Soccer betting preview: Lafnitz welcomes Wacker Innsbruck in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportplatz Lafnitz (3000 seats)

A traditional home win, the away team runs away as victors or an exciting draw? It's all possible when the mid-table teams Lafnitz and Wacker Innsbruck battle at Sportplatz Lafnitz.

Insights:
  • Lafnitz have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Erste Liga
  • Wacker Innsbruck have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Lafnitz and Wacker Innsbruck 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.

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Lafnitz form and stats

Overall Erste Liga stats at home this season for Lafnitz are 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Lafnitz faced defeat in their previous match, away at Austria Lustenau (1-2).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Juniors OÖ.

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 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost three.

Goals decide football matches and Lafnitz are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lafnitz defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Wacker Innsbruck form and stats

As the visiting team in Erste Liga matches, Wacker Innsbruck have produced an overall stat of 4-1-4 so far. With the Wacker Innsbruck losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Innsbruck play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Kapfenberger SV (placed 11th).

Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Austria Wien II.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wacker Innsbruck playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Wacker Innsbruck wins, two draws and two defeats.

Wacker Innsbruck are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. As opposed to that, Innsbruck have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Wacker Innsbruck - Lafnitz 0-0 was the outcome when these sides formerly played each other, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Lafnitz victories, two draws and one Wacker Innsbruck win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

Wacker InnsbruckR. Sales
R. Sales
13 goals
Wacker InnsbruckL. Hupfauf
L. Hupfauf
1 goals

Lafnitz missing players

Wacker Innsbruck missing players

Lafnitz Wacker Innsbruck
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 9 17
8 5 2 Won W 1 4 7
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 3 1 Lost L 1 4 7
32 20 6 Scored S 4 14 26
26 17 6 Conceded C 3 11 21
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
76% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 71%
65% 78% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 53%
59% 78% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 35%
29% 44% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 18%
71% 78% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 53%
24% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 35%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 18%
 
5.8 6.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.4 5.1
4.5 3.9 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4 5
2.4 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.1
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
11 11.8 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12.6 11.4
5.4 5.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.6 4.4
35% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 35%
 
10.6 10.1 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 7.3 7.9
4.4 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.7 3.1
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Lafnitz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lafnitz have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Lafnitz have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Erste Liga
  • Lafnitz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Wacker Innsbruck have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 18 14 2 2 45 16 9 8 0 1 24 6 9 6 2 1 21 10 29 44
2 Liefering 18 10 5 3 37 23 10 5 4 1 21 14 8 5 1 2 16 9 14 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-Wei Linz 18 8 7 3 26 18 9 5 3 1 14 9 9 3 4 2 12 9 8 31
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 18 8 3 7 28 26 9 4 2 3 15 12 9 4 1 4 13 14 2 27
8 St. Polten 18 7 4 7 27 22 10 4 3 3 19 12 8 3 1 4 8 10 5 25
9 Wacker Innsbruck 17 7 3 7 26 21 8 3 2 3 12 10 9 4 1 4 14 11 5 24
10 Rapid Wien II 18 6 4 8 26 35 9 3 2 4 9 14 9 3 2 4 17 21 -9 22
11 Kapfenberger SV 17 6 2 9 22 33 8 3 1 4 10 12 9 3 1 5 12 21 -11 20
12 Austria Wien II 18 4 4 10 20 31 9 1 2 6 6 16 9 3 2 4 14 15 -11 16
13 SV Horn II 18 4 4 10 22 36 9 2 2 5 9 15 9 2 2 5 13 21 -14 16
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 OÖ 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.