The league table in Erste Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Liefering leading Austria Lustenau by 12 points. Match preview to follow:
Liefering 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.
The season is still full of potential for Liefering as they can still win the whole Erste Liga. Austria Lustenau are struggling to avoid relegation.
Liefering form and stats
Liefering, who have the most points (25) at home in Erste Liga, have collected 25 points from their Erste Liga home games so far after 8-1-4. Liefering has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Red Bull Arena. We remember; it was Vorwarts Steyr.
A nice win for Liefering last time playing, versus Kapfenberger SV. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with M. Kjærgaard (2) and L. Sučić scoring for the victors. Before that match, a win away at Wacker Innsbruck.
Goals are plentiful at Red Bull Arena in the league this season as Liefering has scored 33 goals here in 13 home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Liefering defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Austria Lustenau form and stats
Playing away, Austria Lustenau have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 6 defeats in the Erste Liga this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Lustenau who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Juniors OO was the last time a defeat was avoided. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Lustenau are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Austria Lustenau failed to get anything from their last game, a Erste Liga home match vs SV Horn II (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Prior to that match, the Lustenau manager R. Mählich faced defeat when travelling to Blau-Wei Linz and losing 1-2.
The travelling fans enjoy Lustenau's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 12 league matches away. Austria Lustenau have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Austria Lustenau - Liefering 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Liefering two wins, three draws and Austria Lustenau five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Sales 20 goals |   J. Chikwubuike Adamu 12 goals |
Liefering missing players
Austria Lustenau missing players
| Liefering | Austria Lustenau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 54 | 33 | 14 | Scored | S | 4 | 23 | 44 |
| 41 | 22 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | 49 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 92% | 92% |
| 68% | 92% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 58% | 64% |
| 60% | 77% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 42% | 44% |
| 40% | 46% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 32% |
| 72% | 77% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 72% |
| 12% | 8% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 20% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 20% |
| 6 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 1.5 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 336 | 208 | 86 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 114 | 241 |
| 161 | 100 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 67 | 124 |
| 34% | 33% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 34% | 35% |
- Austria Lustenau haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Austria Lustenau is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Liefering has the most points (25) at home
- Liefering has the most scored goals (33) at home
- Liefering has the most scored goals in the second half (33)
- Liefering have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Liefering 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 | Austria Klagenfurt | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 52 |
| 2 | Ried | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 51 |
| 3 | Liefering | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 41 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Wacker Innsbruck | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Vorwarts Steyr | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 38 |
| 6 | Austria Wien II | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Juniors OO | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Amstetten | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Lafnitz | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 19 | -4 | 30 |
| 10 | Blau-Wei Linz | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -8 | 30 |
| 11 | SV Horn II | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 23 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 25 | -5 | 28 |
| 13 | Floridsdorfer AC | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -9 | 28 |
| 14 | Grazer AK | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -6 | 27 |
| 15 | Dornbirn | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -16 | 27 |
| 16 | Kapfenberger SV | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 36 | -21 | 22 |