Possible nail-biting contest in Vorwärts Steyr - Liefering game

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 06.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: EK Kammerhofer Arena

Faithful supporters at EK Kammerhofer Arena haven’t seen many wins this season, with Vorwärts Steyr rotting in the 11th spot. The guesting Liefering will try to defend their higher league place in this match.

Insights:
  • Vorwärts Steyr have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Erste Liga
  • Liefering have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The visiting Liefering played their last game only three days ago, a Erste Liga match. That game was also an away game, at Juniors OÖ. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Vorwärts Steyr form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Vorwärts Steyr have to build on here at EK Kammerhofer Arena in the Erste Liga. After failing to beat Amstetten here at EK Kammerhofer Arena, Vorwärts has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

No payout for Vorwärts Steyr in their previous match, an away game at Lafnitz that ended in defeat 0-1.

Before that, Vorwärts Steyr had a home game versus Floridsdorfer AC which ended with a victory 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Vorwärts Steyr have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost zero.

Vorwärts are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Liefering form and stats

As the visiting team in Erste Liga matches, Liefering have produced an overall stat of 6-3-4 so far.

Liefering are travelling again after losing away to Juniors OÖ in their previous match (3-4). As you can tell from the result, the match against Juniors OÖ was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Grazer AK.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Liefering playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were one Liefering win, four draws and four defeats.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Liefering are regular goalscorers on their travels. Liefering have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Vorwärts Steyr and Liefering have played each other earlier this season: Liefering - Vorwärts Steyr 1-1. Last seven meetings featuring these squads: Vorwärts won two, Liefering triumphed in three and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LieferingR. Šimić
R. Šimić
16 goals
Vorwärts SteyrO. Filip
O. Filip
7 goals
Vorwärts SteyrA. Pasic
A. Pasic
4 goals

Vorwärts Steyr missing players

Liefering missing players

Vorwärts Steyr Liefering
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 5 13 27
7 5 1 Won W 4 6 11
7 3 0 Drew D 0 3 10
13 5 2 Lost L 1 4 6
32 19 5 Scored S 14 28 51
49 22 8 Conceded C 7 20 37
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
81% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
59% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 77% 56%
44% 54% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 54% 41%
11% 23% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 23% 26%
63% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 69% 67%
11% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 23% 26%
30% 23% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 19%
 
5 6.5 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7.4 6.8 5.7
5.1 4.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.4 4.6
2.4 2.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.2 2.1
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
8.9 10.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 15.8 13.5 12.4
3.9 5.1 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 5.8 5.3
31% 29% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 37% 36%
 
12.1 10.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 8.6 10.4
5.1 4.1 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 3.6 3.7
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • All of Liefering's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Liefering have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Liefering have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Liefering haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vorwärts Steyr have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vorwärts Steyr have the most dropped points from leading position (19) 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 27 19 4 4 60 25 13 10 1 2 33 10 14 9 3 2 27 15 35 61
2 Floridsdorfer AC 27 18 5 4 46 16 13 9 2 2 25 10 14 9 3 2 21 6 30 59
3 Blau-Weiß Linz 27 14 8 5 48 25 14 9 4 1 28 12 13 5 4 4 20 13 23 50
4 Amstetten 27 14 6 7 54 29 13 8 4 1 25 9 14 6 2 6 29 20 25 48
5 Lafnitz 27 13 7 7 48 38 14 9 2 3 29 21 13 4 5 4 19 17 10 46
6 Liefering 27 11 10 6 51 37 14 5 7 2 23 17 13 6 3 4 28 20 14 43
7 Grazer AK 27 11 7 9 41 35 13 6 4 3 19 14 14 5 3 6 22 21 6 40
8 St. Polten 27 11 6 10 40 32 14 6 4 4 26 16 13 5 2 6 14 16 8 39
9 Wacker Innsbruck 27 10 7 10 40 35 13 5 4 4 20 15 14 5 3 6 20 20 5 37
10 Rapid Wien II 27 7 8 12 37 54 13 3 4 6 13 25 14 4 4 6 24 29 -17 29
11 Vorwärts Steyr 27 7 7 13 32 49 13 5 3 5 19 22 14 2 4 8 13 27 -17 28
12 SV Horn II 27 6 7 14 29 47 14 4 2 8 13 22 13 2 5 6 16 25 -18 25
13 Kapfenberger SV 27 7 4 16 30 52 13 4 2 7 14 18 14 3 2 9 16 34 -22 25
14 Austria Wien II 27 6 6 15 27 44 14 2 3 9 12 27 13 4 3 6 15 17 -17 24
15 Dornbirn 27 6 4 17 33 65 14 4 3 7 20 32 13 2 1 10 13 33 -32 22
16 Juniors OÖ 27 3 10 14 34 67 14 3 4 7 25 36 13 0 6 7 9 31 -33 19

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.