With the volatile opening match done it’s time for the second Admiral Bundesliga meeting of the season. Austria Wien are eager to welcome LASK Linz in front of their home fans.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Austria Wien form and stats
The season before, Austria Wien's league stats were 8 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses, leading to 4th position in the Admiral Bundesliga. In these 22 matches they scored 31 goals and gave away 23. Playing at home in the last season Austria Wien managed 4-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 11 conceded.
In their previous game, the manager Schmid led his Austria to a defeat away at Salzburg. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Generali Arena. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in three league rounds. Austria Wien's goalkeeper Früchtl was extremely busy against Salzburg, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Martins, defender, was given a rating of 7.72/10 in that game, top of the team. Martins hit one key pass and won 8 of 9 duels.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Austria Wien have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 0.
LASK Linz form and stats
Let's have a look at how LASK Linz performed last season in the Admiral Bundesliga: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 16/17 goals scored/conceded.
Ljubičić, Goiginger and Nakamura scored in LASK's previous match, the home game against Austria Klagenfurt that ended 3-1. Midfielder Nakamura was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.84. Nakamura scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
hometeam won
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings between these two sides are: one win for Austria Wien, two draws and seven wins for LASK Linz. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Goiginger 1 goals |  K. Nakamura 1 goals |  M. Ljubičić 1 goals |
Austria Wien missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| Austria Wien | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 22 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Austria Wien | Last season | LASK Linz | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 45 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 25 | 44 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 78% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 73% | ||
| 41% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 33% | ||
| 16% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 15% | ||
| 66% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 55% | ||
| 19% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 24% | ||
| 22% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 30% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.8 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.2 | 16.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | ||
| 12.2 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Austria Lustenau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sturm Graz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Wattens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Ried | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Austria Klagenfurt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Austria Wien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -3 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 52 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 37 |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 29 |
| 4 | Wolfsberger AC | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 28 |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 21 |
