National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Schwaz or LASK Linz that keep their silverware dream alive.
Schwaz form and stats
Last season, Schwaz's Austrian Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.It's back home for Schwaz, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Admira Dornbirn away with the result 4-1. Riegler, Jawadi (2) and Knoflach found the net in that victory.
Before that, Schwaz had a Regionalliga: West home game versus Hohenems which ended with a victory 4-2.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Schwaz friendly games in pre-season: Schwaz played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Schwaz scored 1 goal and conceded 6 in these one game.
LASK Linz form and stats
They also participated in Austrian Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.LASK play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Wattens. Midfield player Goiginger was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Goiginger scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).
It was a Tipico Bundesliga defeat before that one as the away game against Wattens wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.LASK Linz played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In these five matches LASK Linz scored 17 and conceded 3 goals.
Head 2 Head
Schwaz missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| Schwaz | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 56 | 30 | Scored | S | 26 | 51 | ||
| 24 | 17 | Conceded | C | 21 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 2.4 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.1 | 6.4 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.6 | 15.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 70% | 65% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 29% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | ||
