National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Vorwärts Steyr or Ried that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Vorwärts Steyr nor Ried as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Vorwärts Steyr form and stats
Vorwärts have not come this way in the Austrian Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Kitzbuhel. Vorwärts was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Austrian Cup.Vorwärts Steyr have collected 1 point from their Erste Liga home games so far after 0-1-3. All in all it has been a very rough period for Vorwärts who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. Their previous win was against Juniors OO, 144 days ago.
The Vorwärts Steyr crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Austria Lustenau here at EK Kammerhofer Arena in a Erste Liga match.
Heartbreak before that as Vorwärts lost 0-2 at Austria Wien II's place.There will be little rest for Vorwärts after this match as they are travelling to Kapfenberger SV for a Erste Liga game in only three days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Vorwärts means that they have only scored 1 goal in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Vorwärts have conceded 7 from these games.
Ried form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Grodig in order to reach 2nd round of Austrian Cup. Ried's mission in Austrian Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Ried playing as the away team in the Tipico Bundesliga this season.
There were no winners in Ried's previous match, a Tipico Bundesliga home game that ended 3-3 vs Wolfsberger AC. The match against Wolfsberger AC looked like a defeat for Ried, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. Julian Wiessmeier equalized in the 90th minute. As you can tell from the result, the match against Wolfsberger AC was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfield player Julian Wiessmeier was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Wiessmeier scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Rheindorf Altach.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ried manager A. Heraf as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Wattens.
The attacking power of Ried when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. There are big problems for the Ried defense as they have conceded 12 goals in 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the prior seven meetings): Vorwärts Steyr won one game, three matches ended in a draw and Ried have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / sixTop Goalscorers
  C. Reiner 2 goals |  J. Wießmeier 2 goals | A. Bajic 2 goals |
Vorwärts Steyr missing players
Ried missing players
| Vorwärts Steyr | Ried | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 18 | 35 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Conceded | C | 24 | 43 | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.4 | 5.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Austria Lustenau | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Liefering | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Wacker Innsbruck | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Lafnitz | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Blau-Wei Linz | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Floridsdorfer AC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Amstetten | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | SV Horn II | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Grazer AK | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 10 | Austria Wien II | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Kapfenberger SV | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Juniors OO | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Dornbirn | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 7 |
| 14 | Rapid Wien II | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 15 | St. Polten | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 4 |
| 16 | Vorwärts Steyr | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -16 | 1 |
| 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 21 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Ried | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Admira | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Rheindorf Altach | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Rapid Wien | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Austria Wien | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Austria Klagenfurt | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | LASK Linz | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Wattens | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 5 |