Season ticket holders at Pappelstadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Mattersburg languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting Rheindorf Altach will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Mattersburg have had a bad season and will be relegated from Tipico Bundesliga. Rheindorf Altach are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
Mattersburg form and stats
Mattersburg's results here at Pappelstadion in the Tipico Bundesliga have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 8 defeats. Mattersburg are slowly digging their own grave here at Pappelstadion with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Hartberg match.
Mattersburg's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus LASK Linz (placed 1st). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rapid Wien (1-3).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mattersburg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost one.
Mattersburg have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Mattersburg have conceded 25 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Rheindorf Altach form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rheindorf Altach so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for Rheindorf Altach, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Admira in the Tipico Bundesliga. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Salzburg.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rheindorf Altach playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Rheindorf Altach wins, one draw and four defeats.
Rheindorf Altach have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Rheindorf Altach have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Mattersburg - Rheindorf Altach 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Mattersburg won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Rheindorf Altach has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  A. Gruber 9 goals |   S. Sam 5 goals |  A. Kuen 4 goals |
Mattersburg missing players
Rheindorf Altach missing players
| Mattersburg | Rheindorf Altach | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 26 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 52 | 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 22 | 44 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 82% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 73% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 73% |
| 50% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 41% |
| 32% | 36% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 32% |
| 64% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 50% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 27% | 18% |
| 32% | 45% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 36% |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 8.3 | 7.1 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 189 | 103 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 100 | 230 |
| 81 | 40 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 50 | 101 |
| 32% | 25% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 26% | 34% |
- Mattersburg has the fewest points (5) at home
- Mattersburg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | LASK Linz | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 30 | 54 |
| 2 | Salzburg | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 48 | 48 |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 21 | 40 |
| 4 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 38 |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Hartberg | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 32 | -14 | 29 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 9 | Admira | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 27 | -21 | 19 |
| 10 | Wattens | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -24 | 19 |
| 11 | Mattersburg | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -26 | 18 |
| 12 | St. Pölten | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | -33 | 17 |