Europa League
2025-09-24 - Midtjylland vs Sturm Graz
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: UEFA Europa League
Wednesday 24th September 2025 - Kick Off 5:45pm
This game is live on TV
Midtjylland
The big ambition for Midtyjlland over the next several months will be to try and regain their place as the top Danish club having finished behind Copenhagen. It is Copenhagen who have won three of the last four domestic titles, but Midtjylland picked up the trophy in 2024 and they have made a positive start to the new season.
That positive start includes winning three Europa League Qualifying ties to return to the League Phase of this competition. The side won 5 of the 6 Qualifiers played to build early momentum, and Midtjylland did enough to earn a spot in the Play Off Rounds of the Knock Out Stages before eventually being dumped out by Real Sociedad. Experience will tell Midtjylland that they need to win at least three of the eight Europa League games to be played in this Group to secure passage into the Knock Out Rounds again.
Midtjylland have won 8 of their last 9 games in all competitions, including 2 in a row since losing to Nordsjaelland in the match played immediately after the September international break. Home form has been particularly impressive of late and Midtjylland have won 4 in a row here.
Sturm Graz
A ten year spell of dominance from a club receiving huge financial support was ended by Sturm Graz when they finished above Salzburg in 2024. They did the same in 2025, but there has been a struggle to step up to the level of the European clubs involved in the Champions League.
Last season Sturm Graz finished 30th out of thirty-six teams in the new format of the Champions League, but they had earned automatic entry into that Stage. This time around they needed to win a Play Off Round Qualifier tie, but Sturm Graz were thumped 5-0 in Norway by Bodo/Glimt and have thus been dropped into the Europa League instead.
Sturm Graz have won 4 of their last 5 games in all competitions since that thumping loss in Norway and that includes beating rivals Salzburg 0-2 this past weekend. It has to be a confidence boosting win for Sturm Graz who have now won 6 of their last 7 away games in all competitions.
Head to Head
These two clubs met in the 2022/23 Europa League Group Stage and both fixtures were won by the home team.
Prediction
Teams will enter the League Phases of all of the UEFA run competitions with more experience this time around in the second running of the new format.
Both Midtjylland and Sturm Graz were involved in the League Phase, albeit in different competitions, last season although they had differing results.
With the two teams amongst the best domestically, it is no surprise that the overall form ahead of this fixture has been strong.
However, Sturm Graz have lost their last 5 away European matches and that should give this confident Midtjylland team the edge in their bid to earn an opening three points.
The Pick :
Midtjylland 2-1 Sturm Graz
