Ried hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 14 points and a 10th position in the Tipico Bundesliga table. Visiting St. Pölten holds 8th place with 16 pts.
- St. Pölten is in the worst form (0-2-4)
St. Pölten could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Tipico Bundesliga game only four sleeps ago.
Ried form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Ried have to build on here at josko ARENA in the Tipico Bundesliga.
Ried are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Sturm Graz. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Admira.
Heartbreak for Ried in their last match as Sturm Graz's J. Gazibegovic scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Ried has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ried have conceded 15 from these games.
St. Pölten form and stats
Playing away, St. Pölten have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Tipico Bundesliga this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Pölten as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Admira match. Pölten seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Tipico Bundesliga home defeat versus LASK Linz with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Pölten manager R. Ibertsberger faced defeat when travelling to Rapid Vienna and losing 1-2.
It's a bit worrying for St. Pölten that their goalkeeper Christoph Riegler made seven saves in the LASK Linz game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss.
St. Pölten have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 15 goals from 7 away matches. Pölten struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: St. Pölten - Ried 4-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Ried, one draw and eight wins for St. Pölten. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Schmidt 10 goals |  D. Hugy 7 goals |  M. Grüll 6 goals |
Ried missing players
St. Pölten missing players
| Ried | St. Pölten | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | 27 |
| 34 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 32 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 88% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 69% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 56% |
| 19% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 19% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 25% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 8.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9 | 9.1 |
| 2.6 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 43% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 40% |
- All of St. Pölten's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- St. Pölten have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Pölten haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- St. Pölten is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 34 | 37 |
| 2 | Rapid Vienna | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | LASK Linz | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 30 |
| 5 | Wattens | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Wolfsberger AC | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | St. Pölten | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | Hartberg | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 15 |
| 10 | Ried | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 14 |
| 11 | Admira | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 22 | -23 | 12 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -21 | 11 |