Blau-Weiß Linz travel to First Vienna with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 22.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Care-Energy Naturarena Hohe Warte (5500 seats)

It's a fresh start in Erste Liga - the first fixture of the season. Read this full article and see how First Vienna and Blau-Weiß Linz did in their pre-season training matches!

Both teams have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face game!

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First Vienna form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for First Vienna as they were promoted from Regionalliga: Ost last season. Happy days that were secured through 17 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses from 26 games. The team scored 23 goals at home last season and conceded 11. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

First Vienna have prepared for this season with eight friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these eight matches are 5 victories, 1 draws and 2 losses. In these games, First Vienna have scored 24 goals and conceded 13 times.

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Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats

Let's have a look at how Blau-Weiß Linz performed last season in the Erste Liga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 9 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 20/15 goals scored/conceded.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Blau-Weiß have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats from four fixtures.

Head 2 Head

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

First Vienna missing players

Blau-Weiß Linz missing players

Total First Half Second Half
First Vienna Blau-Weiß Linz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
First Vienna Last season Blau-Weiß Linz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   15 30
17 8   Won W   5 15
7 3   Drew D   5 9
2 2   Lost L   5 6
52 23   Scored S   20 51
18 11   Conceded C   15 27
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 93%
69% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 73%
46% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 50%
38% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 30%
19% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
42% 46%   BTTS BTTS   40% 47%
58% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 40%
12% 15%   Failed to Score F T   33% 20%
 
5.3 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   6.7 6.5
3.3 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.4
2.2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.1
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
9.2 8.6   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 13.3
4.7 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 5.1
43% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%
 
6.4 5.5   Shots against (avg) S A   7.6 6.7
3 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 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 Admira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Amstetten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Austria Wien II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Blau-Weiß Linz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dornbirn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 First Vienna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Floridsdorfer AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Grazer AK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kapfenberger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lafnitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Liefering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Rapid Wien II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 St. Polten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sturm Graz II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SV Horn II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Vorwärts Steyr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 First Vienna 26 17 7 2 52 18 13 8 3 2 23 11 13 9 4 0 29 7 34 58
2 Stripfing 26 15 9 2 60 19 13 7 6 0 29 11 13 8 3 2 31 8 41 54
3 Wiener SC 26 13 7 6 48 32 13 7 3 3 29 16 13 6 4 3 19 16 16 46
4 Leobendorf 26 13 6 7 45 37 13 6 4 3 19 18 13 7 2 4 26 19 8 45
5 Neusiedl 26 12 5 9 39 37 13 4 3 6 16 21 13 8 2 3 23 16 2 41
6 TWL Elektra 26 12 5 9 33 31 13 6 3 4 14 12 13 6 2 5 19 19 2 41
7 Mannsdorf 26 10 10 6 44 41 13 5 5 3 28 26 13 5 5 3 16 15 3 40
8 Wiener Viktoria 26 11 5 10 36 36 13 7 2 4 25 15 13 4 3 6 11 21 0 38
9 Traiskirchen 26 10 5 11 41 42 13 4 1 8 15 21 13 6 4 3 26 21 -1 35
10 Bruck/Leitha 26 6 9 11 43 44 13 5 4 4 29 20 13 1 5 7 14 24 -1 27
11 Mauerwerk 26 6 5 15 29 56 13 5 2 6 13 18 13 1 3 9 16 38 -27 23
12 Admira II 26 4 7 15 33 53 13 3 4 6 20 29 13 1 3 9 13 24 -20 19
13 Wiener Neustadt 26 5 4 17 31 55 13 4 1 8 16 24 13 1 3 9 15 31 -24 19
14 Drassburg 26 4 4 18 22 55 13 2 3 8 12 26 13 2 1 10 10 29 -33 16
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. Polten 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

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 Admira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Amstetten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Austria Wien II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Blau-Weiß Linz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dornbirn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 First Vienna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Floridsdorfer AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Grazer AK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kapfenberger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lafnitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Liefering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Rapid Wien II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 St. Polten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sturm Graz II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SV Horn II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Vorwärts Steyr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.