Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St. Pölten & Salzburg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Austrian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
St. Pölten and Salzburg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
St. Pölten form and stats
Pölten have reached this Austrian Cup stage through battling and winning against Wolfsberg. Pölten participated in Austrian Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.St. Pölten have less points than they have played home games in the Tipico Bundesliga so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.
Ahead of that match, Pölten lost 1-2 at home to Rapid Wien.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
St. Pölten has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Salzburg form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Schwarz-Wei Bregenz in order to reach 2nd Round of Austrian Cup. Nothing but glory last season for Salzburg, as they won the Austrian Cup.Salzburg are yet to lose a point on their Tipico Bundesliga travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Things are running smoothly for Salzburg who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Rheindorf Altach. Salzburg are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Before that, Salzburg secured a home win against Maccabi Tel Aviv with the score 3-1.
As mentioned above, Salzburg was the only team on the pitch versus Hartberg in their previous game, winning 7-1. This could be a tougher task.
A quick return to home after this game, as Salzburg are hosting Lokomotiv Moskva in the Champions League only four days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Salzburg has managed 6 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Pölten, two draws and eight wins for Salzburg. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  P. Daka 5 goals |   D. Hugy 4 goals |  S. Koita 4 goals |
St. Pölten missing players
Salzburg missing players
| St. Pölten | Salzburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 36 | 8 | Scored | S | 39 | 88 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 89% | 84% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 44% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 194 | 90 | Total Shots | T S | 185 | 420 | ||
| 88 | 34 | Shots on Target | S O | 74 | 190 | ||
| 38% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | St. Pölten | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Austria Wien | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | LASK Linz | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Sturm Graz | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Wattens | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Admira | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 9 | Ried | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 10 | Wolfsberger AC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 11 | Hartberg | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 2 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 1 |