Sturm Graz 2-3 Celje: goals from Seslar, Diakité and Verbič

Sturm Graz hosted Celje on Thursday 5 November at Stadion Graz-Liebenau, in matchday 4 of the Europa League, with Giorgi Kruashvili as referee. Celje won 3-2. Seslar opened the scoring in min. 29 and Diakité equalised in min. 40, but Verbič, assisted by Milot Avdyli, put Celje ahead again in min. 45. In min. 73 Seslar scored once more and, in min. 90+3, Diakité pulled one back with an assist from Gizo Mamageishvili, and the score did not change.

There were three yellow cards: Tutyskinas (Celje, min. 17), Diakité (Sturm Graz, min. 69) and Avdyli (Celje, min. 90+2). Sturm Graz had 61% possession and 26 shots, five of them on target, against 39% and 8 shots for Celje, seven on target. Their xG was 2.28 for the hosts and 1.27 for the visitors.

The best player was S. Sešlar of Celje, rated 8.8 with two goals. In our table, Sturm Graz are 24th with 4 points and Celje 25th with 4 points, after four matches each.