The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Hartberg are in the 7th position while the guesting St. Pölten worry at 9th.
- Hartberg have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Tipico Bundesliga
- St. Pölten have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Hartberg form and stats
Overall Tipico Bundesliga stats at home this season for Hartberg are 4-3-3 (wins-draw-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at PROfertil ARENA.
The fans are hoping that Hartberg will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Tipico Bundesliga game against Rapid Vienna (placed 2nd). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Admira.
Hartberg were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
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 Hartberg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost zero.
The Hartberg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. Hartberg have conceded 13 in these home matches.
St. Pölten form and stats
As the visiting team in Tipico Bundesliga matches, St. Pölten have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far. It's a growing despair in Pölten as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
St. Pölten might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Rheindorf Altach proved too strong as Pölten slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at NV ARENA. Prior to that match, the Pölten manager R. Ibertsberger faced defeat when travelling to Salzburg and losing 1-4.
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, three draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Pölten are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. St. Pölten's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; St. Pölten - Hartberg 2-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Hartberg, three draws and four wins for St. Pölten. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Schmidt 10 goals |  D. Hugy 7 goals |   D. Tadic 6 goals |
Hartberg missing players
St. Pölten missing players
| Hartberg | St. Pölten | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 30 |
| 35 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 40 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 81% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 90% | 81% |
| 48% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 70% | 62% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 48% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 19% |
| 62% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 48% |
| 19% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 24% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 8.3 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 46% | 37% |
- Hartberg have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Hartberg have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Hartberg have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Hartberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- St. Pölten have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Pölten haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Salzburg | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 42 | 49 |
| 2 | Rapid Vienna | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 42 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | Wattens | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Hartberg | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 28 |
| 8 | Austria Wien | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | St. Pölten | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -24 | 18 |
| 11 | Ried | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -24 | 16 |
| 12 | Admira | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -28 | 13 |