It's the second chance for points this season as St. Pölten and Rapid Wien II battle it out at NV ARENA.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
St. Pölten form and stats
Last season, St. Pölten's league statistics were 5 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Tipico Bundesliga. Over these 22 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 43. Playing at home last season St. Pölten managed 1-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 23 conceded. All in all it has been a very rough period for Pölten who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 15 attempts. Their previous win was against Wattens, 164 days ago.
Pölten lost their last game at Liefering (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory in the Austrian Cup match versus Lauterach with a 5-0 scoreline.There will be little rest for Pölten after this match as they are travelling to Blau-Wei Linz for a Erste Liga game in only three days.
Rapid Wien II form and stats
Let's have a look at how Rapid Wien II performed last season in the Erste Liga: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 6 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 20/26 goals scored/conceded.
Rapid's last game was the home draw against Juniors OO (0-0).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Austria Klagenfurt.Head 2 Head
St. Pölten missing players
Rapid Wien II missing players
| St. Pölten | Rapid Wien II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| St. Pölten | Last season | Rapid Wien II | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 37 | ||
| 57 | 30 | Conceded | C | 26 | 53 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 27% | ||
| 47% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 70% | ||
| 22% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 13% | ||
| 41% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 17% | ||
| 3.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 35% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Liefering | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Wacker Innsbruck | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Austria Wien II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | SV Horn II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Blau-Wei Linz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Lafnitz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Amstetten | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Rapid Wien II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Floridsdorfer AC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Grazer AK | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Juniors OO | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Dornbirn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | St. Pölten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Vorwarts Steyr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Kapfenberger SV | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -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 | Hartberg | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 30 | -10 | 32 |
| 2 | Austria Wien | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 29 |
| 3 | Ried | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 57 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -23 | 25 |
| 4 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 55 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 35 | -22 | 23 |
| 5 | Admira | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 58 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -31 | 19 |
| 6 | St. Pölten | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | -18 | 13 |
| 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 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 39 | 63 |
| 2 | Liefering | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 69 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 38 | 63 |
| 3 | Austria Klagenfurt | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 64 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 32 | 59 |
| 4 | Wacker Innsbruck | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 57 |
| 5 | Lafnitz | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 21 | 55 |
| 6 | Grazer AK | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 46 |
| 7 | Dornbirn | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 27 | -13 | 38 |
| 8 | Juniors OO | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -11 | 37 |
| 9 | Floridsdorfer AC | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 10 | Kapfenberger SV | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -17 | 33 |
| 11 | Austria Wien II | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 32 |
| 12 | Amstetten | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 61 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -23 | 31 |
| 13 | Austria Lustenau | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 44 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | -11 | 30 |
| 14 | Rapid Wien II | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 26 | -16 | 30 |
| 15 | SV Horn II | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 62 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 36 | -22 | 30 |
| 16 | Vorwarts Steyr | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -25 | 30 |