Season ticket holders at NV ARENA haven’t seen too many victories this season, with St. Pölten languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Austria Wien will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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.
St. Pölten have had a bad season and will be relegated from Tipico Bundesliga. For Austria Wien it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.
St. Pölten form and stats
St. Pölten's results here at NV ARENA in the Tipico Bundesliga have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
St. Pölten are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 251 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by A. Muhamedbegovic).
An away draw last time out for St. Pölten, facing Austria Wien in a game that ended 0-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Wolfsberger AC that was lost 0-4.
The St. Pölten fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, St. Pölten having conceded 30 goals here at NV ARENA so far.
Austria Wien form and stats
There's been little loot from Austria Wien's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Tipico Bundesliga. Austria Wien only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 6 draws. Austria Wien has showed their ability to avoid defeat with six draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 112 days ago, in the Hartberg fixture. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Austria Wien when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the LASK Linz match has the points been distributed unevenly.
There were no winners in Austria Wien's previous match, a Tipico Bundesliga home game that ended 0-0 vs St. Pölten (placed 12th). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sturm Graz.
Austria Wien have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. The Austria Wien manager C. Ilzer has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Austria Wien - St. Pölten 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for St. Pölten, four draws and four wins for Austria Wien. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
 C. Monschein 15 goals |   K. Pak 5 goals |  A. Grünwald 5 goals |
St. Pölten missing players
Austria Wien missing players
| St. Pölten | Austria Wien | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 54 | 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 36 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 91% |
| 82% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 91% | 86% |
| 73% | 91% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 73% | 64% |
| 59% | 73% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 64% | 50% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 18% |
| 45% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 73% | 64% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 23% |
| 45% | 55% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 23% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.9 | 5.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 177 | 101 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 113 | 243 |
| 79 | 50 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 48 | 102 |
| 27% | 24% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 32% |
- Austria Wien has the fewest points (9) away
- Austria Wien have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Pölten has the fewest scored goals (21)
- St. Pölten has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- St. Pölten has the most conceded goals (30) at home
- St. Pölten has the most conceded goals (54)
- St. Pölten has the most conceded goals in the first half (26)
- St. Pölten has the most matches over the total-line (15)
- St. Pölten has the the worst goal difference (-18) at home
- St. Pölten has the the worst goal difference (-33)
- St. Pölten have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Pölten have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Pölten have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 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 | 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 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 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 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -25 | 18 |
| 12 | St. Pölten | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | -33 | 17 |