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Europa League · League phase, matchday 2 Match report

AFC Bournemouth 3-0 Sturm Graz: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

AFC Bournemouth crest AFC Bournemouth
3-0Full time
Sturm Graz crest Sturm Graz
Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, Dorset

Our picks against the result

7 of 12 right

  • Result AFC Bournemouth win81% 3-0
  • Double chance AFC Bournemouth or draw (1X)93% 3-0
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.558% 3 goals
  • More corners AFC Bournemouth80% AFC Bournemouth (7-3)
  • Yellow cards Above average 6 yellow cards · league 3.1
  • Yellow cards 6 yellow cards 3.5 Under55% 4.5 Under74% 5.5 Under87%
  • Corners Below average 10 corners · league 10.6
  • Corners 10 corners 8.5 Over59% 9.5 Under52% 10.5 Under62%

Match stats

AFC Bournemouth Sturm Graz
  • 3 Goals 0
  • 3 Yellow cards 3
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 7 Corners 3

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

AFC Bournemouth vs Sturm Graz is the Europa League league phase tie at the Vitality Stadium on Thursday 15 October 2026, and our result pick is an AFC Bournemouth win, with a Bournemouth win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model backs an AFC Bournemouth win, and the strongest argument is the gap in our strength ratings: Bournemouth sit well above the Europa League average, Sturm Graz some way below it, and our goal model reads the game the same way. The counterpoint is Bournemouth's league form, with a heavy loss at Chelsea and a narrow home defeat to Liverpool. Even so, Bournemouth won away at Real Sociedad on matchday one, they give up few clear chances, and Sturm Graz create very little. With home advantage, the call is clear.

Form guide

AFC Bournemouth

  • L 1-5 at Chelsea (A) Premier League · 10 Oct
  • L 0-1 vs Liverpool (H) Premier League · 20 Sep
  • W 2-1 at Real Sociedad (A) Europa League · 17 Sep
  • D 2-2 vs Brentford (H) Premier League · 12 Sep
  • W 4-0 vs Lincoln City (H) EFL Cup · 8 Sep

Sturm Graz

  • W 2-0 at Austria Wien (A) Bundesliga · 10 Oct
  • L 0-3 at Salzburg (A) Bundesliga · 20 Sep
  • D 0-0 vs Rennes (H) Europa League · 16 Sep
  • W 2-1 vs LASK (H) Bundesliga · 13 Sep
  • L 1-3 at Rapid Wien (A) Bundesliga · 30 Aug

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

AFC BournemouthSturm Graz
Attack 100 14 2.0 goals per match this season0.0 goals per match this season
Defence 89 51 1.0 conceded per match this season0.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Europa League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

AFC Bournemouth and Sturm Graz have not met in our records since 2010.

Europa League so far

#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
11 AFC Bournemouth 1 100 2:1 +1 3
19 Sturm Graz 1 010 0:0 0 1

Positions in our table of 36 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Europa League, League phase, matchday 2
Kick-off
Venue
Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, Dorset

Questions and answers

What was the score of AFC Bournemouth vs Sturm Graz?

AFC Bournemouth 3-0 Sturm Graz in the Europa League (League phase, matchday 2) on Thursday 15 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for AFC Bournemouth vs Sturm Graz right?

Yes: our result pick was AFC Bournemouth win, and the score after 90 minutes was 3-0. 7 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in AFC Bournemouth vs Sturm Graz?

6 yellow cards (AFC Bournemouth 3, Sturm Graz 3), no red cards and 10 corners (AFC Bournemouth 7, Sturm Graz 3).

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