St. Pölten expected to challenge Austria Wien II at their own home

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 10.March
Match begins: 17:10 (UTC)
Venue: Generali Arena (17500 seats)

Scrambling Austria Wien II are eager to pull off a small shock when they welcome high-flying St. Pölten in the upcoming league game. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home supporters will have moderate confidence.

Insights:
  • Austria Wien II have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Erste Liga
  • St. Pölten have the most points (22) away in Erste Liga

This has all the signs of an interesting fixture with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

L L L W W

Austria Wien II form and stats

Austria Wien II's struggle is real here at Generali Arena with only 9 points collected from 9 Erste Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-6-2. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Austria Wien II to get some points in this home game.

The Austria supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Generali Arena: A 0-2 defeat against First Vienna (placed 5th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kapfenberger SV (2-4).

Austria Wien II has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.

L W D W W

St. Pölten form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Erste Liga. Pölten has been amazing away for a time now, winning six in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Admira.

Home advantage was not enough for St. Pölten in their previous game as they lost hosting SV Horn II, 0-2. Before that defeat this side had won at least a draw from seven league games in a row.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Sturm Graz II with the score of 2-0.

Take note: 8 of the latest 10 league games featuring this side have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

St. Pölten has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 9 games. Pölten are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {4 away goals} have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

St. Pölten have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Austria Wien II.

St. Pölten - Austria Wien II 5-0 was the scoreline in these squads' latest H2H fixture, played this season. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

St. PöltenL. Hartwig
L. Hartwig
8 goals
St. PöltenJ. Montnor
J. Montnor
7 goals

Austria Wien II missing players

St. Pölten missing players

Austria Wien II St. Pölten
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 9 18
3 1 0 Won W 2 7 11
6 6 2 Drew D 0 1 2
9 2 1 Lost L 1 1 5
23 13 2 Scored S 3 17 33
40 16 4 Conceded C 1 4 17
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 56% 72%
61% 56% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 44%
50% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 28%
33% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 22%
61% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 39%
17% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 56% 50%
28% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 11% 17%
 
5.2 4.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5 4.9
4.9 4.6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 4.7
2.4 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
10.4 12.2 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 11.6 10.6
4 5.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 5.6 5.4
32% 28% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 34% 34%
 
11.8 10.8 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 8.9 9.2
5.7 5.2 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.7 3
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Austria Wien II have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Erste Liga
  • St. Pölten have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • St. Pölten have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Erste Liga
  • St. Pölten have the most points (22) away in Erste Liga
  • St. Pölten have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Erste Liga
  • St. Pölten haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Blau-Weiß Linz 18 12 1 5 44 17 9 7 1 1 23 6 9 5 0 4 21 11 27 37
2 SV Horn II 18 11 3 4 25 18 9 6 1 2 14 11 9 5 2 2 11 7 7 36
3 St. Pölten 18 11 2 5 33 17 9 4 1 4 16 13 9 7 1 1 17 4 16 35
4 Grazer AK 18 8 7 3 28 18 9 7 2 0 14 3 9 1 5 3 14 15 10 31
5 First Vienna 18 8 5 5 21 15 9 4 3 2 13 7 9 4 2 3 8 8 6 29
6 Floridsdorfer AC 18 7 6 5 23 18 9 4 1 4 13 13 9 3 5 1 10 5 5 27
7 Lafnitz 18 8 3 7 27 24 9 4 3 2 15 12 9 4 0 5 12 12 3 27
8 Amstetten 18 7 5 6 30 31 9 3 4 2 12 12 9 4 1 4 18 19 -1 26
9 Liefering 18 7 2 9 33 34 9 5 1 3 22 17 9 2 1 6 11 17 -1 23
10 Rapid Wien II 18 6 5 7 26 34 9 4 1 4 11 11 9 2 4 3 15 23 -8 23
11 Dornbirn 18 6 3 9 27 27 9 3 1 5 12 16 9 3 2 4 15 11 0 21
12 Admira 18 6 3 9 25 29 9 5 1 3 15 15 9 1 2 6 10 14 -4 21
13 Sturm Graz II 18 6 3 9 24 29 9 2 2 5 7 10 9 4 1 4 17 19 -5 21
14 Vorwärts Steyr 18 4 5 9 21 37 9 3 2 4 11 17 9 1 3 5 10 20 -16 17
15 Austria Wien II 18 3 6 9 23 40 9 1 6 2 13 16 9 2 0 7 10 24 -17 15
16 Kapfenberger SV 18 3 3 12 20 42 9 2 1 6 14 26 9 1 2 6 6 16 -22 12

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.