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.
Ried have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Tipico Bundesliga game only four days ago. That game, against Hartberg, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Ried.
Hertha form and stats
Hertha have not come this way in the Austrian Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Vorwarts Steyr. Last season their Austrian Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.A nice win for Hertha last time playing, versus Treibach. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Mišlov, Ried, Flores and Zümrüt scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Hertha played a great game against Treibach and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Zümrüt, having scored in three games in a row.
Before that match, a Regionalliga: Mitte win away at Allerheiligen.There will be little rest for Hertha after this match as they are travelling to Ried II for a Regionalliga: Mitte game in only four days.
Ried form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Stadlau in order to reach 2nd round of Austrian Cup. They also participated in Austrian Cup last season. This ended in the final.It's not happening yet for Ried on their Tipico Bundesliga travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?
There might be some fixture complaints from Ried as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-2 against Hartberg. Pomer, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.24. Pomer dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
The game before that, in the Tipico Bundesliga, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Wattens.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ried manager Heinle as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against LASK Linz.
Ried have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Zümrüt 4 goals |  L. Ried 3 goals | A. Hodzic 3 goals |
Hertha missing players
Ried missing players
| Hertha | Ried | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 53 | 36 | Scored | S | 9 | 28 | ||
| 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10.4 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 46% | 68% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 25% | ||
| 7.7 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | LASK Linz | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Salzburg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Austria Lustenau | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Wattens | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 7 | Hartberg | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 8 | Austria Wien | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Austria Klagenfurt | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | Ried | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 4 |
