The league table in Tipico Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Salzburg leading Wattens by 28 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Salzburg form and stats
Salzburg, who have the most scored goals (59) in Tipico Bundesliga, have been very solid at home in the Tipico Bundesliga so far, with 22 points collected from 8 matches (7-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
Salzburg manager J. Marsch and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Admira (placed 11th) in the Tipico Bundesliga. In the game before, an away victory in the Champions League match versus Genk with a 4-1 scoreline.
Everyone expects Salzburg to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 16 games: 13 home wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Salzburg have won with at least two goals margin 9 times in similar situations.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Liverpool are coming to town in three days.
Salzburg always seem capable of creating a buzz here at DAS.GOLDBERG Stadion with 36 goals in 8 league games. 10 goals have been conceded.
Wattens form and stats
There's been little loot from Wattens's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Tipico Bundesliga. Wattens only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Wattens who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Austria Wien was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The manager T. Silberberger was unhappy after their last game, a Tipico Bundesliga match played at their home ground Gernot Langes Stadion. Wattens suffered a 1-5 loss to Sturm Graz (placed 5th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against LASK Linz.
Wattens lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Nobody expects Wattens to collect points from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath nine times before, with the overall statistics of won 4, draw 2 and lost 3. When defeated, 1 match have been lost by two or more goals.
Wattens has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. The Wattens manager T. Silberberger has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Wattens - Salzburg 1-5. Last two meetings between the teams: Salzburg won 1, Wattens won 1 and 0 draws. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 0 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 15 goals |  P. Daka 12 goals |  S. Koita 6 goals |
Salzburg missing players
Wattens missing players
| Salzburg | Wattens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 59 | 36 | 15 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 15 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 81% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 69% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 56% | 88% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 62% | 75% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 38% | 25% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 6.9 | 7.5 | 10.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 0.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 304 | 185 | 81 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 66 | 134 |
| 142 | 87 | 35 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 31 | 51 |
| 42% | 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 39% | 35% |
- All of Salzburg's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Wattens's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Salzburg has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Salzburg has the most points (22) at home
- Salzburg has the most points from losing position (9)
- Salzburg has the most scored goals (36) at home
- Salzburg has the most scored goals (59)
- Salzburg has the most scored goals in the first half (29)
- Salzburg has the most scored goals in the second half (30)
- Salzburg has the the best goal difference (+26) at home
- Salzburg has the the best goal difference (+44)
- Salzburg have not yet lost a game.
- Salzburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Salzburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Salzburg have scored in all their matches so far.
- Salzburg have scored more than double the goals of Wattens.
- Salzburg have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Salzburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wattens has the most dropped points from leading position (10)
- 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 | Salzburg | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 44 | 40 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 20 | 30 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 6 | Hartberg | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 24 | -5 | 24 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | St. Polten | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | -22 | 15 |
| 9 | Rheindorf Altach | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 13 |
| 10 | Wattens | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -21 | 12 |
| 11 | Admira | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -19 | 11 |
| 12 | Mattersburg | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -25 | 11 |