Rapid Vienna vs Sturm Graz — Austrian Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 30 August 2026

Austrian Bundesliga·Sunday, 30 August 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 7.1 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Rapid Vienna

46%

pick · result

Draw

24%

Sturm Graz

30%

Final score

3–1

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Rapid Vienna win 46.1% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Rapid Vienna win. Expected goals 1.60–1.29 against 3–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals56%4 scored
Both teams score58%yes
Rapid Vienna clean sheet28%no
Sturm Graz clean sheet20%no
Rapid Vienna score 2+48%yes
Sturm Graz score 2+37%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1908
1X2 Brier score0.4376
Probability on the result46.1%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (11.2%), 2–1 (10.2%), 1–0 (8.9%). It finished 3–1.

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Rapid Vienna

2 AugHvs SCR Altach1–0W
9 AugAvs SV Ried2–1W
16 AugHvs Grazer AK8–0W
30 AugHvs Sturm Graz3–1W
2 SeptAvs Salzburg1–5L

Sturm Graz

1 AugAvs WSG Tirol1–1D
8 AugAvs Hartberg2–0W
15 AugHvs SCR Altach1–0W
22 AugHvs A. Lustenau1–1D
30 AugAvs Rapid Vienna1–3L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatRapid Vienna
(Home · 4 matches)
Sturm Graz
(Away · 4 matches)
BTTS rate25.0%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate75.0%50.0%
Clean sheet75.0%25.0%
Avg goals4.002.75

Home stats use Rapid Vienna's home record; away stats use Sturm Graz's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.