3rd position in the Admiral Bundesliga table for Wolfsberger AC at present, a great achievement. The home team followers pray for more entertainment as 6th-placed Rapid Vienna visit Lavanttal Arena.
- Wolfsberger AC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rapid Vienna have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Admiral Bundesliga
Rapid Vienna could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Dinamo Zagreb. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Wolfsberger AC form and stats
Wolfsberger AC have collected 10 points from their Admiral Bundesliga home games so far after 3-1-3. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Wolfsberger has won four games in a row. The Salzburg match was the last time out without a victory.
Wolfsberger enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sturm Graz's place. The match ended 3-0 with Cheikhou Dieng and Michael Liendl scoring. Midfielder Michael Liendl was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.05 (out of ten) in that game. Liendl scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, a Austrian Cup win away at Lafnitz (after extra-time).This is expected to be a close game, with Wolfsberger AC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wolfsberger as a small favourite), we find five games. Wolfsberger AC has won one of these, drawn two and lost two.
The Wolfsberger fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Wolfsberger have conceded 12 from these games.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
Rapid Vienna have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Admiral Bundesliga, after 0-4-2 (6 played). Two points from the last two away games for Vienna, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Rapid Vienna lost away at Dinamo Zagreb (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. The attacker Ercan Kara got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Kara hit two key passes.
Before that, Rapid Vienna secured a home win against LASK Linz with the score 3-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rapid Vienna playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one Rapid Vienna win, one draw and one defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rapid Vienna as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rapid Vienna have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Rapid Vienna - Wolfsberger 3-0 was the output when this pair of squads last played each other, also in this season. Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Wolfsberger won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Rapid Vienna got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  T. Baribo 6 goals |   T. Fountas 6 goals | E. Kara 6 goals |
Wolfsberger AC missing players
Rapid Vienna missing players
| Wolfsberger AC | Rapid Vienna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 20 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 54% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 54% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 83% | 62% |
| 31% | 29% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 23% |
| 5.2 | 6.7 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 6.2 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 12.9 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.8 | 15.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.5 |
| 37% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | 28% |
| 13.6 | 11.9 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 10.3 | 11.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
- All of Rapid Vienna's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rapid Vienna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Rapid Vienna have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Admiral Bundesliga
- Rapid Vienna have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rapid Vienna have yet to win a game away.
- Rapid Vienna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wolfsberger AC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wolfsberger AC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Rapid Vienna | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Austria Klagenfurt | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Admira | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Ried | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -12 | 14 |
| 10 | Wattens | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | LASK Linz | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 10 |