It's early days in the Tipico Bundesliga and both St. Pölten and Rapid Wien are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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
The first Tipico Bundesliga game here at NV ARENA resulted in a draw. Last season St. Pölten's home game statistics were 3 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats from 16 games.
Pölten are confident in defense, having played 414 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for St. Pölten in their previous game, a Tipico Bundesliga match away at Admira (placed 12th) that ended with a 5-0 victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sturm Graz that ended 0-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Pölten played a great game against Admira and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the St. Pölten at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Rapid Wien form and stats
One match played away so far in the Tipico Bundesliga for Rapid Wien and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from 16 games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sturm Graz (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The Tipico Bundesliga match ended in a draw 1-1. A 1-2 defeat away at Gent before that.
As mentioned above, Rapid drew the match against Sturm Graz. Manager D. Kühbauer brought on Yusuf Demir to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Rapid Wien have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Pölten, one draw and seven wins for Rapid Wien. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Schmidt 2 goals |   T. Fountas 2 goals | L. Leite da Silva 1 goals |
St. Pölten missing players
Rapid Wien missing players
| St. Pölten | Rapid Wien | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 5 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 71% |
| St. Pölten | Last season | Rapid Wien | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 10 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Scored | S | 33 | 64 | ||
| 65 | 35 | Conceded | C | 19 | 43 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 84% | ||
| 62% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 66% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 56% | 50% | ||
| 22% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 19% | ||
| 41% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 25% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 31% | ||
| 41% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 275 | 149 | Total Shots | T S | 171 | 406 | ||
| 117 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 77 | 161 | ||
| 33% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | St. Pölten | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | LASK Linz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Ried | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Wolfsberger AC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Sturm Graz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Wattens | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Hartberg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Admira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Austria Wien | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 47 |
| 2 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 53 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 38 |
| 3 | St. Pölten | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 65 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 30 | -26 | 34 |
| 4 | Mattersburg | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 64 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -25 | 30 |
| 5 | Admira | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 57 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 30 | -28 | 28 |
| 6 | Wattens | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 66 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 32 | -32 | 26 |