The league table in Erste Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Blau-Weiß Linz leading Rapid Wien II by 7 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats
Blau-Weiß Linz, who have the most scored goals (18) in Erste Liga, have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Erste Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
In their previous game, the manager R. Brunmayr led his Blau-Weiß Linz to a defeat in the Erste Liga match away at Grazer AK. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Linzer Stadion. Before that match, a win away at Wacker Innsbruck.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Blau-Weiß matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, zero draws and one defeat (from one game).
The manager R. Brunmayr will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to SVG Reichenau in only four days.
Goals are plentiful at Linzer Stadion in the league this season as Blau-Weiß Linz has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. Blau-Weiß's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rapid Wien II form and stats
Rapid Wien II are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Erste Liga, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
The manager S. Hofmann was unhappy after their last game, a Erste Liga match played at their home ground Allianz Stadion. Rapid suffered a 1-2 loss to Austria Lustenau (placed 7th). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Vorwarts Steyr.
Rapid Wien II find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Rapid Wien II rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Schubert 10 goals |   M. Fuchshofer 4 goals | S. Surdanovic 2 goals |
Blau-Weiß Linz missing players
Rapid Wien II missing players
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Rapid Wien II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 4 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 | 29 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 18 | 62 |
| 35 | 14 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 51% | 57% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 43% |
- All of Blau-Weiß Linz's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Rapid Wien II's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blau-Weiß Linz has the most scored goals (18) in Erste Liga
- Blau-Weiß Linz have scored in all their matches so far.
- Blau-Weiß Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rapid Wien II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Rapid Wien II 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 | Liefering | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Grazer AK | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Lafnitz | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Floridsdorfer AC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Austria Lustenau | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Dornbirn | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Wacker Innsbruck | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Kapfenberger SV | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Juniors OO | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | SV Horn II | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Vorwarts Steyr | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Amstetten | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Rapid Wien II | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Austria Wien II | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 3 |