Sturm Graz vs Nottingham Prediction & Betting Tips (6 November)

Extinguished by Midtjylland during the first day, losing 2-0, Sturm Graz reacted well by beating Rangers at home 2-1. Traveling to the other Scottish big names, Celtic during the 3rd day, the Austrian club did not manage to bring back the point of the draw by losing by a margin 2-1, probably because of the exclusion of Cjukwuani in the 70th minute of play which conditioned the result. Furthermore, in the wake of this defeat at Celtic Park, Sturm Graz succumbed at home in the league against Wolfsberger 1-3. Last week, as part of a 1/8 final of the Austrian Cup, Graz won on penalties against Admira, resident of the 2nd division. Held in failure from the start in Andalusia against Betis Sevilla 2-2, the Nottingham Forest team followed up with an avoidable defeat at home against the Danes of Midtjylland 2-3.

On the previous day, against a strong opponent, Nottingham got the better of Porto at home, winning 2-0. A victory which changed nothing in terms of form in the league since in the process, the English fell for the fourth time in a row in the Premier League against Bournemouth 2-0. Last weekend, Nottingham hosted the Man United team, in great form, result to follow. In the league this season, Forest have so far only won one match for a record of 6 defeats and 2 draws. 

At Sturm Graz, midfielder Chukwuani (1 goal in 9 league appearances) will be suspended for this match due to his exclusion against Celtic. Unqualified, Alexandar Borkovic (unimportant) will not play. Scorer for the 2nd time in the competition against Celtic, Slovenian international Horvat (2 goals, 1 assist in C3) will be well lined up on the scoresheet along with Georgian international Otar Kiteishvili (6 goals, 1 assist in the league). Scorer in the success against Porto, center forward Igor Jesus (Brazilian international, 3 goals in C3) also received a yellow card, one more which gave him will be worth a match suspension today. Coming out injured during the same match, Ukrainian international Zinchenko has not played again since and could withdraw.

Chris Wood (2 PL goals this season), Dilane Bakwa (ex-Bordeaux/Strasbourg) and Nigerian international Ola Aina are also injured and out. Not qualified to play in this competition, Taiwo Awoniyi, Cunha, Angus Gunn and Omari Hutchinson (3 goals, 2 assists last year with Ipswich) will not make the trip. After Igor Jesus, Morgan Gibbs-White is the most productive player in the competition for Forest with 1 goal and 2 assists to his name. Swiss international Ndoye (8 goals, 4 assists with Bologna last season) will be traveling to Austria, having scored 1 goal in 3 matches in the competition.