship group.

But we also want to collect points,” emphasized the returnee to the TSV coaching bench In terms of personnel, Schopp can draw on unlimited resources for the guest appearance in Vienna.

Good competition has developed, which makes it really difficult to make decisions, emphasized the coach with a view to the starting line-up The many failures of the opponent played no role in the preparation of the Styrians.

"They don't change anything about our basic idea," said Schopp To post your opinion, you must be registered and logged in to Facebook.

The duel against Wiener Austria also brings with it a very exciting starting position "We're up against an opponent who needs points to be in the championship group.

But we also want to collect points,” emphasized the returnee to the TSV coaching bench In terms of personnel, Schopp can draw on unlimited resources for the guest appearance in Vienna.

Good competition has developed, which makes it really difficult to make decisions, emphasized the coach with a view to the starting line-up The many failures of the opponent played no role in the preparation of the Styrians.

"They don't change anything about our basic idea," said Schopp To post your opinion, you must be registered and logged in to Facebook.

The duel against Wiener Austria also brings with it a very exciting starting position "We're up against an opponent who needs points to be in the championship group.

But we also want to collect points,” emphasized the returnee to the TSV coaching bench In terms of personnel, Schopp can draw on unlimited resources for the guest appearance in Vienna.

Good competition has developed, which makes it really difficult to make decisions, emphasized the coach with a view to the starting line-up The many failures of the opponent played no role in the preparation of the Styrians.

"They don't change anything about our basic idea," said Schopp To post your opinion, you must be registered and logged in to Facebook.

to be in the master group But we also want to collect points,” emphasized the returnee to the TSV coaching bench.

In terms of personnel, Schopp can draw on unlimited resources for the guest appearance in Vienna Good competition has developed, which makes it really difficult to make decisions, emphasized the coach with a view to the starting line-up.

The many failures of the opponent played no role in the preparation of the Styrians "They don't change anything about our basic idea," said Schopp.

To post your opinion, you must be registered and logged in to Facebook to be in the master group.

But we also want to collect points,” emphasized the returnee to the TSV coaching bench In terms of personnel, Schopp can draw on unlimited resources for the guest appearance in Vienna.

Good competition has developed, which makes it really difficult to make decisions, emphasized the coach with a view to the starting line-up The many failures of the opponent played no role in the preparation of the Styrians.

"They don't change anything about our basic idea," said Schopp To post your opinion, you must be registered and logged in to Facebook.

which makes it really difficult to make decisions, emphasized the coach with a view to the starting line-up The many failures of the opponent played no role in the preparation of the Styrians.

"They don't change anything about our basic idea," said Schopp To post your opinion, you must be registered and logged in to Facebook.

which makes it really difficult to make decisions, emphasized the coach with a view to the starting line-up The many failures of the opponent played no role in the preparation of the Styrians.

"They don't change anything about our basic idea," said Schopp To post your opinion, you must be registered and logged in to Facebook.

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