Erste Liga preview and statistics: St. Pölten - Wacker Innsbruck at NV ARENA

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 13.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: NV ARENA (8012 seats)

This is the real thing, this is Erste Liga and this is St. Pölten - Wacker Innsbruck. Check out our full match preview!

Insights:
  • St. Pölten have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Erste Liga
  • Wacker Innsbruck have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Erste Liga

St. Pölten can neither be promoted or relegated from Erste Liga. Wacker Innsbruck is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Both sides have had enough days rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an energetic fixture!

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St. Pölten form and stats

St. Pölten have played 14 Erste Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). Pölten has recorded two wins in a row here at NV ARENA, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

In their previous game, the manager Helm led his St. Pölten to a defeat away at Austria Lustenau. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at NV ARENA. St. Pölten lost the game against Austria Lustenau in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.

Ahead of that match, St. Pölten won a home game hosting Kapfenberger SV (4-1).

Pölten have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at NV ARENA with 26 goals in 14 league matches. St. Pölten have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Wacker Innsbruck form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Erste Liga travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Innsbruck failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs SV Horn II (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Ronivaldo has scored for the visitors three fixtures in a row. The flair!

Before that, Wacker Innsbruck travelled to Juniors OÖ and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Wacker Innsbruck when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Innsbruck have scored 20 goals in 14 league games away. 20 goals have been conceded by Wacker Innsbruck in these games.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the participants met previously this campaign; Wacker Innsbruck - St. Pölten 1-2. Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Pölten won six games, three matches ended in a draw and Wacker Innsbruck got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Wacker InnsbruckR. Sales
R. Sales
21 goals
St. PöltenK. Kovačević
K. Kovačević
8 goals
St. PöltenG. Davies
G. Davies
5 goals

St. Pölten missing players

Wacker Innsbruck missing players

Total First Half Second Half
St. Pölten Wacker Innsbruck
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
11 6 2 Won W 2 5 10
6 4 1 Drew D 0 3 7
11 4 0 Lost L 1 6 11
40 26 9 Scored S 3 20 42
35 16 2 Conceded C 3 20 38
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
79% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 71% 75%
46% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 57%
21% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 32%
11% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 18%
54% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 57%
21% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 29% 29%
29% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 18%
 
5.2 5.7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7.3 6.4 6
4.5 4.4 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.8 4.7
2.4 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
11 12.8 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15.7 13.3 12.7
4.6 6 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.6 4.9
31% 31% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 31% 31%
 
8 6.5 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.2 8.6
3.9 3.6 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.9 3.2
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • St. Pölten have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St. Pölten have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Erste Liga
  • St. Pölten haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Wacker Innsbruck have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Erste Liga
  • Wacker Innsbruck haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 28 20 4 4 63 25 14 11 1 2 36 10 14 9 3 2 27 15 38 64
2 Floridsdorfer AC 28 19 5 4 48 16 14 10 2 2 27 10 14 9 3 2 21 6 32 62
3 Blau-Weiß Linz 28 14 8 6 48 27 14 9 4 1 28 12 14 5 4 5 20 15 21 50
4 Lafnitz 28 14 7 7 51 38 14 9 2 3 29 21 14 5 5 4 22 17 13 49
5 Amstetten 28 14 6 8 54 30 14 8 4 2 25 10 14 6 2 6 29 20 24 48
6 Liefering 28 11 10 7 52 39 14 5 7 2 23 17 14 6 3 5 29 22 13 43
7 Grazer AK 28 12 7 9 43 35 14 7 4 3 21 14 14 5 3 6 22 21 8 43
8 St. Pölten 28 11 6 11 40 35 14 6 4 4 26 16 14 5 2 7 14 19 5 39
9 Wacker Innsbruck 28 10 7 11 42 38 14 5 4 5 22 18 14 5 3 6 20 20 4 37
10 Vorwärts Steyr 28 8 7 13 34 50 14 6 3 5 21 23 14 2 4 8 13 27 -16 31
11 Rapid Wien II 28 7 8 13 37 57 14 3 4 7 13 28 14 4 4 6 24 29 -20 29
12 SV Horn II 28 7 7 14 32 49 14 4 2 8 13 22 14 3 5 6 19 27 -17 28
13 Kapfenberger SV 28 8 4 16 35 53 14 5 2 7 19 19 14 3 2 9 16 34 -18 28
14 Austria Wien II 28 6 6 16 28 49 14 2 3 9 12 27 14 4 3 7 16 22 -21 24
15 Juniors OÖ 28 4 10 14 35 67 14 3 4 7 25 36 14 1 6 7 10 31 -32 22
16 Dornbirn 28 6 4 18 33 67 14 4 3 7 20 32 14 2 1 11 13 35 -34 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 Austria Lustenau 28 20 4 4 63 25 14 11 1 2 36 10 14 9 3 2 27 15 38 64
2 Floridsdorfer AC 28 19 5 4 48 16 14 10 2 2 27 10 14 9 3 2 21 6 32 62
3 Blau-Weiß Linz 28 14 8 6 48 27 14 9 4 1 28 12 14 5 4 5 20 15 21 50
4 Lafnitz 28 14 7 7 51 38 14 9 2 3 29 21 14 5 5 4 22 17 13 49
5 Amstetten 28 14 6 8 54 30 14 8 4 2 25 10 14 6 2 6 29 20 24 48
6 Liefering 28 11 10 7 52 39 14 5 7 2 23 17 14 6 3 5 29 22 13 43
7 Grazer AK 28 12 7 9 43 35 14 7 4 3 21 14 14 5 3 6 22 21 8 43
8 St. Pölten 28 11 6 11 40 35 14 6 4 4 26 16 14 5 2 7 14 19 5 39
9 Wacker Innsbruck 28 10 7 11 42 38 14 5 4 5 22 18 14 5 3 6 20 20 4 37
10 Vorwärts Steyr 28 8 7 13 34 50 14 6 3 5 21 23 14 2 4 8 13 27 -16 31
11 Rapid Wien II 28 7 8 13 37 57 14 3 4 7 13 28 14 4 4 6 24 29 -20 29
12 SV Horn II 28 7 7 14 32 49 14 4 2 8 13 22 14 3 5 6 19 27 -17 28
13 Kapfenberger SV 28 8 4 16 35 53 14 5 2 7 19 19 14 3 2 9 16 34 -18 28
14 Austria Wien II 28 6 6 16 28 49 14 2 3 9 12 27 14 4 3 7 16 22 -21 24
15 Juniors OÖ 28 4 10 14 35 67 14 3 4 7 25 36 14 1 6 7 10 31 -32 22
16 Dornbirn 28 6 4 18 33 67 14 4 3 7 20 32 14 2 1 11 13 35 -34 22

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