Erste Liga fixture forecast and news & stats for the Austria Wien II vs Blau-Weiß Linz meet

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 22.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Generali Arena (17500 seats)

This league campaign has been hard for Austria Wien II so far, while Blau-Weiß Linz have taken lots of points. Will the guests triumph again at Generali Arena?

Insights:
  • Austria Wien II have the fewest scored goals (26) in Erste Liga
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Austria Wien II and Blau-Weiß Linz.

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Austria Wien II form and stats

Austria Wien II's struggle is real here at Generali Arena with only 9 points collected from 12 Erste Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-7.

Happy days for Austria in their previous game, a fixture away at SV Horn II (placed 14th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Prior to that, an away loss at Lafnitz.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Austria Wien II here at Generali Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Austria Wien II defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Blau-Weiß Linz playing as the away team in the Erste Liga this season. Blau-Weiß Linz has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Blau-Weiß won their last game, 3-0 versus Wacker Innsbruck played at home.

Prior to that match, the Blau-Weiß Linz manager Scheiblehner faced defeat when travelling to SV Horn II and losing 1-2.

Blau-Weiß Linz are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled before this season: Blau-Weiß Linz - Austria 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Austria Wien II two wins, one draw and Blau-Weiß Linz six victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blau-Weiß LinzM. Seidl
M. Seidl
9 goals
Blau-Weiß LinzM. Brandner
M. Brandner
5 goals
Blau-Weiß LinzA. Kostic
A. Kostic
5 goals

Austria Wien II missing players

Blau-Weiß Linz missing players

Austria Wien II Blau-Weiß Linz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 25
6 2 0 Won W 1 4 13
6 3 0 Drew D 2 4 7
13 7 3 Lost L 1 4 5
26 11 1 Scored S 9 16 43
35 18 8 Conceded C 6 12 23
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
72% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 58% 72%
44% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 52%
32% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 33% 32%
8% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 42% 48%
24% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 42% 40%
40% 42% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 16%
 
4.6 4.5 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 6.6 6.1
5.1 4.5 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.2 3.2
2.1 1.7 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.1 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.4 9.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12.8 13
4.2 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.4 5
25% 24% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 30% 34%
 
10.7 11.1 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 7 6.5
4.3 4.2 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3 3
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Austria Wien II have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in Erste Liga
  • Austria Wien II have the fewest scored goals (26) in Erste Liga
  • Austria Wien II have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Erste Liga
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.

  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 25 18 3 4 57 23 13 10 1 2 33 10 12 8 2 2 24 13 34 57
2 Floridsdorfer AC 25 17 5 3 43 15 13 9 2 2 25 10 12 8 3 1 18 5 28 56
3 Blau-Weiß Linz 25 13 7 5 43 23 13 9 3 1 27 11 12 4 4 4 16 12 20 46
4 Amstetten 25 13 5 7 49 29 12 8 3 1 25 9 13 5 2 6 24 20 20 44
5 Liefering 25 11 9 5 47 32 13 5 6 2 22 16 12 6 3 3 25 16 15 42
6 Lafnitz 25 11 7 7 43 37 13 8 2 3 28 21 12 3 5 4 15 16 6 40
7 St. Polten 25 10 6 9 36 30 13 5 4 4 22 15 12 5 2 5 14 15 6 36
8 Grazer AK 25 10 6 9 39 34 12 5 4 3 18 14 13 5 2 6 21 20 5 36
9 Wacker Innsbruck 25 9 6 10 35 31 12 4 4 4 18 14 13 5 2 6 17 17 4 33
10 Rapid Wien II 25 7 8 10 35 50 13 3 4 6 13 25 12 4 4 4 22 25 -15 29
11 Vorwärts Steyr 25 6 7 12 31 48 12 4 3 5 18 22 13 2 4 7 13 26 -17 25
12 Kapfenberger SV 25 7 4 14 28 46 12 4 2 6 13 16 13 3 2 8 15 30 -18 25
13 Austria Wien II 25 6 6 13 26 35 12 2 3 7 11 18 13 4 3 6 15 17 -9 24
14 SV Horn II 25 6 6 13 29 44 13 4 2 7 13 19 12 2 4 6 16 25 -15 24
15 Dornbirn 25 5 4 16 30 60 12 3 3 6 17 27 13 2 1 10 13 33 -30 19
16 Juniors OO 25 2 9 14 27 61 12 2 3 7 18 30 13 0 6 7 9 31 -34 15

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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.