Football betting preview: St. Pölten vs Hartberg

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Competition: Austria Tipico Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: NV ARENA (8012 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. St. Pölten are in the 5th position while the guesting Hartberg worry at 10th.

Insights:
  • Hartberg has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Tipico Bundesliga

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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St. Pölten form and stats

St. Pölten have played 5 Tipico Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Pölten, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

A good away victory last time out for St. Pölten, who won 4-0 against Rheindorf Altach (placed 12th). Ahead of that match, Pölten lost 2-8 at home to Salzburg.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, St. Pölten played a great game against Rheindorf Altach and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

St. Pölten are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Pölten with 11 goals conceded in these matches.

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Hartberg form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Tipico Bundesliga, on their Tipico Bundesliga travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Hartberg in their previous game, as they lost their Tipico Bundesliga-match, hosting Rapid Wien, 1-3. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Admira at their stadium, the result 3-2.

Hartberg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Hartberg concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (St. Pölten wins - draws - Hartberg wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

St. PöltenD. Hugy
D. Hugy
7 goals
PöltenA. Schmidt
A. Schmidt
6 goals
HartbergD. Tadic
D. Tadic
5 goals

St. Pölten missing players

Hartberg missing players

St. Pölten Hartberg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
4 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
4 3 0 Lost L 0 2 4
21 7 4 Scored S 1 6 11
18 11 0 Conceded C 1 13 21
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 40%
60% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 30%
30% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 20%
40% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 80%
40% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
30% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.7 9.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.2 9.2
4.8 4.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 3
44% 32% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 37%
Key stats in Tipico Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Hartberg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hartberg has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Hartberg has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Hartberg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hartberg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Hartberg 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 10 7 1 2 34 11 4 3 0 1 17 5 6 4 1 1 17 6 23 22
2 Rapid Wien 10 6 3 1 25 14 5 3 2 0 12 4 5 3 1 1 13 10 11 21
3 LASK Linz 9 6 2 1 19 6 5 5 0 0 15 1 4 1 2 1 4 5 13 20
4 Sturm Graz 9 5 3 1 16 5 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 3 2 0 10 2 11 18
5 St. Pölten 10 4 2 4 21 18 5 1 1 3 7 11 5 3 1 1 14 7 3 14
6 Wattens 10 4 2 4 14 14 5 2 2 1 9 5 5 2 0 3 5 9 0 14
7 Wolfsberger AC 9 3 1 5 16 20 4 0 1 3 7 12 5 3 0 2 9 8 -4 10
8 Austria Wien 10 2 4 4 9 14 5 1 2 2 5 10 5 1 2 2 4 4 -5 10
9 Ried 9 3 1 5 13 20 5 3 0 2 10 10 4 0 1 3 3 10 -7 10
10 Hartberg 10 2 4 4 11 21 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 1 2 2 6 13 -10 10
11 Admira 10 2 1 7 12 29 5 2 0 3 7 12 5 0 1 4 5 17 -17 7
12 Rheindorf Altach 10 1 2 7 7 25 6 1 2 3 5 11 4 0 0 4 2 14 -18 5

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The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the top level football league in Austria. It was founded in 1974, but there has been an Austrian league championship since 1911. Since the 1950s Austrian football has been dominated by Rapid Wien, Austria Wien and recently Red Bull Salzburg.