Juniors OÖ vs Wacker Innsbruck: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Raiffeisen Arena (7870 seats)

Juniors OÖ have some catching up to do from their 16th position, and the job begins against Wacker Innsbruck. Read more!

Insights:
  • Juniors OÖ have the the worst goal difference (-34) in Erste Liga
  • Wacker Innsbruck haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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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Juniors OÖ form and stats

Juniors OÖ's struggle is real here at Raiffeisen Arena with only 9 points collected from 12 Erste Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-7. Juniors OÖ has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Takacs and the players.

Juniors OÖ faced defeat in their previous match, away at St. Pölten (1-2).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Austria Lustenau (0-1).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Erste Liga game versus Liefering in only four days. This game is also played here at Raiffeisen Arena.

Juniors OÖ have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Raiffeisen Arena with 18 goals in 12 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Juniors have allowed the opposition to score 30 goals here at Raiffeisen Arena.

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Wacker Innsbruck form and stats

Playing away, Wacker Innsbruck have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 6 defeats in the Erste Liga this season.

Impressive finishing from Holz and Ronivaldo secured the home win 2-1 against Rapid Wien II in their previous game. The end of the last match, against Rapid Wien II, was very satisfying as Holz scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Blau-Wei Linz's place.

Wacker Innsbruck have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 17 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Innsbruck in these games.

Head 2 Head

Wacker Innsbruck - Juniors OÖ 5-1 was the output when these sides formerly did battle, also in this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the former six meetings): Juniors OÖ won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and Wacker Innsbruck got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / one The games between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Wacker InnsbruckR. Sales
R. Sales
18 goals
JuniorsD. Weixelbraun
D. Weixelbraun
5 goals
Wacker InnsbruckM. Holz
M. Holz
4 goals

Juniors OÖ missing players

Wacker Innsbruck missing players

Juniors OÖ Wacker Innsbruck
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 5 13 26
2 2 0 Won W 2 5 10
9 3 0 Drew D 1 2 6
14 7 3 Lost L 2 6 10
27 18 2 Scored S 6 17 37
61 30 10 Conceded C 5 17 32
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
84% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 73%
68% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 54% 54%
64% 83% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 27%
24% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 12%
60% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 46% 54%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 31%
40% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 23% 19%
 
3.7 3.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 6.2 6
6.7 7.1 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.1 4.8
1.8 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.4 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
8 8.8 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13.2 12.7
3 3.8 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 4.8
36% 39% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 30%
 
13.1 12 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.4 8.6 8.7
5.9 5.5 8.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 2.8 3.1
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Juniors OÖ have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Juniors OÖ have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Juniors OÖ have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Juniors OÖ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Juniors OÖ have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Erste Liga
  • Juniors OÖ have the the worst goal difference (-34) in Erste Liga
  • Juniors OÖ haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Wacker Innsbruck 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 26 19 3 4 59 24 13 10 1 2 33 10 13 9 2 2 26 14 35 60
2 Floridsdorfer AC 26 17 5 4 43 16 13 9 2 2 25 10 13 8 3 2 18 6 27 56
3 Blau-Wei Linz 26 14 7 5 47 24 13 9 3 1 27 11 13 5 4 4 20 13 23 49
4 Amstetten 26 13 6 7 49 29 13 8 4 1 25 9 13 5 2 6 24 20 20 45
5 Lafnitz 26 12 7 7 47 38 13 8 2 3 28 21 13 4 5 4 19 17 9 43
6 Liefering 25 11 9 5 47 32 13 5 6 2 22 16 12 6 3 3 25 16 15 42
7 Grazer AK 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 4 3 19 14 13 5 2 6 21 20 6 39
8 Wacker Innsbruck 26 10 6 10 37 32 13 5 4 4 20 15 13 5 2 6 17 17 5 36
9 St. Pölten 26 10 6 10 36 31 13 5 4 4 22 15 13 5 2 6 14 16 5 36
10 Rapid Wien II 26 7 8 11 36 52 13 3 4 6 13 25 13 4 4 5 23 27 -16 29
11 Vorwärts Steyr 26 7 7 12 32 48 13 5 3 5 19 22 13 2 4 7 13 26 -16 28
12 SV Horn II 26 6 7 13 29 44 13 4 2 7 13 19 13 2 5 6 16 25 -15 25
13 Kapfenberger SV 26 7 4 15 29 48 13 4 2 7 14 18 13 3 2 8 15 30 -19 25
14 Austria Wien II 26 6 6 14 27 39 13 2 3 8 12 22 13 4 3 6 15 17 -12 24
15 Dornbirn 26 5 4 17 31 64 13 3 3 7 18 31 13 2 1 10 13 33 -33 19
16 Juniors OÖ 25 2 9 14 27 61 12 2 3 7 18 30 13 0 6 7 9 31 -34 15

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.