St. Pölten welcomes Rapid Wien II as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 23.July
Match begins: 18:25 (UTC)
Venue: NV ARENA (8012 seats)

It's a new Erste Liga campaign and St. Pölten are eager to get started here at NV ARENA. Rapid Wien II are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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St. Pölten form and stats

Disaster struck St. Pölten last season as they could not defend their status as a Tipico Bundesliga team. With 11 defeats from 22 games, and only 5 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Pölten are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W1 D3 L7.

St. Pölten have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; St. Pölten scored 5 goals and let in 7 goals during these five games.

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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.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Rapid played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.

It's a day of discovery for Rapid Wien II as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Rapid have played five with the results W3-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Rapid Wien II has scored 9 goals and conceded 9 times.

Head 2 Head

St. Pölten missing players

Rapid Wien II missing players

Total First Half Second Half
St. Pölten Rapid Wien II
Total Home vs low 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%
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 Amstetten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Austria Lustenau 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 Floridsdorfer AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Grazer AK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Juniors OÖ 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 SV Horn II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Vorwärts Steyr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wacker Innsbruck 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 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 OÖ 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 Vorwärts Steyr 30 7 9 14 30 55 15 2 7 6 19 27 15 5 2 8 11 28 -25 30

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 Amstetten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Austria Lustenau 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 Floridsdorfer AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Grazer AK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Juniors OÖ 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 SV Horn II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Vorwärts Steyr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wacker Innsbruck 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.