Game week two of the Erste Liga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Lafnitz - Amstetten preview:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Lafnitz form and stats
A strong away win for Lafnitz against Floridsdorfer AC the last match, as Georg Grasser and Patrick Bürger were on target. In the game before, an away victory in the Austrian Cup match versus Bad Gleichenberg (after extra-time) with a 1-0 scoreline.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lafnitz have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn four and lost three.
Last season, Lafnitz's league statistics were 9 wins, 12 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Erste Liga. Over these 30 matches they scored 42 goals and conceded 42. Playing at home last season Lafnitz managed 1-9-5 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 20 conceded.
Amstetten form and stats
Amstetten delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Vorwärts Steyr (placed 7th) in their previous match; a Erste Liga game. Prior to that result Amstetten won their away game at Austria Lustenau. The scoreline was 3-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Amstetten in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Amstetten, three draws and one defeat.
Let's have a look at how Amstetten performed last season in the Erste Liga: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 26/22 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Lafnitz won zero, Amstetten won one and three draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Peham 2 goals |  G. Grasser 1 goals |
Lafnitz missing players
Amstetten missing players
| Lafnitz | Amstetten | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| Lafnitz | Last season | Amstetten | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 12 | Scored | S | 26 | 51 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Conceded | C | 22 | 47 | ||
| 93% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 53% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 63% | ||
| 27% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 37% | ||
| 17% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 67% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 77% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 13% | ||
| 20% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 10% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 304 | 159 | Total Shots | T S | 158 | 306 | ||
| 132 | 59 | Shots on Target | S O | 66 | 128 | ||
| 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liefering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Wacker Innsbruck | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Austria Klagenfurt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Lafnitz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Dornbirn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Amstetten | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Vorwärts Steyr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Austria Lustenau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Austria Wien II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Juniors OÖ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | SV Horn II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Floridsdorfer AC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Grazer AK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Blau-Wei Linz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Kapfenberger SV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Rapid Wien II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Ried | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 34 | 64 |
| 2 | Austria Klagenfurt | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 29 | 64 |
| 3 | Liefering | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 73 | 47 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 26 | 53 |
| 4 | Austria Wien II | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 48 |
| 5 | Amstetten | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 45 |
| 6 | Wacker Innsbruck | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 27 | -5 | 44 |
| 7 | Vorwärts Steyr | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 41 |
| 8 | Lafnitz | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | Juniors OÖ | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 63 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 28 | -13 | 38 |
| 10 | Blau-Wei Linz | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 27 | -6 | 37 |
| 11 | Austria Lustenau | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 57 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 30 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Dornbirn | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | -19 | 34 |
| 13 | SV Horn II | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 32 | -9 | 32 |
| 14 | Floridsdorfer AC | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 34 | -19 | 32 |
| 15 | Grazer AK | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 29 | -10 | 31 |
| 16 | Kapfenberger SV | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 34 | 69 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 40 | -35 | 22 |