Delightful dogfight as daring Grazer AK duel with determined Austria Wien II

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Arena (16764 seats)

Grazer AK have succeeded in 4 home victories up until now, Austria Wien II have won 2 away. Who boosts their results in this one?

Insights:
  • Austria Wien II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It should be mentioned that Austria Wien II play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Austria Wien II on grass are 12 victories, 12 draws and 15 defeats from 39 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 59-64. You can compare this with overall results below.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Grazer AK form and stats

Grazer AK have collected 14 points from their Erste Liga home games so far after 4-2-2.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Grazer, as their goalkeeper Jakob Meierhofer has completely shut out the opponents for 260 minutes in the Erste Liga.

Happy days for Grazer AK in their previous game, a fixture away at SV Horn II (placed 12th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Austria Lustenau.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grazer handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and four defeats.

The Grazer AK fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Austria Wien II form and stats

Austria Wien II have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Erste Liga, after 2-2-4 (8 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Austria Wien II in their previous game as they lost hosting Floridsdorfer AC, 0-2.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Wacker Innsbruck.

Austria are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of seven matches.

The visiting Austria Wien II have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. Austria Wien II struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Austria Wien II - Grazer 0-0 was the product when these sides previously played each other, earlier this season. Head to head numbers (for the previous five meetings): Grazer AK won one game, two matches ended in a draw and Austria Wien II have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / three

Top Goalscorers

Grazer AKM. Gantschnig
M. Gantschnig
6 goals
Grazer AKL. Gabbichler
L. Gabbichler
4 goals
Grazer AKM. Sangare
M. Sangare
4 goals

Grazer AK missing players

Austria Wien II missing players

Grazer AK Austria Wien II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 17
8 4 2 Won W 1 2 3
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
6 2 0 Lost L 1 4 10
27 14 10 Scored S 4 11 17
23 9 2 Conceded C 3 14 30
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
76% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
65% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 47%
29% 38% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 35%
18% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 12%
53% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 59%
29% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
29% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 35%
 
4.9 5.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.8 4.7
5.2 4.9 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.5 4.8
2.9 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 11.9 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.8 9.1
5 5.5 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.9 4
32% 32% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 28% 25%
 
10.6 9.4 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.5 11.4
4.2 3.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.9 4.7
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • All of Austria Wien II's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Austria Wien II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Austria Wien II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Austria Wien II have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Austria Wien II 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 Austria Lustenau 17 13 2 2 40 14 9 8 0 1 24 6 8 5 2 1 16 8 26 41
2 Liefering 17 10 5 2 35 18 9 5 4 0 19 9 8 5 1 2 16 9 17 35
3 Floridsdorfer AC 17 10 4 3 27 11 9 5 2 2 17 8 8 5 2 1 10 3 16 34
4 Amstetten 17 10 3 4 39 16 8 6 2 0 20 4 9 4 1 4 19 12 23 33
5 Blau-Weiß Linz 17 8 6 3 25 17 9 5 3 1 14 9 8 3 3 2 11 8 8 30
6 Lafnitz 17 8 4 5 32 26 9 5 1 3 20 17 8 3 3 2 12 9 6 28
7 Grazer AK 17 8 3 6 27 23 8 4 2 2 14 9 9 4 1 4 13 14 4 27
8 St. Pölten 17 7 3 7 26 21 9 4 2 3 18 11 8 3 1 4 8 10 5 24
9 Wacker Innsbruck 17 7 3 7 26 21 8 3 2 3 12 10 9 4 1 4 14 11 5 24
10 Kapfenberger SV 17 6 2 9 22 33 8 3 1 4 10 12 9 3 1 5 12 21 -11 20
11 Rapid Wien II 17 5 4 8 23 33 8 2 2 4 6 12 9 3 2 4 17 21 -10 19
12 SV Horn II 17 4 4 9 20 33 9 2 2 5 9 15 8 2 2 4 11 18 -13 16
13 Austria Wien II 17 3 4 10 17 30 9 1 2 6 6 16 8 2 2 4 11 14 -13 13
14 Dornbirn 17 3 3 11 20 41 8 2 2 4 9 16 9 1 1 7 11 25 -21 12
15 Vorwarts Steyr 17 2 5 10 17 35 8 1 2 5 10 18 9 1 3 5 7 17 -18 11
16 Juniors OO 17 1 7 9 19 43 8 1 2 5 13 22 9 0 5 4 6 21 -24 10

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.