Sturm Graz II secured a comfortable 4:2 victory over Floridsdorfer in the Second League's Regular Season stage on Saturday. L. Piskule opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the twenty-fourth minute, setting a tone the hosts maintained throughout. B. Maierhofer doubled the advantage just before the break, while J. Halwachs and B. Pernot added further goals to seal the result.
The visitors showed resilience in attack but struggled to convert their opportunities. Floridsdorfer managed five shots on target compared to the hosts' seven, yet their accuracy of 38 per cent pales beside Sturm Graz's 78. That means roughly one in three of their attempts hit the target, while the home side found the net more consistently.
Substitutions came thick and fast after the interval, with six changes between the sixtieth and eighty-fifth minutes. T. Osmani, M. Grgic, J. Locker and J. Taieb all entered the fray, though none could alter the trajectory of the game. Yellow cards for C. Wurm and N. Bitsche marked moments of frustration as the visitors chased the match.
Sturm Graz II's statistical dominance was clear. They registered 132 attacks against 125 for Floridsdorfer, while possession sat comfortably at 52 per cent. The home side also earned three corners to their opponents' five, though the difference in shot accuracy told the real story.
For Sturm Graz, the result lifts them to ten places with six points from five matches. The win ends a run of defeats, including heavy losses to First Vienna and Lokomotiv. Floridsdorfer remain fourth on ten points, having taken only one point from their last two outings.