Football preview: Home fans have high expectations when St. Pölten welcome Dornbirn

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: NV ARENA (8012 seats)

It's the very first fixture of the new season for St. Pölten and Dornbirn. The canvas is blank, the opportunities endless.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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St. Pölten form and stats

The season before, St. Pölten's league stats were 12 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 8th spot in the Erste Liga. In these 30 matches they scored 43 goals and let in 38. Playing at home in the previous season St. Pölten delivered 7-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 17 conceded.

St. Pölten have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and seven practice matches played. These training games have ended with 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Pölten scored 15 goals and let in 11 goals during these seven games.

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Dornbirn form and stats

Let's have a look at how Dornbirn performed last season in the Erste Liga: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 4 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 73 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 12 with 13/38 goals scored/conceded.

That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.

Just as the home team, Dornbirn have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Dornbirn win, 0 draws and 3 losses.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last five meetings: four - zero - one (St. Pölten wins - draws - Dornbirn wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

St. Pölten missing players

Dornbirn missing players

Total First Half Second Half
St. Pölten Dornbirn
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
St. Pölten Last season Dornbirn
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
12 7   Won W   2 6
6 4   Drew D   1 4
12 4   Lost L   12 20
43 29   Scored S   13 35
38 17   Conceded C   38 73
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 93%
47% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 70%
23% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 47%
10% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 30%
53% 67%   BTTS BTTS   47% 60%
20% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 7%
30% 13%   Failed to Score F T   47% 33%
 
5.3 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 3.9
4.7 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   7.1 7.2
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.5
5 1   Red cards R C   3 9
 
10.7 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 8.9
4.6 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.5
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 33%
 
8 6.7   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 14.2
3.9 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   7 6.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Admira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Amstetten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Austria Wien II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Blau-Wei Linz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dornbirn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 First Vienna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Floridsdorfer AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Grazer AK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kapfenberger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lafnitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Liefering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Rapid Wien II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 St. Pölten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sturm Graz II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SV Horn II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Vorwarts Steyr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Austria Lustenau 30 22 4 4 69 26 15 12 1 2 40 10 15 10 3 2 29 16 43 70
2 Floridsdorfer AC 30 20 5 5 51 18 15 11 2 2 30 11 15 9 3 3 21 7 33 65
3 Blau-Wei Linz 30 15 9 6 51 27 15 10 4 1 31 12 15 5 5 5 20 15 24 54
4 Lafnitz 30 15 7 8 53 42 15 10 2 3 30 21 15 5 5 5 23 21 11 52
5 Amstetten 30 15 6 9 59 35 15 9 4 2 28 10 15 6 2 7 31 25 24 51
6 Liefering 30 12 10 8 56 43 15 6 7 2 27 18 15 6 3 6 29 25 13 46
7 Grazer AK 30 13 7 10 47 39 15 8 4 3 25 15 15 5 3 7 22 24 8 46
8 St. Pölten 30 12 6 12 43 38 15 7 4 4 29 17 15 5 2 8 14 21 5 42
9 Wacker Innsbruck 30 11 7 12 46 41 15 6 4 5 25 18 15 5 3 7 21 23 5 40
10 Vorwarts Steyr 30 10 7 13 39 52 15 7 3 5 23 23 15 3 4 8 16 29 -13 37
11 Rapid Wien II 30 8 9 13 45 62 15 4 4 7 18 30 15 4 5 6 27 32 -17 33
12 Kapfenberger SV 30 8 6 16 36 54 15 5 3 7 19 19 15 3 3 9 17 35 -18 30
13 SV Horn II 30 7 7 16 34 55 15 4 2 9 14 24 15 3 5 7 20 31 -21 28
14 Austria Wien II 30 6 7 17 31 56 15 2 4 9 15 30 15 4 3 8 16 26 -25 25
15 Juniors OO 30 4 11 15 37 71 15 3 5 7 26 37 15 1 6 8 11 34 -34 23
16 Dornbirn 30 6 4 20 35 73 15 4 3 8 22 35 15 2 1 12 13 38 -38 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Admira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Amstetten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Austria Wien II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Blau-Wei Linz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dornbirn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 First Vienna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Floridsdorfer AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Grazer AK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kapfenberger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lafnitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Liefering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Rapid Wien II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 St. Pölten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sturm Graz II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SV Horn II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Vorwarts Steyr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.