Vorwärts Steyr v Blau-Weiß Linz preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 24.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal (6000 seats)

Vorwärts Steyr will hope that their home support is enough to get at least a point from this demanding meeting, against dynamic Blau-Weiß Linz.

Insights:
  • Vorwärts Steyr have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have the most scored goals (38) in Erste Liga

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Vorwärts Steyr form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Erste Liga numbers at home for Vorwärts Steyr so far this season.

Vorwärts Steyr enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Dornbirn's place. The match ended 2-0 with Pellegrini and Pasic scoring.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Dornbirn and winning 2-0.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 16 most recent league matches shows that 12 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Vorwärts are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vorwärts Steyr defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats

4 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Blau-Weiß Linz, who have the most scored goals (38) in Erste Liga, playing as the away team in the Erste Liga this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Vorwärts Steyr.

The Blau-Weiß Linz goalkeeper Nicolas Schmid is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 312 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

The supporters enjoyed Blau-Weiß Linz's previous match versus First Vienna (placed 6th), a 3-0 win played at home.

Before that, Blau-Weiß secured a home win against First Vienna with the score 3-0.

Will there be lots of goals? This team have played 7 consecutive league games all featuring at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).

The Blau-Weiß Linz manager Scheiblehner has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Blau-Weiß Linz have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Blau-Weiß Linz have won at least one point in the last 13 matches (10-3-0) facing Vorwärts.

The former H2H game ended Blau-Weiß Linz - Vorwärts Steyr 4-1, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Blau-Weiß LinzM. Seidl
M. Seidl
12 goals
Blau-Weiß LinzF. Mayulu
F. Mayulu
7 goals

Vorwärts Steyr missing players

Blau-Weiß Linz missing players

Vorwärts Steyr Blau-Weiß Linz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
4 3 0 Won W 2 4 10
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
8 3 2 Lost L 0 4 5
20 11 2 Scored S 6 17 38
32 13 5 Conceded C 2 11 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
69% 75% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 62%
38% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 44%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 31%
75% 88% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
6% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 31%
19% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 19%
 
4.4 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 9 5.5 5.6
5 4.1 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.9 4
2.1 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.4
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9.2 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14.4 14.7
3.9 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 6.1 6.3
32% 34% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 35% 38%
 
11.5 10.5 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 5.2 5.9
5.8 5.1 7.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.9 2.8
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Erste Liga
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have the most scored goals (38) in Erste Liga
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Erste Liga
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have the the best goal difference (+21) in Erste Liga
  • Blau-Weiß Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Blau-Weiß Linz is in the best form (6-0-0) in Erste Liga
  • Vorwärts Steyr have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Vorwärts Steyr have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vorwärts Steyr haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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. Polten 16 10 2 4 31 15 8 4 1 3 16 11 8 6 1 1 15 4 16 32
2 Blau-Weiß Linz 16 10 1 5 38 17 8 6 1 1 21 6 8 4 0 4 17 11 21 31
3 SV Horn II 16 9 3 4 21 17 8 5 1 2 12 10 8 4 2 2 9 7 4 30
4 Grazer AK 16 7 7 2 26 16 8 6 2 0 13 3 8 1 5 2 13 13 10 28
5 Floridsdorfer AC 16 7 6 3 23 16 8 4 1 3 13 12 8 3 5 0 10 4 7 27
6 First Vienna 16 7 5 4 19 13 8 4 3 1 13 5 8 3 2 3 6 8 6 26
7 Amstetten 16 7 4 5 27 24 8 3 3 2 9 9 8 4 1 3 18 15 3 25
8 Lafnitz 16 7 2 7 24 22 8 4 2 2 14 11 8 3 0 5 10 11 2 23
9 Admira 16 6 3 7 24 26 8 5 1 2 14 13 8 1 2 5 10 13 -2 21
10 Dornbirn 16 6 2 8 23 22 8 3 1 4 11 14 8 3 1 4 12 8 1 20
11 Sturm Graz II 16 5 3 8 23 27 8 2 2 4 7 8 8 3 1 4 16 19 -4 18
12 Liefering 16 5 2 9 27 34 8 4 1 3 18 17 8 1 1 6 9 17 -7 17
13 Rapid Wien II 16 4 5 7 23 33 8 3 1 4 10 11 8 1 4 3 13 22 -10 17
14 Vorwärts Steyr 16 4 4 8 20 32 8 3 2 3 11 13 8 1 2 5 9 19 -12 16
15 Austria Wien II 16 3 6 7 21 34 8 1 6 1 13 14 8 2 0 6 8 20 -13 15
16 Kapfenberger SV 16 2 3 11 16 38 8 1 1 6 10 24 8 1 2 5 6 14 -22 9

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.