Soccer fixture preview: Home ticketholders with big optimism before LASK Linz - Wattens

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Competition: Austria Admiral Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Raiffeisen Arena (7870 seats)

The league standings tells us that 10 points separate the two combatants in this Admiral Bundesliga game. LASK Linz have both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • LASK Linz have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wattens have scored away.

Both squads have had enough days rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's look for an in-your-face game!

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LASK Linz form and stats

The Admiral Bundesliga stats at home this season for LASK Linz are 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Raiffeisen Arena after drawing with Austria Lustenau (placed 4th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Nakamura, having scored in three games in a row. Midfielder Nakamura was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.6 (out of ten) in that game. Nakamura scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).

In the match before that, LASK Linz hosted Ried and drew the game 1-1.

LASK Linz are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 8 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 2, drew 3 and lost 3.

Goals decide football matches and LASK are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 4 league matches.

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Wattens form and stats

Playing away, Wattens have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Admiral Bundesliga this season.

Wattens aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 265 league minutes without a goal. Rogelj was the last player to find the net.

Wattens's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Rheindorf Altach that finished 0-0. Behounek, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.82. Behounek hit one key pass and won 5 of 5 duels.

Prior to that match, the Wattens manager Silberberger faced defeat when travelling to Salzburg and losing 0-2.

Wattens's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 7 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (LASK Linz wins - draws - Wattens wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LASK LinzM. Ljubičić
M. Ljubičić
6 goals
LASK LinzK. Nakamura
K. Nakamura
5 goals
WattensT. Prica
T. Prica
5 goals

LASK Linz missing players

Wattens missing players

LASK Linz Wattens
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 2 4 8
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
0 0 0 Lost L 2 3 4
18 10 2 Scored S 1 4 9
7 4 1 Conceded C 4 7 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
50% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 75%
38% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
88% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 75%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 25%
 
5 5.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 4.8
5.2 4.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.5 4.5
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.2 2.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.5 15.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11.8 12.1
4.2 5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.2 3.2
53% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 31% 35%
 
12.2 12.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 16.2 15
4.6 5.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 8.8 6.8
Key stats in Admiral Bundesliga this season:
  • All of LASK Linz's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Wattens's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • LASK Linz have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • LASK Linz have not yet lost a game.
  • LASK Linz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • LASK Linz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • LASK Linz have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wattens have scored away.
  • LASK Linz have scored in all their matches so far.
  • LASK Linz have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz have the most scored goals (10) at home in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • LASK Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wattens have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Wattens haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 8 7 0 1 21 3 4 4 0 0 9 1 4 3 0 1 12 2 18 21
2 LASK Linz 8 5 3 0 18 7 4 3 1 0 10 4 4 2 2 0 8 3 11 18
3 Sturm Graz 8 4 3 1 12 5 4 2 1 1 6 2 4 2 2 0 6 3 7 15
4 Austria Lustenau 8 3 3 2 12 14 4 2 1 1 7 9 4 1 2 1 5 5 -2 12
5 Rapid Wien 7 3 1 3 7 8 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 -1 10
6 Austria Wien 8 3 3 2 15 14 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 2 1 2 10 10 1 9
7 Wolfsberger AC 8 2 2 4 15 18 4 0 1 3 6 12 4 2 1 1 9 6 -3 8
8 Wattens 8 2 2 4 9 13 4 1 2 1 5 6 4 1 0 3 4 7 -4 8
9 Austria Klagenfurt 8 2 2 4 11 16 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 1 1 2 7 10 -5 8
10 Hartberg 7 2 1 4 6 12 4 2 0 2 4 6 3 0 1 2 2 6 -6 7
11 Ried 8 1 2 5 4 11 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 1 5 -7 5
12 Rheindorf Altach 8 1 2 5 8 17 4 1 1 2 6 7 4 0 1 3 2 10 -9 5

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.