Vorwärts Steyr vs Grazer AK betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: EK Kammerhofer Arena

15th- against 7th spot might not seem all that tempting to look into. Fear not: We have the facts that makes Vorwärts Steyr - Grazer AK (even) more appealing!

Insights:
  • Vorwärts Steyr have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Erste Liga
  • Grazer AK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an exciting game with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!

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Vorwärts Steyr form and stats

With 1 Erste Liga win, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Vorwärts Steyr are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two draws in a row at home now for Vorwärts.

The regulars are hoping that Vorwärts Steyr will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Juniors OO (placed 16th).

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Wacker Innsbruck.

The Vorwärts Steyr fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Vorwärts Steyr with 19 goals conceded in these matches.

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Grazer AK form and stats

Playing away, Grazer AK have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Erste Liga this season. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Grazer's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the St. Pölten game.

180 minutes! That's how long the Grazer AK goalkeeper Jakob Meierhofer and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Grazer AK's last game was the home draw against Kapfenberger SV (0-0).

Prior to that result Grazer won their away game at Juniors OO. The scoreline was 4-0.

Grazer AK are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. As opposed to that, Grazer have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Grazer AK - Vorwärts Steyr 4-0 was the end result in these contenders' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Vorwärts two wins, three draws and Grazer AK three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Grazer AKM. Gantschnig
M. Gantschnig
6 goals
Vorwärts SteyrA. Pasic
A. Pasic
4 goals

Vorwärts Steyr missing players

Grazer AK missing players

Vorwärts Steyr Grazer AK
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 5 10 20
3 1 0 Won W 4 5 9
6 3 0 Drew D 1 1 4
11 5 3 Lost L 0 4 7
21 11 3 Scored S 10 17 32
40 19 9 Conceded C 2 14 26
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 90% 85%
90% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 75%
60% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 70% 65%
40% 56% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 30% 35%
10% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 15%
65% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 60% 50%
5% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 30% 35%
35% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 20% 30%
 
4.9 6.7 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.6 5.2
5.3 4.8 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.8 5.2
2.9 3.4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.8
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
8 9.9 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.6 11.2
3.4 4.7 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 5
31% 26% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 32%
 
12.5 10.9 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8.6 11.7 10.7
5.5 4.6 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.9 4.2
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Grazer AK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vorwärts Steyr have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vorwärts Steyr have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Erste Liga
  • Vorwärts Steyr have won significantly more corners at home than 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 20 14 2 4 46 21 10 8 0 2 25 8 10 6 2 2 21 13 25 44
2 Floridsdorfer AC 20 13 4 3 33 12 10 6 2 2 20 8 10 7 2 1 13 4 21 43
3 Liefering 20 10 7 3 39 25 11 5 5 1 21 14 9 5 2 2 18 11 14 37
4 Blau-Wei Linz 20 10 7 3 32 18 10 6 3 1 17 9 10 4 4 2 15 9 14 37
5 Amstetten 20 10 5 5 42 21 9 6 3 0 22 6 11 4 2 5 20 15 21 35
6 Lafnitz 20 9 5 6 36 31 11 6 2 3 24 19 9 3 3 3 12 12 5 32
7 Grazer AK 20 9 4 7 32 26 10 4 3 3 15 12 10 5 1 4 17 14 6 31
8 Wacker Innsbruck 20 8 4 8 32 25 10 4 2 4 16 12 10 4 2 4 16 13 7 28
9 St. Pölten 20 8 4 8 28 23 11 4 3 4 19 13 9 4 1 4 9 10 5 28
10 Rapid Wien II 20 7 4 9 28 39 10 3 2 5 9 17 10 4 2 4 19 22 -11 25
11 Kapfenberger SV 20 6 3 11 23 38 9 3 1 5 11 14 11 3 2 6 12 24 -15 21
12 Dornbirn 20 5 4 11 26 45 10 3 3 4 13 19 10 2 1 7 13 26 -19 19
13 Austria Wien II 20 4 5 11 21 33 10 1 2 7 7 18 10 3 3 4 14 15 -12 17
14 SV Horn II 20 4 4 12 23 39 10 2 2 6 9 16 10 2 2 6 14 23 -16 16
15 Vorwärts Steyr 20 3 6 11 21 40 9 1 3 5 11 19 11 2 3 6 10 21 -19 15
16 Juniors OO 20 2 8 10 24 50 10 2 2 6 16 27 10 0 6 4 8 23 -26 14

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.