National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Wattens or St. Anna that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Wattens form and stats
Last season their Austrian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Wattens drew their last game, also a home match. Admira was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Admira that ended 0-0.
Everyone expects Wattens to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found eight games: five home wins, three draws and zero defeats. Wattens have won with at least two goals margin three times in similar situations.
Wattens have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Wattens have scored 2 goals and conceded 4 times.
St. Anna form and stats
They also participated in Austrian Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Anna had fun at their own home (Gernot Langes Stadion) last time out, beating Stadl-Paura 4-2. A. Lackner and M. Tieber (3) scored. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Gleisdorf 09 at their stadium, the result 5-3.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Anna, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? It's hard not to mention M. Tieber's lethal finishing against Stadl-Paura. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Nobody expects Anna to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath three times before, with the overall statistics of won three, draw zero and lost zero. When defeated, zero matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Anna has another fixture away, a Regionalliga: Mitte game, against Sturm Graz II in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
St. Anna played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In these three matches St. Anna scored 4 and conceded 7 goals.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Tieber 4 goals |  C. Kobald 3 goals | T. List 1 goals |
Wattens missing players
St. Anna missing players
| Wattens | St. Anna | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Scored | S | 21 | 46 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 266 | 108 | Total Shots | T S | 74 | 184 | ||
| 89 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 91 | ||
| 29% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 42% | ||