Erste Liga match preview and statistics: Blau-Weiß Linz fight St. Pölten

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 06.August
Match begins: 18:25 (UTC)
Venue: Linzer Stadion (21005 seats)

Blau-Weiß Linz welcome St. Pölten for another interesting Erste Liga fixture here at Linzer Stadion.

The visiting St. Pölten played their last game only three days ago, a Erste Liga match.

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Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats

Blau-Weiß Linz have only played one Erste Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 15 matches.

It's back home for Blau-Weiß, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Vorwarts Steyr away with the result 4-0. M. Seidl, F. Strauss, M. Maranda and S. Surdanovic found the net in that victory. As mentioned above, Blau-Weiß "killed" Vorwarts Steyr in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

In the game before, an away victory in the Austrian Cup match versus Kuchl with a 3-0 scoreline.

At Linzer Stadion, Blau-Weiß Linz has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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St. Pölten form and stats

St. Pölten have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Erste Liga were 4 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 16 fixtures. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for St. Pölten, who have now gone 16 games without a victory. The Wattens game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

The manager S. Helm was unhappy after their last game, a Erste Liga match played at their home ground NV ARENA. St. Pölten suffered a 1-2 loss to Rapid Wien II (placed 8th).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Liefering's place.

1 goal so far away for St. Pölten, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Blau-Weiß victories, two draws and six St. Pölten wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blau-Weiß LinzF. Strauss
F. Strauss
1 goals
Blau-Weiß LinzS. Surdanovic
S. Surdanovic
1 goals
Blau-Weiß LinzS. Pirkl
S. Pirkl
1 goals

Blau-Weiß Linz missing players

St. Pölten missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blau-Weiß Linz St. Pölten
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 1 1 2
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
6 2 2 Scored S 1 1 2
1 1 1 Conceded C 2 2 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 10 10 7
3.5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.5
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14 8.5
5.5 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 2
55% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 50%
Blau-Weiß Linz Last season St. Pölten
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   16 32
20 12   Won W   4 5
3 1   Drew D   4 9
7 2   Lost L   8 18
70 38   Scored S   23 39
31 9   Conceded C   27 57
97% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
83% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   81% 72%
60% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 56%
47% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 38%
30% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 19%
50% 33%   BTTS BTTS   50% 47%
40% 60%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 22%
13% 13%   Failed to Score F T   31% 41%
 
6.2 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   2.6 3.8
3.9 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 6.2
2.1 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.6 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.6 8.8
5.3 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.5
44% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 35%

  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 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 6
2 Austria Lustenau 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
3 Liefering 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
4 Amstetten 2 1 1 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 6 4
5 Wacker Innsbruck 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Austria Wien II 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 SV Horn II 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Rapid Wien II 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
9 Lafnitz 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 4 2 -1 3
10 Floridsdorfer AC 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
11 Grazer AK 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
12 Juniors OO 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
13 St. Pölten 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
14 Kapfenberger SV 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
15 Vorwarts Steyr 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 0
16 Dornbirn 2 0 0 2 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 -7 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
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 Hartberg 32 12 11 9 38 48 16 7 6 3 19 18 16 5 5 6 19 30 -10 32
2 Austria Wien 32 11 9 12 47 43 16 5 7 4 25 24 16 6 2 8 22 19 4 29
3 Ried 32 8 9 15 34 57 16 6 4 6 20 28 16 2 5 9 14 29 -23 25
4 Rheindorf Altach 32 9 7 16 33 55 16 6 4 6 17 20 16 3 3 10 16 35 -22 23
5 Admira 32 6 8 18 27 58 16 4 3 9 15 27 16 2 5 9 12 31 -31 19
6 St. Pölten 32 5 9 18 39 57 16 1 5 10 16 30 16 4 4 8 23 27 -18 13

Table
  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 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 6
2 Austria Lustenau 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
3 Liefering 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
4 Amstetten 2 1 1 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 6 4
5 Wacker Innsbruck 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Austria Wien II 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 SV Horn II 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Rapid Wien II 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
9 Lafnitz 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 4 2 -1 3
10 Floridsdorfer AC 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
11 Grazer AK 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
12 Juniors OO 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
13 St. Pölten 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
14 Kapfenberger SV 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
15 Vorwarts Steyr 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 0
16 Dornbirn 2 0 0 2 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 -7 0

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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.