National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hertha or Ried that keep their silverware dream alive.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Hertha form and stats
Hertha was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Austrian Cup.Hertha's last game was hosting Gleisdorf 09 and winning 5-3. The force was strong with Hertha in their previous game playing Gleisdorf 09. It looked dark when they went behind 1-3 but thanks to goals from Mišlov, Mustecic and Ried the match ended with a very strong 5-3 win. Ried was absolutely essential when Hertha beat Gleisdorf 09 5-3, scoring three goals.
Before that, Hertha played out a Regionalliga: Mitte draw 3-3 when visiting LASK Juniors.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Hertha, who have participated in one training match. Hertha have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Ried form and stats
They also participated in Austrian Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Ried's previous game was their home loss versus Wolfsberger AC (1-2). Attacker Lang got a player rating of 7.82 in the game. "Man of the match" Lang scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Wolfsberger AC.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Ried have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Hertha missing players
Ried missing players
| Hertha | Ried | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 57 | 37 | Scored | S | 9 | 33 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 72% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 4.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 66% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 29% | ||
| 5.3 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
