Lafnitz fights Austria Lustenau in Erste Liga battle

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportplatz Lafnitz (3000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Lafnitz fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and Austria Lustenau's 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.

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

Lafnitz 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.

Lafnitz are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Lustenau are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Lafnitz form and stats

Overall Erste Liga stats at home this season for Lafnitz are 7-1-6 (wins-draw-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Lafnitz, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Lafnitz enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Juniors OÖ's place. The match ended 3-1 with L. Fadinger, D. Gremsl and M. Kröpfl scoring. Sensational by Lafnitz last match, beating Juniors OÖ away as big underdogs.

Before that game, the home loss against Wacker Innsbruck with the scoreline 1-2.

Lafnitz have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sportplatz Lafnitz with 25 goals in 14 league matches. On the other hand, Lafnitz have conceded 17 goals.

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Austria Lustenau form and stats

Austria Lustenau have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Erste Liga, after 3-3-8 (14 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on A. Schneider, the Lustenau manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Erste Liga home defeat versus Liefering with 2-4 on the scoreboard. As you can tell from the result, the match against Liefering was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Grazer AK's place.

The visiting Lustenau have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Austria Lustenau rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Austria Lustenau - Lafnitz 2-3 played earlier this season. Last five meetings between the teams: Lafnitz won three, Austria Lustenau won two and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Austria LustenauH. Tabakovic
H. Tabakovic
16 goals
LafnitzM. Kröpfl
M. Kröpfl
14 goals
Austria LustenauW. Menezes dos Santos
W. Menezes dos Santos
7 goals

Lafnitz missing players

Austria Lustenau missing players

Lafnitz Austria Lustenau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
17 7 2 Won W 0 3 8
3 1 1 Drew D 1 3 5
9 6 2 Lost L 3 8 16
52 25 9 Scored S 4 17 40
31 17 7 Conceded C 10 25 51
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 93%
72% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 83%
52% 57% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 55%
31% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 38%
24% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 21% 24%
45% 43% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 57% 59%
34% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 14%
24% 21% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 34%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.8 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.4 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
9.9 10.7 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.1 8.3
4.4 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 4.1
41% 38% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 39% 34%
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Lafnitz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lafnitz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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-Weiß Linz 29 20 2 7 69 30 15 12 1 2 38 9 14 8 1 5 31 21 39 62
2 Liefering 29 19 5 5 68 30 14 8 3 3 33 16 15 11 2 2 35 14 38 62
3 Wacker Innsbruck 29 17 6 6 50 32 14 8 3 3 23 15 15 9 3 3 27 17 18 57
4 Austria Klagenfurt 29 16 8 5 62 31 15 11 2 2 41 16 14 5 6 3 21 15 31 56
5 Lafnitz 29 17 3 9 52 31 14 7 1 6 25 17 15 10 2 3 27 14 21 54
6 Grazer AK 29 12 7 10 45 42 14 7 4 3 23 9 15 5 3 7 22 33 3 43
7 Dornbirn 29 11 5 13 40 49 14 3 3 8 13 22 15 8 2 5 27 27 -9 38
8 Juniors OÖ 29 9 7 13 37 49 15 5 3 7 18 27 14 4 4 6 19 22 -12 34
9 Floridsdorfer AC 29 9 6 14 35 41 15 6 3 6 21 18 14 3 3 8 14 23 -6 33
10 Kapfenberger SV 29 9 6 14 34 50 15 5 4 6 15 20 14 4 2 8 19 30 -16 33
11 Amstetten 29 8 7 14 38 58 15 4 4 7 23 35 14 4 3 7 15 23 -20 31
12 Rapid Wien II 29 8 6 15 36 51 14 4 2 8 16 25 15 4 4 7 20 26 -15 30
13 Vorwärts Steyr 29 7 9 13 30 51 15 2 7 6 19 27 14 5 2 7 11 24 -21 30
14 Austria Lustenau 29 8 5 16 40 51 15 5 2 8 23 26 14 3 3 8 17 25 -11 29
15 Austria Wien II 29 7 8 14 37 52 14 2 3 9 19 30 15 5 5 5 18 22 -15 29
16 SV Horn II 29 7 6 16 37 62 14 5 3 6 22 26 15 2 3 10 15 36 -25 27

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.