National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Imst or LASK Linz that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Imst and LASK Linz.
Imst form and stats
Imst have reached this Austrian Cup stage through battling and winning against TSV St. Johann and LASK Linz.The home supporters witnessed a 0-0 draw against LASK Linz in the Austrian Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here.
Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Kufstein.LASK Linz form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Imst and Schwaz in order to reach 2nd round of Austrian Cup. Last season their Austrian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The seven points LASK Linz have gathered from their first three away trips in the Tipico Bundesliga is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Imst in their previous outing. The Austrian Cup battle ended 0-0.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Rheindorf Altach in the Tipico Bundesliga.The LASK Linz manager Kühbauer has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. It's not easy to score on LASK Linz as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ljubičić 6 goals |  C. Eller 3 goals |  T. Goiginger 3 goals |
Imst missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| Imst | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 53 | 35 | Scored | S | 21 | 50 | ||
| 45 | 32 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.1 | 15.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 |
