National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leoben or Hartberg that keep their silverware dream alive.
Leoben form and stats
Leoben participated in Austrian Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The home team returns to Stadion Donawitz after drawing with Voitsberg on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Previous to that game, a Landesliga: Steiermark home match hosting Union RB Weinland Gamlit in a game that was won 3-2.Leoben have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Leoben scored 5 goals and let in 2 goals during these two games.
Hartberg form and stats
Last season their Austrian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Hartberg's last game was the home draw against Ried (1-1). Avdijaj, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Avdijaj scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Ried in the Tipico Bundesliga.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 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from five fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous three meetings): Leoben won two games, one match ended with a tie and Hartberg got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zeroLeoben missing players
Hartberg missing players
| Leoben | Hartberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 65 | 43 | Scored | S | 17 | 33 | ||
| 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 23 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.4 | ||
| 6.4 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 43% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| 7.8 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
