Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ried & Hartberg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Austrian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ried form and stats
Last season, Ried's Austrian Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Ried are steadily winning Tipico Bundesliga games and points here at josko ARENA. 6 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games.
An away draw last time out for Ried, facing Austria Klagenfurt in a game that ended 1-1. Nutz (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Nutz scored one goal and hit five key passes.
Before that, Ried had a Tipico Bundesliga home game versus Wattens which ended with a victory 3-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ried handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and zero defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Tipico Bundesliga game versus Sturm Graz in only four days. This game is also played here at josko ARENA.
The Ried fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. Ried's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hartberg form and stats
Last season their Austrian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Tipico Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
The attacking players of Hartberg have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 207 minutes.
Hartberg play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Sturm Graz.
Prior to that match, the Hartberg manager Russ faced defeat when travelling to Austria Wien and losing 0-2.Hartberg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, four draws and two defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
A new game in only four days for Hartberg, the Tipico Bundesliga home match versus Wattens. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hartberg have scored 15 goals in 11 league games away. Hartberg's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Ried won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Hartberg managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  D. Tadic 8 goals |   A. Bajic 6 goals |  S. Chabbi 6 goals |
Ried missing players
Hartberg missing players
| Ried | Hartberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 45 | 31 | Scored | S | 17 | 32 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 72% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 39% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 44% | ||
| 12.8 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 33 | 51 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 34 |
| 4 | Austria Wien | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Austria Klagenfurt | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | Rapid Wien | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Ried | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -10 | 28 |
| 8 | LASK Linz | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Hartberg | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Admira | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 20 |
| 11 | Wattens | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 20 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -24 | 13 |
