Admiral Bundesliga preview: Can LASK Linz edge out victory against Austria Wien?

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Competition: Austria Admiral Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Raiffeisen Arena (7870 seats)

LASK Linz get ready to host Austria Wien for another absorbing Admiral Bundesliga fixture here at Raiffeisen Arena.

Insights:
  • LASK Linz have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Admiral Bundesliga

Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a Europa League fixture only three days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Zrinjski, was also a home game here at Raiffeisen Arena. The away team is better rested.

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LASK Linz form and stats

Only two Admiral Bundesliga home games for LASK Linz so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

LASK Linz's previous fixture was a Europa League game also played at their own stadium, ending 2-1 vs Zrinjski. The home side hope to to repeat that performance.

Before that, LASK played out a Admiral Bundesliga draw 1-1 when visiting WSG Tirol.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how LASK Linz have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

The manager Sageder will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zrinjski in only four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the LASK Linz at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Austria Wien form and stats

Austria Wien are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Admiral Bundesliga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

The attacking players of Austria have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 198 minutes.

Austria Wien's last game was the home draw against Wolfsberger AC (0-0). Galvão, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.31. Galvão hit one key pass and won 14 of 16 duels.

The game before was the Europa Conference League-battle against Legia Warszawa, a home defeat (3-5). Austria are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Austria Wien has managed {2 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

LASK Linz have put together a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (2-3-0) when playing Austria Wien.

Top Goalscorers

Austria WienA. Gruber
A. Gruber
2 goals
LASK LinzR. Zulj
R. Zulj
1 goals
LASK LinzP. Ziereis
P. Ziereis
1 goals

LASK Linz missing players

Austria Wien missing players

LASK Linz Austria Wien
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 3 0 Scored S 0 2 2
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 75%
 
4.2 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 6.5
5.2 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.8
2.2 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.2 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 12.8
4 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
25% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 12%
 
13.8 13.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 14.2
5.8 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 4
Key stats in Admiral Bundesliga this season:
  • LASK Linz have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Admiral Bundesliga
LASK Linz Last season Austria Wien
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   17 34
14 9   Won W   4 12
12 3   Drew D   7 11
6 4   Lost L   6 11
54 31   Scored S   29 61
38 21   Conceded C   32 53
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
81% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 91%
50% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   76% 76%
41% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 44%
16% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 18%
69% 69%   BTTS BTTS   76% 71%
16% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 18%
19% 19%   Failed to Score F T   18% 15%
 
5.3 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.7
4.8 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.5
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2
6 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.4 14   Shots (avg) S (   14 14.9
4.5 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5
38% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 36%
 
12.5 12.2   Shots against (avg) S A   12.4 12.1
4.5 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.7

  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 4 4 0 0 12 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 11 12
2 Sturm Graz 4 3 1 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 10
3 Rapid Vienna 4 2 1 1 10 2 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 6 1 8 7
4 Austria Klagenfurt 4 1 3 0 6 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 6
5 Wolfsberger AC 4 1 3 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
6 LASK Linz 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 5
7 Hartberg 4 1 2 1 7 10 2 0 1 1 3 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 -3 5
8 Austria Wien 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 -3 4
9 Rheindorf Altach 4 1 1 2 2 7 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 5 -5 4
10 Austria Lustenau 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -3 2
11 WSG Tirol 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 -6 1
12 Blau-Wei Linz 4 0 1 3 4 12 2 0 1 1 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 -8 1
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 32 23 8 1 67 22 16 10 6 0 29 11 16 13 2 1 38 11 45 49
2 Sturm Graz 32 20 6 6 57 29 16 12 1 3 32 15 16 8 5 3 25 14 28 42
3 LASK Linz 32 14 12 6 54 38 16 9 3 4 31 21 16 5 9 2 23 17 16 35
4 Rapid Vienna 32 12 6 14 50 47 16 7 4 5 29 22 16 5 2 9 21 25 3 25
5 Austria Wien 32 11 10 11 55 52 16 7 4 5 27 21 16 4 6 6 28 31 3 24
6 Austria Klagenfurt 32 11 5 16 45 63 16 5 3 8 17 25 16 6 2 8 28 38 -18 23

Read more about Admiral Bundesliga

The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the top level football league in Austria. It was founded in 1974, but there has been an Austrian league championship since 1911. Since the 1950s Austrian football has been dominated by Rapid Wien, Austria Wien and recently Red Bull Salzburg.