Week 17 features a match on Friday Feb 10th, where Sturm Graz will host Rapid Wien in a clash of the Tipico Bundesliga. Sturm Graz is fresh off their 1-1 draw against LASK Linz. René Renner struck first for LASK Linz in the 46th minute, then E. Emegha tied it up for Sturm Graz in the 76th minute on a feed from Gazibegovic squeezing out at least the one point for Sturm Graz. Sturm Graz is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Rapid Wien recorded a 2-1 win against Hartberg. Marco Grüll struck first for Rapid Wien in the 16th minute, but Okan Aydın got the equalizer for Hartberg in the 44th minute. Rapid Wien is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Allianz Stadion, Sturm Graz won by a score of 2 to 1. Kuhn struck first for Rapid Wien in the 15th minute, then Gregory Wüthrich got the equalizer for Sturm Graz in the 25th minute on a feed from Manprit Sarkaria Finally they completed the comback in the 86th minute on a penalty goal by Tomi Horvat to cap off a wild match.
Rapid Wien is fortunate enough to have Guido Burgstaller in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. Sturm Graz is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Jakob Jantscher and Manprit Sarkaria each only have 1 goal in their last 5.