National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bad Gleichenberg or Hartberg that keep their silverware dream alive.
Bad Gleichenberg form and stats
Bad Gleichenberg participated in Austrian Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Gleichenberg has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Sparkassenstadion. We remember; it was Wolfsberger AC II.
It's back home for Bad Gleichenberg, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Weiz away with the result 4-3. L. Kaufmann (2), J. Trummer and M. Krenn found the net in that victory. A goal frenzy last time out for Bad Gleichenberg, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Weiz. Fun stuff to watch!
In the preceding match a 4-3 victory visiting Weiz.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Bad Gleichenberg friendly games in pre-season: Bad Gleichenberg played three friendlies, won 2, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Bad Gleichenberg scored 7 goals and conceded 8 in these three games.
Hartberg form and stats
Hartberg was sent out of Austrian Cup in the 8th finals last season.Hartberg might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Austria Wien proved too strong as Hartberg slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at PROfertil ARENA. Defender Felix Luckeneder was the best team player with a rating of 7.22. Luckeneder won 5 of 9 duels.
A 0-3 loss hosting Austria Wien before that.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Hartberg have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeats from five fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Krenn 6 goals |  L. Kaufmann 6 goals |  N. Köpf 5 goals |
Bad Gleichenberg missing players
Hartberg missing players
| Bad Gleichenberg | Hartberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 60 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 37 | ||
| 45 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 38% | ||