Erste Liga preview: Can Wacker Innsbruck edge out victory against St. Pölten?

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Fri 05.November
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tivoli Stadion Tirol (16008 seats)

Wacker Innsbruck have harvested 11 of their 24 in total here at their own stadium. How will they do versus St. Pölten?

Insights:
  • Wacker Innsbruck have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • St. Pölten have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Wacker Innsbruck form and stats

3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Erste Liga numbers at home for Wacker Innsbruck so far this season.

It's back home for Innsbruck, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating SV Horn II away with the result 2-0. Ronivaldo and João Luiz found the net in that victory.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Juniors OÖ in a game that was won 5-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Innsbruck have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost five.

The Innsbruck fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Innsbruck have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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St. Pölten form and stats

There's been little loot from St. Pölten's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Erste Liga. St. Pölten only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

There were no winners in St. Pölten's previous match, a Erste Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Austria Lustenau (placed 1st). The draw against Austria Lustenau came from a losing position. The St. Pölten manager S. Helm brought on K. Kovačević as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

A 0-3 loss hosting Salzburg before that.

St. Pölten 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, five draws and two defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pölten as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. St. Pölten struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these teams: Innsbruck won one, St. Pölten triumphed in six and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

InnsbruckR. Sales
R. Sales
11 goals
St. PöltenG. Davies
G. Davies
4 goals
St. PöltenD. Alar
D. Alar
4 goals

Wacker Innsbruck missing players

St. Pölten missing players

Wacker Innsbruck St. Pölten
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 6 13
7 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 7
22 10 5 Scored S 0 5 20
11 4 1 Conceded C 4 9 19
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 92%
46% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 54%
31% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 31%
8% 17% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
46% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 54%
46% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
15% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 31%
 
4.8 4.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.5 5.1
5.1 6.2 10 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.3 4.6
2.2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.4 10 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10 11.1
4.5 4.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.7 5.1
38% 37% 83% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 30%
 
7.9 8.3 3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.5 9.3
3 3.3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.7 4.6
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • St. Pölten have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • St. Pölten haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wacker Innsbruck have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  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 13 10 1 2 32 12 7 6 0 1 20 5 6 4 1 1 12 7 20 31
2 Liefering 13 8 4 1 29 12 7 4 3 0 16 7 6 4 1 1 13 5 17 28
3 Lafnitz 13 8 2 3 26 16 7 5 0 2 17 11 6 3 2 1 9 5 10 26
4 Blau-Wei Linz 13 8 2 3 20 12 7 5 1 1 11 6 6 3 1 2 9 6 8 26
5 Amstetten 13 7 3 3 27 11 6 4 2 0 11 2 7 3 1 3 16 9 16 24
6 Wacker Innsbruck 13 7 3 3 22 11 6 3 2 1 10 4 7 4 1 2 12 7 11 24
7 Floridsdorfer AC 13 7 3 3 19 9 7 4 1 2 12 6 6 3 2 1 7 3 10 24
8 Grazer AK 13 6 2 5 21 19 6 4 1 1 14 6 7 2 1 4 7 13 2 20
9 SV Horn II 13 4 3 6 16 24 7 2 2 3 7 10 6 2 1 3 9 14 -8 15
10 Kapfenberger SV 13 5 0 8 14 25 6 2 0 4 6 9 7 3 0 4 8 16 -11 15
11 St. Pölten 13 4 2 7 20 19 7 3 1 3 15 10 6 1 1 4 5 9 1 14
12 Rapid Wien II 13 3 4 6 16 25 6 1 2 3 4 10 7 2 2 3 12 15 -9 13
13 Austria Wien II 13 2 4 7 11 21 7 1 2 4 5 10 6 1 2 3 6 11 -10 10
14 Dornbirn 13 2 2 9 16 31 6 1 1 4 6 14 7 1 1 5 10 17 -15 8
15 Juniors OÖ 13 1 5 7 15 36 6 1 2 3 12 18 7 0 3 4 3 18 -21 8
16 Vorwarts Steyr 13 1 2 10 9 30 6 0 1 5 4 15 7 1 1 5 5 15 -21 5

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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.