Wacker Innsbruck supporters put their faith in manager D. Bierofka to deliver victory against Blau-Weiß Linz

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 23.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tivoli Stadion Tirol (16008 seats)

It's early days in the Erste Liga and both Wacker Innsbruck and Blau-Weiß Linz are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Wacker Innsbruck form and stats

Wacker Innsbruck have less points than they have played home games in the Erste Liga so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. Innsbruck have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Innsbruck's last game was hosting Stripfing and winning 1-0. In the match before that, Innsbruck hosted Austria Lustenau and drew the Erste Liga game 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Innsbruck handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and two defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wacker Innsbruck as they are travelling to their away game against Dornbirn in the Erste Liga. That match is three days after this one.

Wacker Innsbruck has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats

Blau-Weiß Linz are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Erste Liga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

The manager R. Brunmayr was unhappy after their last game, a Erste Liga match played at their home ground Linzer Stadion. Blau-Weiß suffered a 1-2 loss to Dornbirn (placed 5th). Before that, Blau-Weiß secured a home win against Amstetten with the score 2-0.

Late heartbreak for Blau-Weiß Linz in the Dornbirn match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

Blau-Weiß are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

Blau-Weiß Linz has another fixture away, a Erste Liga game, against Grazer AK in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Blau-Weiß Linz have the goal stats of 5-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Innsbruck victories, three draws and two Blau-Weiß Linz wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blau-Weiß LinzF. Schubert
F. Schubert
6 goals
InnsbruckA. Zaizen
A. Zaizen
2 goals
Blau-Weiß LinzS. Surdanovic
S. Surdanovic
2 goals

Wacker Innsbruck missing players

Blau-Weiß Linz missing players

Wacker Innsbruck Blau-Weiß Linz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 0 0 Scored S 0 5 13
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 5 9
60% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 80%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 80%
60% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
60% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
58 24 0 Total Shots T S 0 24 53
21 10 0 Shots on Target S O 0 12 26
24% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 42% 50%
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • All of Blau-Weiß Linz's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have scored more than double the goals of Wacker Innsbruck.
  • Blau-Weiß Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wacker Innsbruck has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Erste Liga
  • Wacker Innsbruck has the most clean sheets (3) in Erste Liga
  • Wacker Innsbruck have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • Wacker Innsbruck have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Wacker Innsbruck have yet to win a game at home.
Wacker Innsbruck Last season Blau-Weiß Linz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
13 6   Won W   5 10
5 3   Drew D   4 7
12 6   Lost L   6 13
44 19   Scored S   24 51
49 22   Conceded C   27 57
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 93%
53% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 70%
33% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 50%
27% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 27%
60% 60%   BTTS BTTS   67% 73%
23% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 17%
17% 13%   Failed to Score F T   20% 10%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
6 3   Red cards R C   0 2
 
379 186   Total Shots T S   161 333
165 79   Shots on Target S O   78 161
27% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%

  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 Klagenfurt 5 3 2 0 14 6 3 3 0 0 11 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 8 11
2 Liefering 5 3 2 0 11 4 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 7 11
3 Lafnitz 5 3 1 1 8 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 6 3 2 10
4 Blau-Weiß Linz 5 3 0 2 13 9 3 2 0 1 8 4 2 1 0 1 5 5 4 9
5 Dornbirn 5 2 2 1 8 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 8
6 Grazer AK 5 2 1 2 6 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 7
7 Juniors OO 5 1 4 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 7
8 Floridsdorfer AC 5 2 1 2 8 9 2 1 0 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 7 -1 7
9 Wacker Innsbruck 5 1 3 1 5 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 6
10 Austria Lustenau 5 1 2 2 7 7 3 1 1 1 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 5 0 5
11 SV Horn II 5 1 2 2 6 8 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 5
12 Vorwärts Steyr 5 1 2 2 5 11 2 0 1 1 2 5 3 1 1 1 3 6 -6 5
13 Amstetten 5 0 4 1 9 11 3 0 3 0 7 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 4
14 Rapid Wien II 5 1 1 3 7 11 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 2 4 -4 4
15 Kapfenberger SV 5 1 1 3 5 11 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 1 0 1 3 4 -6 4
16 Austria Wien II 5 0 2 3 6 10 2 0 0 2 3 6 3 0 2 1 3 4 -4 2

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.