Football preview: Gurten favourites when SAK Klagenfurt arrive

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Competition: Austria Regionalliga: Mitte
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Park21-Arena Gurten

Gurten should be expected winners of this home match against SAK Klagenfurt, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Gurten have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Regionalliga: Mitte
  • SAK Klagenfurt have the fewest scored goals (22) in Regionalliga: Mitte

It's no vacation for neither Gurten nor SAK Klagenfurt 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.

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Gurten form and stats

Gurten have collected 25 points from their Regionalliga: Mitte home games so far after 7-4-2. It’s been three wins in a row for Gurten here at Park21-Arena Gurten, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Gurten goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 294 minutes without conceding a goal in the Regionalliga: Mitte.

Gurten's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus SAK Klagenfurt (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

0-0 away at Ried II before that.

It should be considered that a glance at the 17 most recent league fixtures reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

A decent goal production from Gurten in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gurten are not conceding a lot of goals here at Park21-Arena Gurten in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches.

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SAK Klagenfurt form and stats

There's been little loot from SAK Klagenfurt's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 13 away games in the Regionalliga: Mitte. SAK Klagenfurt only have 0 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 13 away games in a row.

Zaletel was the last player to score for the away team. SAK Klagenfurt haven't scored a league goal in the last 315 minutes.

SAK Klagenfurt play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Gurten (placed 4th).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Leoben.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Klagenfurt's away games in the league this season with only {5 goals} from 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. SAK Klagenfurt has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Gurten have avoided defeat in the last 6 fixtures (5-1-0) facing SAK Klagenfurt.

Gurten - SAK Klagenfurt 3-0 was the product when these two sides formerly did battle, some time ago this season. The referee showed his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the culprit was (SAK Klagenfurt). The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 3 red cards from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

GurtenF. Wimmleitner
F. Wimmleitner
12 goals
GurtenT. Schott
T. Schott
3 goals
GurtenR. Kienberger
R. Kienberger
3 goals

Gurten missing players

SAK Klagenfurt missing players

Gurten SAK Klagenfurt
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 13 26
14 7 4 Won W 0 0 2
6 4 0 Drew D 0 4 8
6 2 1 Lost L 4 9 16
37 21 12 Scored S 2 5 22
24 7 3 Conceded C 12 26 50
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 88%
62% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 77%
42% 31% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 54% 58%
23% 15% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 31%
12% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 19%
38% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 23% 42%
38% 46% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 15%
31% 23% 20% Failed to Score F T 75% 77% 54%
 
3.5 3.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 2.6 3
2.9 2.7 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.3 6.3
0.9 0.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 8
 
8.1 9.2 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 5.3 6.5
3.5 4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.7 2.9
50% 47% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 16% 31%
 
4.5 4 3.3 Shots against (avg) S A 18.8 14 12.8
1.4 1.1 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.8 5.4 5.3
Key stats in Regionalliga: Mitte this season:
  • Gurten have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gurten have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SAK Klagenfurt have scored away.
  • Gurten have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Regionalliga: Mitte
  • SAK Klagenfurt have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • SAK Klagenfurt have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • SAK Klagenfurt have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Regionalliga: Mitte
  • SAK Klagenfurt have the fewest scored goals (22) in Regionalliga: Mitte
  • SAK Klagenfurt have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Regionalliga: Mitte
  • SAK Klagenfurt have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Regionalliga: Mitte
  • SAK Klagenfurt have yet to win a game away.
  • SAK Klagenfurt is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leoben 26 20 3 3 65 18 13 11 2 0 37 5 13 9 1 3 28 13 47 63
2 LASK Juniors 26 18 5 3 67 24 14 11 3 0 35 7 12 7 2 3 32 17 43 59
3 Hertha 26 15 8 3 48 28 13 8 3 2 27 16 13 7 5 1 21 12 20 53
4 Gurten 26 14 6 6 37 24 13 7 4 2 21 7 13 7 2 4 16 17 13 48
5 Bad Gleichenberg 26 13 4 9 54 43 13 8 2 3 31 13 13 5 2 6 23 30 11 43
6 Deutschlandsberger SC 26 11 8 7 47 41 13 5 4 4 22 21 13 6 4 3 25 20 6 41
7 Ried II 26 11 4 11 37 44 12 6 3 3 19 13 14 5 1 8 18 31 -7 37
8 Gleisdorf 09 26 8 9 9 45 39 13 3 5 5 23 21 13 5 4 4 22 18 6 33
9 Wolfsberger AC II 26 8 9 9 42 36 13 6 4 3 27 14 13 2 5 6 15 22 6 33
10 Weiz 26 9 4 13 42 50 13 4 2 7 21 23 13 5 2 6 21 27 -8 31
11 St. Anna 26 9 4 13 41 50 13 4 4 5 22 25 13 5 0 8 19 25 -9 31
12 Union Vöcklamarkt 26 4 12 10 23 41 13 3 5 5 10 16 13 1 7 5 13 25 -18 24
13 Treibach 26 4 10 12 32 54 13 2 3 8 21 31 13 2 7 4 11 23 -22 22
14 Allerheiligen 26 6 4 16 26 51 13 5 1 7 18 27 13 1 3 9 8 24 -25 22
15 Kalsdorf 26 6 2 18 28 63 13 5 1 7 16 26 13 1 1 11 12 37 -35 20
16 SAK Klagenfurt 26 2 8 16 22 50 13 2 4 7 17 24 13 0 4 9 5 26 -28 14

Read more about Regionalliga: Mitte

The Regionalliga is the third-highest division in Austrian football. It is divided into three geographical regions; East (Ost), West and Central (Mitte). Each division has 16 teams for a total of 48 teams on this level. Teams only play fixtures within their division, 30 in total to create the final league table.