Struggling Blau-Weiß Linz will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Vorwärts Steyr in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats
With 2 Erste Liga wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Blau-Weiß Linz are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Blau-Weiß Linz drew their last game, also a home match. Grazer AK (placed 14th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Preceding that game was the away draw at Kapfenberger SV that finished 1-1.
The Blau-Weiß Linz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Blau-Weiß Linz have allowed the opposition to score 20 goals here at Linzer Stadion.
Vorwärts Steyr form and stats
Vorwärts Steyr have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Erste Liga, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
Vorwärts Steyr's last game was the home draw against Juniors OÖ (0-0). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Wacker Innsbruck that ended 1-1.
The visiting Vorwärts Steyr have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Vorwärts Steyr have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Vorwärts Steyr - Blau-Weiß Linz 0-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Blau-Weiß Linz seven wins, one draw and Vorwärts Steyr one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 F. Schubert 9 goals |  B. Mustecic 5 goals |  A. Roman 5 goals |
Blau-Weiß Linz missing players
Vorwärts Steyr missing players
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Vorwärts Steyr | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 32 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 39 | 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 72% |
| 67% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 44% |
| 61% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 44% | 62% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 78% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 61% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 28% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.4 | 6.3 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 196 | 85 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 79 | 177 |
| 103 | 43 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 43 | 78 |
| 31% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 33% |
- Blau-Weiß Linz have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Blau-Weiß Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vorwärts Steyr has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Vorwärts Steyr have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Vorwärts Steyr have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vorwärts Steyr have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vorwärts Steyr 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 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Austria Klagenfurt | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Vorwärts Steyr | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Lafnitz | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Austria Lustenau | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Liefering | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Wacker Innsbruck | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Juniors OÖ | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Amstetten | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Austria Wien II | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Dornbirn | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Floridsdorfer AC | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -7 | 20 |
| 14 | Grazer AK | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | SV Horn II | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Kapfenberger SV | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 18 |