National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Spittal or Austria Wien that keep their silverware dream alive.
Spittal form and stats
Last season, Spittal's Austrian Cup journey ended in the 1st round.With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Spittal to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, the manager R. Schönherr led his Spittal to a defeat in the Regionalliga: Mitte match away at Hertha. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Goldeckstadion. Spittal were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Ahead of that match, Spittal lost 0-2 at home to Gurten.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Spittal friendly games in pre-season: Spittal played two friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Spittal scored 2 goals and conceded 4 in these two games.
Austria Wien form and stats
Austria was sent out of Austrian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.It could be a hat trick of victories away for Austria Wien, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Two travels in a row for Austria, whose manager M. Schmid could celebrate last time after the Tipico Bundesliga win against Wolfsberger AC. Defender Markus Suttner was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. Suttner won 5 of 6 duels. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager M. Schmid when Christoph Monschein scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute.
Before that, Austria secured a home win against Wolfsberger AC with the score 3-0.It's a day of discovery for Austria Wien as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Austria have played two with the results W2-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Austria Wien has scored 4 goals and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Tiganj 4 goals | M. Oberwinkler 2 goals | A. Hajdarevič 1 goals |
Spittal missing players
Austria Wien missing players
| Spittal | Austria Wien | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 20 | 46 | ||
| 62 | 11 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 46% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||