LASK Linz vs Hartberg pre-match info: Away side face a demanding 90 minutes at Raiffeisen Arena

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Competition: Austria Admiral Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Raiffeisen Arena (7870 seats)

The home team ticketholders hope for a victory in this fixture, and the home advantage could mean an extra goal versus a stumbling visitor. LASK Linz are in 8th spot while the guesting Hartberg lose sleep at 10th.

Both contenders have had enough rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an animated match!

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LASK Linz form and stats

When playing at home in the Admiral Bundesliga, LASK Linz have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.

In their previous game, the manager Wieland led his LASK to a defeat away at Wattens. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Raiffeisen Arena. As you see from the result above, LASK Linz suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Attacking player Horvath bettered all teammates in that game and received a match rating of 7.35 out of 10. Horvath hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Ahead of that match, LASK Linz won a home game hosting Rheindorf Altach (2-1).

LASK has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. LASK Linz's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hartberg form and stats

As the visiting team in Admiral Bundesliga matches, Hartberg have produced an overall stat of 3-3-5 so far.

Impressive finishing from Paintsil (2), Aydin and Tadić secured the home win 4-0 against Rheindorf Altach in their previous game. As mentioned above, Hartberg was the only team on the pitch versus Rheindorf Altach in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfield player Aydin was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.75/10. Aydin scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Admira.

Hartberg have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 15 goals have been scored. As for defending, Hartberg rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other already this season, with the match result Hartberg - LASK Linz 0-0 written in the official records. Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for LASK, four draws and three wins for Hartberg. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

HartbergD. Tadic
D. Tadic
10 goals
LASK LinzS. Horvath
S. Horvath
6 goals
LASK LinzT. Goiginger
T. Goiginger
5 goals

LASK Linz missing players

Hartberg missing players

LASK Linz Hartberg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
8 5 4 Won W 1 4 7
10 4 0 Drew D 1 5 10
11 5 1 Lost L 2 5 12
37 20 14 Scored S 5 18 37
37 15 3 Conceded C 5 18 39
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 90%
69% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 79% 76%
45% 43% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 45%
31% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 28%
14% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 10%
48% 43% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 55%
28% 29% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 21%
34% 36% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 34%
 
7 5.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 4.7
3.5 2.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5.4
2.2 2.1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 2.1
5 4 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.8 14.6 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 11.2 11.1
5.1 5.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.8
25% 28% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 35% 33%
 
9.4 8.3 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 13.7 13.4
4.2 3.3 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.5 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 22 17 4 1 50 13 11 10 1 0 33 5 11 7 3 1 17 8 37 55
2 Sturm Graz 22 10 7 5 46 32 11 5 4 2 23 16 11 5 3 3 23 16 14 37
3 Wolfsberger AC 22 11 4 7 34 32 11 7 1 3 20 14 11 4 3 4 14 18 2 37
4 Austria Wien 22 8 9 5 31 23 11 4 5 2 16 11 11 4 4 3 15 12 8 33
5 Rapid Wien 22 8 7 7 35 31 11 6 1 4 21 14 11 2 6 3 14 17 4 31
6 Austria Klagenfurt 22 7 9 6 31 33 11 4 6 1 17 15 11 3 3 5 14 18 -2 30
7 Ried 22 7 8 7 31 41 11 6 5 0 21 15 11 1 3 7 10 26 -10 29
8 LASK Linz 22 6 7 9 28 29 11 3 4 4 12 12 11 3 3 5 16 17 -1 25
9 Wattens 22 5 8 9 30 42 11 2 6 3 17 16 11 3 2 6 13 26 -12 23
10 Hartberg 22 5 7 10 29 35 11 2 4 5 14 18 11 3 3 5 15 17 -6 22
11 Admira 22 4 8 10 25 31 11 2 2 7 11 14 11 2 6 3 14 17 -6 20
12 Rheindorf Altach 22 3 4 15 10 38 11 1 2 8 5 20 11 2 2 7 5 18 -28 13

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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.