Soccer match guide: Home fans with high optimism before St. Pölten - Sturm Graz II

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 16:10 (UTC)
Venue: NV ARENA (8012 seats)

Sturm Graz II have travelled here for an interesting battle versus the hosting St. Pölten. Prepare for the game with this full Erste Liga preview!

Insights:
  • St. Pölten have the most scored goals (8) in Erste Liga

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

St. Pölten have only played one Erste Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 15 matches.

The Pölten manager Helm and his gang return home after a 1-1 draw away versus First Vienna (placed 4th). Hartwig was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against First Vienna after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Before that match, a win away at Rapid Wien II.

St. Pölten has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sturm Graz II form and stats

Sturm Graz II have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Erste Liga were 11 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 16 fixtures.

There were no winners in Sturm Graz II's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Rapid Wien II (placed 14th).

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Lafnitz.

It's early days yet, but Sturm Graz II has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

St. PöltenD. Barlov
D. Barlov
2 goals
St. PöltenL. Hartwig
L. Hartwig
2 goals
St. PöltenJ. Montnor
J. Montnor
2 goals

St. Pölten missing players

Sturm Graz II missing players

St. Pölten Sturm Graz II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
8 2 0 Scored S 1 1 4
2 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 12 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1 3.7
3.3 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1 1 2.7
2.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.3 19 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14 15
8 12 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 6.7
33% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 17% 20%
 
7.7 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 14 14 12
1 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3.7
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • St. Pölten have the most scored goals (8) in Erste Liga
  • St. Pölten have the the best goal difference (+6) in Erste Liga
St. Pölten Last season Sturm Graz II
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   16 32
12 7   Won W   11 22
6 4   Drew D   3 6
12 4   Lost L   2 4
43 29   Scored S   45 105
38 17   Conceded C   12 29
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 91%
47% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 75%
23% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 56%
10% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 41%
53% 67%   BTTS BTTS   44% 47%
20% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   44% 41%
30% 13%   Failed to Score F T   12% 12%
 
5.3 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   7.6 7
4.7 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.4
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
5 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.7 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   15.8 15.4
4.6 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   7.3 8.2
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 41%
 
8 6.7   Shots against (avg) S A   7.2 7.6
3.9 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SV Horn II 3 3 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
2 St. Pölten 3 2 1 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 6 2 6 7
3 Amstetten 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 7
4 First Vienna 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
5 Floridsdorfer AC 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 4
6 Sturm Graz II 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 4
7 Vorwärts Steyr 3 1 1 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 4
8 Admira 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
9 Liefering 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
10 Grazer AK 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 4
11 Blau-Weiß Linz 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -1 3
12 Lafnitz 3 1 0 2 2 7 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 3
13 Austria Wien II 3 0 2 1 6 8 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 2
14 Rapid Wien II 3 0 2 1 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 -4 2
15 Kapfenberger SV 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 1
16 Dornbirn 3 0 0 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -5 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-Weiß 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 Vorwärts 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
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 Sturm Graz II 32 22 6 4 105 29 16 11 3 2 60 17 16 11 3 2 45 12 76 72
2 Deutschlandsberger SC 32 18 9 5 62 26 16 9 5 2 34 14 16 9 4 3 28 12 36 63
3 Gurten 32 18 8 6 63 31 16 11 2 3 35 12 16 7 6 3 28 19 32 62
4 Hertha 32 16 8 8 64 34 16 10 3 3 38 14 16 6 5 5 26 20 30 56
5 Wolfsberger AC II 32 15 11 6 71 50 16 7 6 3 27 21 16 8 5 3 44 29 21 56
6 Union Vocklamarkt 32 15 7 10 46 41 16 9 3 4 28 18 16 6 4 6 18 23 5 52
7 Bad Gleichenberg 32 14 9 9 56 47 16 7 4 5 26 23 16 7 5 4 30 24 9 51
8 Allerheiligen 32 12 11 9 52 48 16 6 6 4 28 26 16 6 5 5 24 22 4 47
9 St. Anna 32 12 8 12 61 54 16 7 4 5 39 29 16 5 4 7 22 25 7 44
10 Gleisdorf 09 32 11 11 10 50 53 16 5 7 4 25 26 16 6 4 6 25 27 -3 44
11 Weiz 32 13 4 15 47 56 16 8 2 6 27 26 16 5 2 9 20 30 -9 43
12 Ried II 32 9 9 14 50 63 16 5 5 6 29 30 16 4 4 8 21 33 -13 36
13 Kalsdorf 32 9 8 15 46 54 16 6 3 7 22 20 16 3 5 8 24 34 -8 35
14 Treibach 32 10 5 17 56 73 16 6 3 7 31 35 16 4 2 10 25 38 -17 35
15 Wels 32 10 3 19 47 71 16 6 3 7 26 30 16 4 0 12 21 41 -24 33
16 Spittal 32 4 6 22 25 60 16 2 3 11 11 30 16 2 3 11 14 30 -35 18
17 Stadl-Paura 32 1 3 28 18 129 16 1 1 14 11 51 16 0 2 14 7 78 -111 6

Read more about Erste Liga

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.