An important duel in the bottom section of the Erste Liga, with both Blau-Weiß Linz and Grazer AK experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 14th place.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats
With 2 Erste Liga wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Blau-Weiß Linz, who have the most conceded goals (38) in Erste Liga, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Linzer Stadion, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Wacker Innsbruck game.
Blau-Weiß Linz shared the glory with Kapfenberger SV in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-5 away at Liefering.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Blau-Weiß Linz have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost six.
Blau-Weiß Linz have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Linzer Stadion with 13 goals in 7 league matches. As for conceded goals, Blau-Weiß Linz's unpleasant statistic is 19 goals surrendered.
Grazer AK form and stats
There's been little loot from Grazer AK's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Erste Liga. Grazer AK only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Grazer AK, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Juniors OO game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. It's three draws from Grazer AK's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
The manager D. Preiss was unhappy after their last game, a Erste Liga match played at their home ground Sportzentrum Graz-Weinzödl. Grazer AK suffered a 1-2 loss to Floridsdorfer AC (placed 11th). Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Amstetten.
Late heartbreak for Grazer AK in the Floridsdorfer AC match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Grazer AK are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of one match.
Grazer AK are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Grazer AK have conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Grazer AK - Blau-Weiß Linz 2-0. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Blau-Weiß Linz victories, one draw and four Grazer AK wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 F. Schubert 9 goals |  D. Hackinger 6 goals |  G. Nutz 5 goals |
Blau-Weiß Linz missing players
Grazer AK missing players
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Grazer AK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 31 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 22 |
| 38 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 71% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 65% | 71% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 47% | 71% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 76% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 65% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 24% |
| 5.9 | 6.9 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.6 | 5.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 187 | 76 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 81 | 161 |
| 98 | 38 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 33 | 70 |
| 32% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 31% |
- All of Grazer AK's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blau-Weiß Linz has the most conceded goals (38)
- Blau-Weiß Linz has the most conceded goals in the first half (17)
- Blau-Weiß Linz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blau-Weiß Linz have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Blau-Weiß Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Grazer AK 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 | Ried | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Austria Klagenfurt | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Lafnitz | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Vorwarts Steyr | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Austria Lustenau | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Wacker Innsbruck | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | Juniors OO | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Amstetten | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Liefering | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Dornbirn | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Floridsdorfer AC | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Austria Wien II | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 | Grazer AK | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | SV Horn II | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 16 | Kapfenberger SV | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 23 | -16 | 15 |