This is shaping up to be quite the engrossing contest at NV ARENA in the Erste Liga. St. Pölten is in 1st place and host Liefering in 14th position. Read all about the fixture here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
St. Pölten form and stats
The hosts won their first Erste Liga game here at NV ARENA, lifting spirits. Home statistics for St. Pölten last season were 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from 15 games.
The St. Pölten followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Lafnitz and win 2-0. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Dombaxi, having found the net in three games in a row.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Sturm Graz II and winning 4-1.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the St. Pölten at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Liefering form and stats
Let's have a look at how Liefering performed last season in the Erste Liga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 4 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 10 with 16/28 goals scored/conceded.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Dornbirn with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Austria Wien II.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (St. Pölten wins - draws - Liefering wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Dombaxi 2 goals |  D. Tadic 2 goals |  K. Monzialo 1 goals |
St. Pölten missing players
Liefering missing players
| St. Pölten | Liefering | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 7.5 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3.5 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| St. Pölten | Last season | Liefering | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 51 | 25 | Scored | S | 16 | 52 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Conceded | C | 28 | 54 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 77% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 67% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 57% | ||
| 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 23% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 23% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 13 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 33% | ||
| 9.9 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Pölten | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Leoben | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Grazer AK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Schwarz-Wei Bregenz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Admira | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Lafnitz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dornbirn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ried | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Floridsdorfer AC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | First Vienna | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Sturm Graz II | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Kapfenberger SV | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | SV Horn II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Liefering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Amstetten | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Stripfing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 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 | Blau-Wei Linz | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 36 | 61 |
| 2 | Grazer AK | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 60 |
| 3 | St. Pölten | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 24 | 56 |
| 4 | SV Horn II | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 48 |
| 5 | Floridsdorfer AC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 | Amstetten | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 0 | 45 |
| 7 | First Vienna | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 43 |
| 8 | Lafnitz | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 41 |
| 9 | Liefering | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 52 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 10 | Admira | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Dornbirn | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 19 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Sturm Graz II | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 43 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 30 | -13 | 34 |
| 13 | Kapfenberger SV | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 56 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | Vorwarts Steyr | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 54 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | -18 | 32 |
| 15 | Rapid Wien II | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 34 | -22 | 30 |
| 16 | Austria Wien II | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -27 | 29 |
