Lavanttal Arena: Wolfsberger AC vs Hartberg Admiral Bundesliga full preview

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Competition: Austria Admiral Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lavanttal Arena (8100 seats)

In total; eight fixtures are done and Wolfsberger AC are 1 points on top of Hartberg. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Wolfsberger AC have the most conceded goals (18) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Hartberg have yet to win a game away.

Wolfsberger AC and Hartberg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Wolfsberger AC form and stats

Wolfsberger AC have played 4 Admiral Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Wolfsberger, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Rapid Wien away with the result 3-1. Malone (2) and Baribo found the net in that victory. Bonmann loved the game against Rapid Wien. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory. The forward Malone outshone all the other footballers in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.45 out of 10. Malone scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Austria Klagenfurt (3-4).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Wolfsberger AC matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 5 games).

Both teams score at least one goal! That has happened in 8 league matches in a row for this side. Will it happen again?

A decent goal production from Wolfsberger in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches.

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Hartberg form and stats

The Admiral Bundesliga season is young and Hartberg have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

Tadic was the last player to score for the away team. Hartberg haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Hartberg's previous game was their home loss versus Austria Wien (0-3). Midfield player Heil was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.2/10. Heil hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sturm Graz that ended 0-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hartberg as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wolfsberger three wins, four draws and Hartberg three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Wolfsberger ACT. Baribo
T. Baribo
3 goals
Wolfsberger ACA. Jasic
A. Jasic
2 goals

Wolfsberger AC missing players

Hartberg missing players

Wolfsberger AC Hartberg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 3 7
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 3 1 Lost L 1 2 4
15 6 3 Scored S 1 2 6
18 12 4 Conceded C 2 6 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 86%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 86%
88% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 57%
62% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 14%
25% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 14%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 43%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 43%
 
3.9 3.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 2.6
6.2 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 10.7 7.6
1.4 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.9 10.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8 9
5.4 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.7 3.1
35% 38% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 25% 27%
 
13.1 13 13 Shots against (avg) S A 28 24.7 19.4
4.8 5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 7.7 6
Key stats in Admiral Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Wolfsberger AC's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hartberg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Hartberg have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Hartberg have yet to win a game away.
  • Wolfsberger AC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Wolfsberger AC have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Wolfsberger AC have scored more than double the goals of Hartberg.
  • Wolfsberger AC have the fewest points (1) at home in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Wolfsberger AC have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Wolfsberger AC have the most conceded goals (18) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Wolfsberger AC have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Wolfsberger AC have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Wolfsberger AC have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Wolfsberger AC have yet to win a game at home.
  • Wolfsberger AC 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 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.