Open game expected at Wörthersee Stadion: Austria Klagenfurt vs Ried preview

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 21.February
Match begins: 18:10 (UTC)
Venue: Wörthersee Stadion (32000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Austria Klagenfurt - Ried!

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Austria Klagenfurt form and stats

Overall Erste Liga stats at home this season for Austria Klagenfurt are 3-4-0 (wins-draw-losses).

Austria Klagenfurt lost their last game at Austria Wien II (placed 13th) after a 1-4 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Austria Wien II (1-4).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Austria Klagenfurt have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost zero.

Goals decide football matches and Austria Klagenfurt are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Austria Klagenfurt have conceded 11 from these games.

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Ried form and stats

The strength of Ried, who have the most scored goals (36) in Erste Liga, on their travels this season is incredible with 23 points collected from 9 Erste Liga away games. Ried has 7-2-0 on the road, with 19 goals scored and 8 conceded. Things are running smoothly for Ried who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Grazer AK. Ried are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

233 minutes! That's how long the Ried goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Ried play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-0 victory visiting Dornbirn (placed 8th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Dornbirn with the score of 5-0.

As you can tell from the results above, Ried was very dominant against Dornbirn, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with M. Grüll, Jefté Betancor, V. Grubeck, S. Nutz and T. Reifeltshammer providing the goals.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ried playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were one Ried win, zero draws and one defeat.

Ried have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 9 away matches. Ried are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ried - Austria Klagenfurt 1-3 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - two - zero (Austria Klagenfurt wins - draws - Ried wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Austria Klagenfurt missing players

Ried missing players

Austria Klagenfurt Ried
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 2 9 16
10 3 0 Won W 1 7 12
5 4 2 Drew D 1 2 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
35 16 4 Scored S 2 19 36
20 11 4 Conceded C 1 8 16
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 75%
62% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 69%
38% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 56%
25% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 44% 31%
69% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 62%
31% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 38%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 6%
 
6.1 6.9 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.7 6.9
5.2 4.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.1 3.8
1.4 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.2 1.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
195 99 44 Total Shots T S 22 125 221
103 52 17 Shots on Target S O 10 55 107
34% 31% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 35% 34%
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • All of Austria Klagenfurt's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Austria Klagenfurt has the most scored goals in the second half (23)
  • Austria Klagenfurt have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Austria Klagenfurt have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Austria Klagenfurt haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ried has the fewest conceded goals (16)
  • Ried has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10)
  • Ried has the most clean sheets (6)
  • Ried has the most points (23) away
  • Ried has the most scored goals (36)
  • Ried has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
  • Ried has the the best goal difference (+11) away
  • Ried has the the best goal difference (+20)
  • Ried have not yet lost a game away.
  • Ried have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ried is in the best form (6-0-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ried 16 12 2 2 36 16 7 5 0 2 17 8 9 7 2 0 19 8 20 38
2 Austria Klagenfurt 16 10 5 1 35 20 7 3 4 0 16 11 9 7 1 1 19 9 15 35
3 Vorwarts Steyr 16 7 4 5 25 18 8 5 2 1 13 6 8 2 2 4 12 12 7 25
4 Lafnitz 16 6 6 4 23 18 9 1 4 4 7 12 7 5 2 0 16 6 5 24
5 Austria Lustenau 16 7 2 7 32 33 8 3 1 4 12 14 8 4 1 3 20 19 -1 23
6 Wacker Innsbruck 16 7 2 7 21 25 9 4 1 4 13 15 7 3 1 3 8 10 -4 23
7 Juniors OÖ 16 6 4 6 30 30 7 3 1 3 16 19 9 3 3 3 14 11 0 22
8 Dornbirn 16 5 6 5 26 26 8 2 4 2 16 16 8 3 2 3 10 10 0 21
9 Amstetten 16 5 6 5 27 29 9 3 3 3 16 17 7 2 3 2 11 12 -2 21
10 Liefering 16 5 5 6 30 31 8 3 1 4 15 17 8 2 4 2 15 14 -1 20
11 Grazer AK 16 4 6 6 21 25 7 2 3 2 10 9 9 2 3 4 11 16 -4 18
12 Blau-Weiß Linz 16 5 3 8 30 37 7 2 1 4 13 19 9 3 2 4 17 18 -7 18
13 Austria Wien II 16 5 2 9 30 31 9 3 1 5 16 16 7 2 1 4 14 15 -1 17
14 Floridsdorfer AC 16 4 5 7 17 24 9 2 3 4 6 10 7 2 2 3 11 14 -7 17
15 SV Horn II 16 4 4 8 30 34 8 1 2 5 14 20 8 3 2 3 16 14 -4 16
16 Kapfenberger SV 16 4 2 10 19 35 8 3 1 4 11 12 8 1 1 6 8 23 -16 14

Read more about Erste Liga

The Austrian Football Second League (2. Liga, formerly known as Erste Liga) is the second highest level of football in Austria. The league expanded from ten to 16 teams before the 2018/19 season. Each team play 30 fixtures to decide a final league table, promotion and relegation.