St. Pölten vs Austria Wien: Match guide and preview

It's no vacation for neither St. Pölten nor Austria Wien as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

St. Pölten form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for St. Pölten are 5-3-3 (wins-draw-losses). The last three games played by St. Pölten, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

The home team returns to NV ARENA after sharing the points with Austria Wien on their last time out; the Tipico Bundesliga game ended 2-2. Before that, St. Pölten drew at home versus Salzburg.

St. Pölten are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 16 goals in 11 matches. St. Pölten have conceded 14 in these home matches.

Austria Wien form and stats

There's been little loot from Austria Wien's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games. Austria Wien, who have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Tipico Bundesliga, only has 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. With three draws in a row for Austria Wien the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

There were no winners in Austria Wien's previous match, a Tipico Bundesliga home game that ended 2-2 vs St. Pölten. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against LASK Linz.

Goals are few and far between in Austria Wien's away games. Only 5 goals from 11 travels. As opposed to that, Austria Wien have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Austria Wien - St. Pölten 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 St. Pölten victories, 2 draws and 4 Austria Wien wins.

Top Goalscorers

R. Gartler 8 goals / 1 assists

A. Grünwald 5 goals / 2 assists

St. Pölten missing players

Austria Wien missing players