This is the Erste Liga season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Blau-Weiß Linz or Dornbirn get that important first win?
Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats
Blau-Weiß could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Erste Liga. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Linzer Stadion they witnessed 12 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W20 - D3 - L7 from 30 games.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Blau-Weiß Linz home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Blau-Weiß Linz after this match as they are travelling to Kuchl for a Austrian Cup game in only four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Blau-Weiß friendly games in pre-season: Blau-Weiß Linz played five friendlies, won 3, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Blau-Weiß Linz scored 17 goals and conceded 9 in these five games.
Dornbirn form and stats
Let's have a look at how Dornbirn performed last season in the Erste Liga: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 5 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 27/27 goals scored/conceded.
You'll want to know how Dornbirn managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and one home win.
The schedule is very tough for Dornbirn now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Austrian Cup game at TSV St. Johann is waiting in only three days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Dornbirn have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats from three fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Blau-Weiß won two, Dornbirn won one and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Blau-Weiß Linz missing players
Dornbirn missing players
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Dornbirn | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Last season | Dornbirn | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 8 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 14 | ||
| 70 | 38 | Scored | S | 27 | 40 | ||
| 31 | 9 | Conceded | C | 27 | 53 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 47% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 30% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 47% | 27% | ||
| 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 30% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 7.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 44% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Amstetten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Austria Lustenau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Austria Wien II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Dornbirn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Floridsdorfer AC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Grazer AK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Juniors OO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kapfenberger SV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Lafnitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Liefering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Rapid Wien II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | St. Polten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | SV Horn II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Vorwarts Steyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Wacker Innsbruck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 39 | 63 |
| 2 | Liefering | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 69 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 38 | 63 |
| 3 | Austria Klagenfurt | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 64 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 32 | 59 |
| 4 | Wacker Innsbruck | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 57 |
| 5 | Lafnitz | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 21 | 55 |
| 6 | Grazer AK | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 46 |
| 7 | Dornbirn | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 27 | -13 | 38 |
| 8 | Juniors OO | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -11 | 37 |
| 9 | Floridsdorfer AC | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 10 | Kapfenberger SV | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -17 | 33 |
| 11 | Austria Wien II | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 32 |
| 12 | Amstetten | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 61 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -23 | 31 |
| 13 | Austria Lustenau | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 44 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | -11 | 30 |
| 14 | Rapid Wien II | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 26 | -16 | 30 |
| 15 | SV Horn II | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 62 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 36 | -22 | 30 |
| 16 | Vorwarts Steyr | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -25 | 30 |