Buckle up for a show! Today's leading heroes are LASK Linz and Rapid Vienna, victory is the prize and 1 1/2 hours the length.
- LASK Linz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rapid Vienna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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.
LASK Linz form and stats
LASK Linz have played 11 Admiral Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
LASK travelled for their previous game, a trip to Salzburg that ended 0-0. The LASK Linz goalkeeper Schlager was crucial in the match against Salzburg last time out, making six saves. Goalkeeper Schlager got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.12 out of ten. Schlager topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, LASK had a home game versus Sturm Graz which ended with a victory 2-1.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 5 games) they have won 0 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
The LASK Linz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Rapid Vienna playing as the away team in the Admiral Bundesliga this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Vienna have lost on their last two travels.
Rapid Vienna's last game was the home draw against Austria Wien (3-3). A loony match with lots of goals last time out for Vienna, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this fixture be as gleeful? Burgstaller has bagged at least one goal for this side four games in a row. The flair! Auer, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Auer served one assist, hit two key passes and won 7 of 9 duels.
Before that, Rapid Vienna secured a home win against Austria Klagenfurt with the score 3-1.We have checked recent matches where Rapid Vienna have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Salzburg in just three days.
Vienna have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 16 goals have been scored. 12 goals have been conceded by Rapid Vienna in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rapid Vienna - LASK Linz 1-0 was the end result in these sides' latest head to head fixture, earlier this season. Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two participants are: one win for LASK, two draws and seven wins for Rapid Vienna. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Burgstaller 16 goals |   K. Nakamura 13 goals |  M. Ljubičić 11 goals |
LASK Linz missing players
Rapid Vienna missing players
| LASK Linz | Rapid Vienna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 42 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 41 |
| 31 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 72% |
| 52% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 40% | 42% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 32% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 72% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 56% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 16% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 16% |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12.6 | 13.3 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 13.9 | 14.7 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 40% | 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 28% |
| 12.8 | 12.2 | 17.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 11.3 | 11.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
- LASK Linz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LASK Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rapid Vienna 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 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 36 | 55 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Rapid Vienna | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 23 | -5 | 30 |
| 7 | Wattens | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | -5 | 28 |
| 8 | Austria Lustenau | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 27 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 10 | Ried | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 18 |
| 11 | Hartberg | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -20 | 18 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -22 | 17 |
