Hartberg favourites for feisty fight facing Wattens

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Competition: Austria Tipico Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: PROfertil ARENA (4635 seats)

With their 13 point advantage in the league table, Hartberg fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Wattens.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Hartberg are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Wattens are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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Hartberg form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Hartberg have to build on here at PROfertil ARENA in the Tipico Bundesliga. Hartberg have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The fans are hoping that Hartberg will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the Tipico Bundesliga game against LASK Linz (placed 1st). In the match before that, Hartberg hosted Rapid Wien and drew the game 2-2.

As you see from the result above, Hartberg suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

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

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (20 in 10 games), Hartberg's attacking play is working. Hartberg have conceded 15 from these games.

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Wattens form and stats

Wattens have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Tipico Bundesliga, after 2-2-6 (10 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on T. Silberberger, the Wattens manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Wattens's last game was the home draw against Admira (1-1). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Wolfsberger AC.

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

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wattens have scored 13 goals in 10 league games away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Wattens concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Wattens - Hartberg 0-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: six - one - zero (Hartberg wins - draws - Wattens wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HartbergD. Tadic
D. Tadic
11 goals
WattensZ. Dedič
Z. Dedič
8 goals
Hartberg
R. Rep
6 goals

Hartberg missing players

Wattens missing players

Hartberg Wattens
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
8 5 3 Won W 1 2 4
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 4
8 2 0 Lost L 2 6 13
36 20 10 Scored S 5 13 23
47 15 4 Conceded C 7 25 50
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
81% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 52%
62% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 52%
33% 20% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 40% 29%
71% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 70% 62%
14% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 10%
14% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 29%
 
5.1 4.7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.8 5.2
6.1 6.1 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.4 5.3
2.9 2.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.2 2.8
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
206 99 37 Total Shots T S 26 88 194
96 46 16 Shots on Target S O 10 33 67
38% 43% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 34%
Key stats in Tipico Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Wattens's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hartberg has the most conceded goals in the second half (37)
  • Hartberg has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
  • Hartberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wattens has the fewest points (8) away
  • Wattens have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Wattens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wattens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 LASK Linz 21 16 3 2 49 20 11 6 3 2 27 15 10 10 0 0 22 5 29 51
2 Salzburg 21 13 6 2 72 26 10 8 1 1 43 14 11 5 5 1 29 12 46 45
3 Rapid Wien 21 11 6 4 45 24 11 4 4 3 20 14 10 7 2 1 25 10 21 39
4 Wolfsberger AC 21 11 4 6 48 25 10 5 2 3 25 13 11 6 2 3 23 12 23 37
5 Sturm Graz 21 9 5 7 37 26 11 4 2 5 16 15 10 5 3 2 21 11 11 32
6 Hartberg 21 8 5 8 36 47 10 5 3 2 20 15 11 3 2 6 16 32 -11 29
7 Austria Wien 21 5 9 7 33 36 10 4 3 3 17 14 11 1 6 4 16 22 -3 24
8 Rheindorf Altach 21 7 3 11 34 42 11 4 2 5 21 22 10 3 1 6 13 20 -8 24
9 Mattersburg 21 5 3 13 26 51 10 1 2 7 10 24 11 4 1 6 16 27 -25 18
10 Admira 21 3 7 11 20 43 10 1 3 6 6 16 11 2 4 5 14 27 -23 16
11 Wattens 21 4 4 13 23 50 11 2 2 7 10 25 10 2 2 6 13 25 -27 16
12 St. Pölten 21 3 7 11 21 54 11 1 4 6 12 30 10 2 3 5 9 24 -33 16

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The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the top level football league in Austria. It was founded in 1974, but there has been an Austrian league championship since 1911. Since the 1950s Austrian football has been dominated by Rapid Wien, Austria Wien and recently Red Bull Salzburg.