National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Amstetten or Blau-Weiß Linz that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Erste Liga.
Amstetten form and stats
Amstetten have reached this Austrian Cup stage through battling and winning against Donaufeld. Last season, Amstetten's Austrian Cup journey ended in the round of 16.Seven points from three Erste Liga home games is a great start for Amstetten, who are hoping to build on that form here at Ertl Glas-Stadion.
Happy days for Amstetten in their previous game, a fixture away at Floridsdorfer AC that ended with a 3-2 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Fallmann when Weixelbraun scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute.
Ahead of that match, Amstetten won a home game hosting Liefering (1-0).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Erste Liga game versus Blau-Weiß Linz in only three days. This game is also played here at Ertl Glas-Stadion.
Amstetten have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ertl Glas-Stadion with 5 goals in 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Amstetten have only let in 1 goal at home.
Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hohenems in order to reach 2nd round of Austrian Cup. They also participated in Austrian Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.Things could have gone better for Blau-Weiß Linz in their Erste Liga away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Impressive finishing from Seidl (2), Maranda and Ronivaldo secured the home win 4-1 against Rapid Wien II in their previous game. Seidl has scored at least one goal for this side three fixtures in a row. The capability!
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Sturm Graz II.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Blau-Weiß Linz manager Scheiblehner as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Amstetten.
As opposed to that, Blau-Weiß have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Amstetten-Blau-Weiß Linz H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Amstetten five wins, Blau-Weiß Linz three wins, one draw. five of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  D. Starkl 5 goals |   M. Seidl 5 goals |  P. Tschernegg 2 goals |
Amstetten missing players
Blau-Weiß Linz missing players
| Amstetten | Blau-Weiß Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 49 | 25 | Scored | S | 32 | 61 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 16% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 14 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 38% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| 11.6 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Amstetten | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | SV Horn II | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Admira | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | St. Polten | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | First Vienna | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Grazer AK | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Floridsdorfer AC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Liefering | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Sturm Graz II | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Lafnitz | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Vorwarts Steyr | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Austria Wien II | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Rapid Wien II | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 15 | Dornbirn | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
| 16 | Kapfenberger SV | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 2 |
