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 8th position while the guests worry at 12th.
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!
St. Pölten form and stats
With 1 Tipico Bundesliga win, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, St. Pölten are certainly not brimming with confidence.
St. Pölten drew their last game, 2-2 away at Salzburg (placed 1st). Ahead of that match, St. Pölten won a home game hosting Wattens (5-1).
Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Salzburg last time out, but a goal from H. Balic completed a comeback to a draw result for St. Pölten.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does St. Pölten handle that role? We have found one game in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D0-L0.
The St. Pölten fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, St. Pölten having conceded 21 goals here at NV Arena so far. St. Pölten have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Mattersburg form and stats
Mattersburg, who have the most conceded goals (44) in Tipico Bundesliga, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Tipico Bundesliga, after 2-0-5 (7 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Mattersburg who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Rheindorf Altach was the last time a defeat was avoided. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Mattersburg's last three away games as they have all been lost.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Tipico Bundesliga home defeat versus Wolfsberger AC with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Mattersburg manager F. Ponweiser faced defeat when travelling to Austria Wien and losing 1-2.
Mattersburg goalkeeper Markus Kuster had a great day against Wolfsberger AC, but despite making 6 saves the loss could not be avoided.
Mattersburg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of three matches.
Mattersburg find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Mattersburg can't defend away. 22 goals have been scored by the opposition in 7 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Mattersburg - St. Pölten 0-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 3 - 3 (St. Pölten wins - draws - Mattersburg wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gruber 7 goals |   D. Luxbacher 3 goals |
St. Pölten missing players
Mattersburg missing players
| St. Pölten | Mattersburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 16 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 38 | 21 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 44 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 73% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 60% | 86% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 71% | 60% |
| 20% | 29% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 11.5 | 8.7 | 8.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | 59 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 53 | 131 |
| 52 | 33 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 27 | 58 |
| 31% | 30% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 37% | 33% |
- All of Mattersburg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of St. Pölten's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Mattersburg has the most conceded goals (44)
- Mattersburg has the the worst goal difference (-25)
- Mattersburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Mattersburg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Mattersburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Mattersburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mattersburg is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- St. Pölten has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- St. Pölten has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
- St. Pölten have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Pölten have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- 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 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 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 44 | 39 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 38 |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 30 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Hartberg | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 16 |
| 8 | St. Pölten | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | -22 | 14 |
| 9 | Wattens | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -17 | 12 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 10 |
| 11 | Admira | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -19 | 10 |
| 12 | Mattersburg | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -25 | 10 |