Erste Liga match prediction and preview for Kapfenberger SV vs Rapid Wien II clash

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 07.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Franz-Fekete-Stadion (9640 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Kapfenberger SV fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Rapid Wien II.

Insights:
  • Kapfenberger SV have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Erste Liga
  • Rapid Wien II have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Erste Liga

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.

Kapfenberger are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Rapid Wien II are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Kapfenberger SV form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Kapfenberger SV have to build on here at Franz-Fekete-Stadion in the Erste Liga.

Kapfenberger faced defeat in their previous match, away at Amstetten (1-2). Preceding that match was the home game against Liefering that was lost 0-3.

Kapfenberger are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Rapid Wien II form and stats

There's been little loot from Rapid Wien II's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Erste Liga. Rapid Wien II only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

The manager F. Maresch was unhappy after their last game, a Erste Liga match played at their home ground Allianz Stadion. Rapid suffered a 0-2 loss to Wacker Innsbruck (placed 4th). A 1-1 draw at Grazer AK's stadium before that.

Rapid find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Rapid struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Rapid Wien II - Kapfenberger 0-3.

Top Goalscorers

Rapid Wien IIO. Strunz
O. Strunz
7 goals
Kapfenberger SVM. Hernaus
M. Hernaus
6 goals
Rapid Wien IIM. Fuchshofer
M. Fuchshofer
6 goals

Kapfenberger SV missing players

Rapid Wien II missing players

Kapfenberger SV Rapid Wien II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
9 5 2 Won W 0 3 7
5 3 1 Drew D 2 3 4
12 5 1 Lost L 1 7 15
32 14 5 Scored S 3 16 31
46 18 3 Conceded C 4 23 47
92% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 77%
62% 46% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 58%
31% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 31%
19% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 27%
38% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 77% 65%
31% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 15%
38% 46% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.6 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.5 9.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7.5 8.8
3 2.9 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 3.3
41% 37% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 50% 36%
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Kapfenberger SV have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Erste Liga
  • Rapid Wien II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rapid Wien II have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Erste Liga
  • Rapid Wien II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Blau-Wei Linz 26 19 1 6 65 29 13 11 0 2 34 9 13 8 1 4 31 20 36 58
2 Liefering 26 17 5 4 58 24 13 8 3 2 31 13 13 9 2 2 27 11 34 56
3 Lafnitz 26 16 2 8 48 28 13 7 1 5 24 15 13 9 1 3 24 13 20 50
4 Wacker Innsbruck 26 14 6 6 40 29 13 7 3 3 18 14 13 7 3 3 22 15 11 48
5 Austria Klagenfurt 26 13 8 5 52 28 13 9 2 2 34 15 13 4 6 3 18 13 24 47
6 Grazer AK 26 11 6 9 40 35 13 6 4 3 21 9 13 5 2 6 19 26 5 39
7 Kapfenberger SV 26 9 5 12 32 46 13 5 3 5 14 18 13 4 2 7 18 28 -14 32
8 Juniors OO 26 8 7 11 34 43 13 4 3 6 16 24 13 4 4 5 18 19 -9 31
9 Amstetten 26 8 7 11 34 49 13 4 4 5 21 30 13 4 3 6 13 19 -15 31
10 Vorwarts Steyr 26 7 9 10 27 41 13 2 7 4 17 20 13 5 2 6 10 21 -14 30
11 Floridsdorfer AC 26 8 5 13 30 37 13 6 2 5 18 14 13 2 3 8 12 23 -7 29
12 Dornbirn 26 8 5 13 32 46 13 2 3 8 10 21 13 6 2 5 22 25 -14 29
13 Austria Wien II 26 7 7 12 34 43 13 2 3 8 17 26 13 5 4 4 17 17 -9 28
14 Austria Lustenau 26 7 5 14 34 43 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 3 7 17 23 -9 26
15 Rapid Wien II 26 7 4 15 31 47 13 4 1 8 15 24 13 3 3 7 16 23 -16 25
16 SV Horn II 26 5 6 15 33 56 13 4 3 6 20 25 13 1 3 9 13 31 -23 21

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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.