Wattens will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Rapid Vienna.
- Wattens have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Tipico Bundesliga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Wattens form and stats
The story so far in the Tipico Bundesliga for Wattens at their home stadium (Tivoli Stadion Tirol) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Wattens are returning here after visiting Wolfsberger AC in a Tipico Bundesliga game and winning with a 5-3 scoreline. Florian Rieder, Nemanja Celic, Tobias Anselm, Žan Rogelj and Nikolai Baden Frederiksen scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sturm Graz that ended 1-1.
A goal frenzy last time out for Wattens, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Wolfsberger AC. Fun stuff to watch!
Wattens have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Tivoli Stadion Tirol with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Wattens have conceded 15 from these games.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Tipico Bundesliga travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Rapid Vienna have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Richard Strebinger. It's been 270 minutes since they last conceded in Tipico Bundesliga.
Vienna had fun at their own home (Tivoli Stadion Tirol) last time out, beating Hartberg 4-0. Christoph Knasmüllner, Deni Alar and Ercan Kara (2) scored. Before that, Rapid Vienna travelled to Austria Wien and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
As mentioned above, Vienna was the only team on the pitch versus Hartberg in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Vienna has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Vienna have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Rapid Vienna - Wattens 0-3 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Wattens, zero draws and two wins for Rapid Vienna. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Kara 13 goals |  N. Frederiksen 10 goals |  C. Knasmüllner 8 goals |
Wattens missing players
Rapid Vienna missing players
| Wattens | Rapid Vienna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 42 |
| 33 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 90% |
| 81% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 76% |
| 52% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 62% |
| 43% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 38% |
| 29% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 24% |
| 57% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 62% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 11 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 14.7 | 16.5 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.8 |
| 34% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 46% | 34% |
- Wattens have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Wattens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 42 | 49 |
| 2 | Rapid Vienna | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 42 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | Wattens | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Hartberg | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 28 |
| 8 | Austria Wien | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | St. Pölten | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -24 | 18 |
| 11 | Ried | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -24 | 16 |
| 12 | Admira | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -28 | 13 |