Grazer AK vs Austria Lustenau match preview: Even contest expected at Merkur Arena

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 13.March
Match begins: 18:10 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Arena (16764 seats)

Season ticket holders at Merkur Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Grazer AK languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Austria Lustenau will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Grazer AK and Austria Lustenau should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Grazer AK form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Grazer AK have to build on here at Merkur Arena in the Erste Liga. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts.

Grazer AK are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-4 away versus SV Horn II. Preceding that game was the away draw at Blau-Weiß Linz that finished 1-1.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The Grazer AK fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Grazer AK's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Austria Lustenau form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Erste Liga.

Home advantage was not enough for Austria Lustenau in their previous game, as they lost their Erste Liga-match, hosting Austria Wien II, 2-3. Before that, Austria Lustenau secured a home win against Wacker Innsbruck with the score 1-0.

Austria Lustenau have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 20 goals from 9 away matches. Austria Lustenau have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Austria Lustenau - Grazer AK 0-2.

Top Goalscorers

Austria LustenauR. Sales
R. Sales
16 goals
Grazer AKD. Hackinger
D. Hackinger
7 goals
Austria LustenauT. Mayer
T. Mayer
7 goals

Grazer AK missing players

Austria Lustenau missing players

Grazer AK Austria Lustenau
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 8 3 Played P 3 9 19
4 2 2 Won W 2 4 8
7 3 0 Drew D 0 1 2
8 3 1 Lost L 1 4 9
25 11 6 Scored S 7 20 38
32 11 4 Conceded C 5 20 38
95% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
95% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 89%
53% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 63%
32% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 56% 53%
16% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 33% 42%
68% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 68%
16% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 11%
21% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 21%
 
5.1 6 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.9 5.6
5.8 7.1 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 4.3
1.1 0.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
172 80 35 Total Shots T S 34 88 196
76 37 18 Shots on Target S O 19 53 102
33% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 38% 37%
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Austria Lustenau haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grazer AK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 19 14 3 2 40 18 8 6 0 2 18 8 11 8 3 0 22 10 22 45
2 Austria Klagenfurt 19 10 7 2 38 25 9 3 6 0 18 13 10 7 1 2 20 12 13 37
3 Wacker Innsbruck 19 9 3 7 27 26 11 5 2 4 15 16 8 4 1 3 12 10 1 30
4 Vorwärts Steyr 19 7 6 6 26 21 9 5 3 1 13 6 10 2 3 5 13 15 5 27
5 Liefering 19 7 6 6 38 34 10 5 1 4 22 19 9 2 5 2 16 15 4 27
6 Lafnitz 19 7 6 6 26 26 10 1 4 5 7 15 9 6 2 1 19 11 0 27
7 Austria Lustenau 19 8 2 9 38 38 10 4 1 5 18 18 9 4 1 4 20 20 0 26
8 Austria Wien II 19 7 3 9 38 35 10 4 1 5 19 16 9 3 2 4 19 19 3 24
9 Juniors OO 18 6 5 7 31 32 8 3 1 4 17 21 10 3 4 3 14 11 -1 23
10 Blau-Weiß Linz 19 6 5 8 34 39 9 3 2 4 16 20 10 3 3 4 18 19 -5 23
11 Amstetten 19 5 7 7 29 35 11 3 4 4 18 20 8 2 3 3 11 15 -6 22
12 Dornbirn 19 5 7 7 28 35 9 2 4 3 16 20 10 3 3 4 12 15 -7 22
13 SV Horn II 19 5 6 8 39 41 10 2 3 5 20 24 9 3 3 3 19 17 -2 21
14 Floridsdorfer AC 19 5 6 8 22 29 10 2 4 4 9 13 9 3 2 4 13 16 -7 21
15 Grazer AK 19 4 7 8 25 32 8 2 3 3 11 11 11 2 4 5 14 21 -7 19
16 Kapfenberger SV 18 5 3 10 23 36 9 3 2 4 12 13 9 2 1 6 11 23 -13 18

Read more about Erste Liga

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.