Soccer preview: Home fans have high expectations when Blau-Weiß Linz welcome Grazer AK

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Linzer Stadion (21005 seats)

Here's another absorbing fixture in the Erste Liga. Blau-Weiß Linz is in the 11th place from participating in three matches. They receive Grazer AK who are placed 10th from three games.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats

The hosts won their first Erste Liga game here at Linzer Stadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Blau-Weiß Linz last season were 10 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss from 15 games.

No payout for Blau-Weiß Linz in their previous match, an away game at SV Horn II that ended in defeat 1-2.

Before that, Blau-Weiß had a home game versus Austria Wien II which ended with a victory 4-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Blau-Weiß Linz's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Blau-Weiß Linz at home in the league. 4 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Grazer AK form and stats

Grazer AK have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Erste Liga were 5 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 15 fixtures.

Grazer AK had fun at their own home (Linzer Stadion) last time out, beating Liefering 1-0. Koller scored.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Admira wasn't a success with a 3-4 loss.

It's early days yet, but Grazer AK has scored 3 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Blau-Weiß won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Grazer AK got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Grazer AKP. Koller
P. Koller
2 goals
Blau-Weiß LinzF. Mayulu
F. Mayulu
1 goals
Blau-Weiß LinzT. Koch
T. Koch
1 goals

Blau-Weiß Linz missing players

Grazer AK missing players

Blau-Weiß Linz Grazer AK
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 4 0 Scored S 0 3 4
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 4 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 33%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 33%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
3 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 6.7
4.3 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4.3
1.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.7 18 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 14
5.7 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.7
29% 57% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 60% 29%
 
6.3 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 10.3
4 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 3.3
Blau-Weiß Linz Last season Grazer AK
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
15 10   Won W   5 13
9 4   Drew D   3 7
6 1   Lost L   7 10
51 31   Scored S   22 47
27 12   Conceded C   24 39
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 90%
73% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 77%
50% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 60%
30% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 33%
7% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 17%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   67% 53%
40% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 33%
20% 7%   Failed to Score F T   20% 23%
 
6.5 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.8
3.4 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.6
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.6
1 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
13.3 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 11.6
5.1 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.7
33% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 33%
 
6.7 5.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.6
3 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SV Horn II 3 3 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
2 St. Pölten 3 2 1 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 6 2 6 7
3 Amstetten 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 7
4 First Vienna 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
5 Floridsdorfer AC 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 4
6 Sturm Graz II 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 4
7 Vorwärts Steyr 3 1 1 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 4
8 Admira 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
9 Liefering 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
10 Grazer AK 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 4
11 Blau-Weiß Linz 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -1 3
12 Lafnitz 3 1 0 2 2 7 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 3
13 Austria Wien II 3 0 2 1 6 8 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 2
14 Rapid Wien II 3 0 2 1 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 -4 2
15 Kapfenberger SV 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 1
16 Dornbirn 3 0 0 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -5 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 Austria Lustenau 30 22 4 4 69 26 15 12 1 2 40 10 15 10 3 2 29 16 43 70
2 Floridsdorfer AC 30 20 5 5 51 18 15 11 2 2 30 11 15 9 3 3 21 7 33 65
3 Blau-Weiß Linz 30 15 9 6 51 27 15 10 4 1 31 12 15 5 5 5 20 15 24 54
4 Lafnitz 30 15 7 8 53 42 15 10 2 3 30 21 15 5 5 5 23 21 11 52
5 Amstetten 30 15 6 9 59 35 15 9 4 2 28 10 15 6 2 7 31 25 24 51
6 Liefering 30 12 10 8 56 43 15 6 7 2 27 18 15 6 3 6 29 25 13 46
7 Grazer AK 30 13 7 10 47 39 15 8 4 3 25 15 15 5 3 7 22 24 8 46
8 St. Pölten 30 12 6 12 43 38 15 7 4 4 29 17 15 5 2 8 14 21 5 42
9 Wacker Innsbruck 30 11 7 12 46 41 15 6 4 5 25 18 15 5 3 7 21 23 5 40
10 Vorwärts Steyr 30 10 7 13 39 52 15 7 3 5 23 23 15 3 4 8 16 29 -13 37
11 Rapid Wien II 30 8 9 13 45 62 15 4 4 7 18 30 15 4 5 6 27 32 -17 33
12 Kapfenberger SV 30 8 6 16 36 54 15 5 3 7 19 19 15 3 3 9 17 35 -18 30
13 SV Horn II 30 7 7 16 34 55 15 4 2 9 14 24 15 3 5 7 20 31 -21 28
14 Austria Wien II 30 6 7 17 31 56 15 2 4 9 15 30 15 4 3 8 16 26 -25 25
15 Juniors OO 30 4 11 15 37 71 15 3 5 7 26 37 15 1 6 8 11 34 -34 23
16 Dornbirn 30 6 4 20 35 73 15 4 3 8 22 35 15 2 1 12 13 38 -38 22

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.