Vorwärts Steyr fights Wacker Innsbruck in Erste Liga battle

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: EK Kammerhofer Arena

The season has been rough for Vorwärts Steyr so far, while Wacker Innsbruck have done well. Will the away team take a new scalp at EK Kammerhofer Arena?

Insights:
  • Vorwärts Steyr have the fewest scored goals (29) in Erste Liga
  • Wacker Innsbruck have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Erste Liga

It's no vacation for neither Vorwärts nor Wacker Innsbruck as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Vorwärts are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Wacker Innsbruck are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Vorwärts Steyr form and stats

Vorwärts Steyr's struggle is real here at EK Kammerhofer Arena with only 13 points collected from 14 Erste Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-7-5. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Vorwärts, their manager A. Milot and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Goalkeeper B. Tober got the top rating on the team in that game; 0.0 out of ten. Tober .

Before that game, the home loss against Liefering with the scoreline 1-4.

The Vorwärts fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

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Wacker Innsbruck form and stats

8-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wacker Innsbruck in their Erste Liga matches away. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Vorwärts Steyr.

A. Eckmayr was the team player of the game with the player rating of 0.0. The agile goalkeeper Eckmayr .

Prior to that match, a home win 5-1 against Grazer AK.

Innsbruck are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 14 away games so far. Innsbruck have conceded 16 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Wacker Innsbruck - Vorwärts 2-0. Vorwärts Steyr-Wacker Innsbruck H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Vorwärts Steyr one win, Wacker Innsbruck two wins, one draw. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Wacker InnsbruckR. Sales
R. Sales
12 goals
Wacker InnsbruckA. Zaizen
A. Zaizen
8 goals
Wacker InnsbruckL. Fridrikas
L. Fridrikas
6 goals

Vorwärts Steyr missing players

Wacker Innsbruck missing players

Vorwärts Steyr Wacker Innsbruck
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
7 2 0 Won W 4 8 16
9 7 2 Drew D 1 3 6
12 5 2 Lost L 0 3 6
29 18 4 Scored S 11 24 47
48 24 9 Conceded C 5 16 31
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
75% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 82%
54% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 64% 57%
39% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 21% 29%
11% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 14%
50% 71% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 46%
21% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 36% 39%
36% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 8
 
7.4 7.9 6.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 10.9 11.4
3.3 3.9 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.4 4.6 5.1
32% 33% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 37% 33%
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Vorwärts Steyr have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vorwärts Steyr have the fewest scored goals (29) in Erste Liga
  • Vorwärts Steyr have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Erste Liga
  • Wacker Innsbruck have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wacker Innsbruck have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Erste Liga
  • Wacker Innsbruck haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Wacker Innsbruck is in the best form (6-0-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liefering 28 18 5 5 64 28 14 8 3 3 33 16 14 10 2 2 31 12 36 59
2 Blau-Wei Linz 28 19 2 7 65 30 14 11 1 2 34 9 14 8 1 5 31 21 35 59
3 Wacker Innsbruck 28 16 6 6 47 31 14 8 3 3 23 15 14 8 3 3 24 16 16 54
4 Austria Klagenfurt 28 15 8 5 58 31 14 10 2 2 37 16 14 5 6 3 21 15 27 53
5 Lafnitz 28 16 3 9 49 30 14 7 1 6 25 17 14 9 2 3 24 13 19 51
6 Grazer AK 28 12 6 10 43 40 14 7 4 3 23 9 14 5 2 7 20 31 3 42
7 Dornbirn 28 10 5 13 39 49 14 3 3 8 13 22 14 7 2 5 26 27 -10 35
8 Juniors OÖ 28 9 7 12 36 46 14 5 3 6 17 24 14 4 4 6 19 22 -10 34
9 Kapfenberger SV 28 9 6 13 34 49 14 5 4 5 15 19 14 4 2 8 19 30 -15 33
10 Floridsdorfer AC 28 9 5 14 33 39 14 6 2 6 19 16 14 3 3 8 14 23 -6 32
11 Amstetten 28 8 7 13 36 55 14 4 4 6 21 32 14 4 3 7 15 23 -19 31
12 Vorwärts Steyr 28 7 9 12 29 48 14 2 7 5 18 24 14 5 2 7 11 24 -19 30
13 Austria Lustenau 28 8 5 15 38 47 14 5 2 7 21 22 14 3 3 8 17 25 -9 29
14 Austria Wien II 28 7 8 13 37 48 14 2 3 9 19 30 14 5 5 4 18 18 -11 29
15 Rapid Wien II 28 7 6 15 33 49 14 4 2 8 16 25 14 3 4 7 17 24 -16 27
16 SV Horn II 28 7 6 15 37 58 14 5 3 6 22 26 14 2 3 9 15 32 -21 27

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.