The visiting Austria Klagenfurt side should be favourites in this visit to Blau-Weiß Linz, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Erste Liga game only four days ago.
Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Blau-Weiß Linz have to build on here at Linzer Stadion in the Erste Liga.
Blau-Weiß faced defeat in their previous match, away at Austria Wien II (0-3). Ahead of that match, Blau-Weiß won a home game hosting Vorwarts Steyr (2-0).
There will be little rest for Blau-Weiß after this match as they are travelling to Wacker Innsbruck for a Erste Liga game in only three days.
Blau-Weiß Linz have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Linzer Stadion with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Blau-Weiß Linz are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (20 from 9 played).
Austria Klagenfurt form and stats
Austria Klagenfurt's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Austria Klagenfurt collect 22 points from their 10 away matches in the Erste Liga. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Klagenfurt has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Austria Klagenfurt are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Erste Liga against Kapfenberger SV (placed 16th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Liefering wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
The end of the last match, against Kapfenberger SV, was very satisfying as O. Aydın scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
A new game in only three days for Austria Klagenfurt, the Erste Liga home match versus Lafnitz. Busy days.
Klagenfurt have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 20 goals from 10 away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Austria Klagenfurt in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Austria Klagenfurt - Blau-Weiß 3-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Blau-Weiß won three games, one match ended with a draw and Austria Klagenfurt has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / fiveTop Goalscorers
  F. Schubert 9 goals |   D. Pecirep 8 goals | O. Markoutz 8 goals |
Blau-Weiß Linz missing players
Austria Klagenfurt missing players
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Austria Klagenfurt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 41 |
| 42 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 95% |
| 90% | 89% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 90% | 95% |
| 65% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 60% |
| 55% | 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 40% | 56% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 70% | 78% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 75% |
| 20% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 25% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 10% | 5% |
| 5.8 | 6.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 213 | 99 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 104 | 250 |
| 111 | 51 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 55 | 131 |
| 31% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 36% | 31% |
- Austria Klagenfurt has the most scored goals in the second half (28)
- Austria Klagenfurt have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Blau-Weiß Linz have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Blau-Weiß Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 24 | 48 |
| 2 | Austria Klagenfurt | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | Wacker Innsbruck | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 4 | Vorwarts Steyr | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Liefering | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Austria Wien II | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Austria Lustenau | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Juniors OO | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Lafnitz | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Amstetten | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | SV Horn II | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Floridsdorfer AC | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | Dornbirn | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -11 | 22 |
| 15 | Grazer AK | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Kapfenberger SV | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -14 | 19 |