An important duel in the bottom section of the Tipico Bundesliga, with both St. Pölten and Rheindorf Altach experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 9th and the visitors in 10th place.
- St. Pölten is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Rheindorf Altach have the fewest scored goals (20) in Tipico Bundesliga
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pölten and Rheindorf Altach.
St. Pölten form and stats
St. Pölten's results here at NV ARENA in the Tipico Bundesliga have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 7 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Pölten who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Wattens, 80 days ago. Pölten are slowly digging their own grave here at NV ARENA with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eleven attempts. The last victory here came in the Ried match.
Luan was the last player to score a league goal for St. Pölten and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pölten haven't scored in 208 minutes.
St. Pölten are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Admira. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Ried.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how St. Pölten have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost three.
There will be little rest for Pölten after this match as they are travelling to Austria Wien for a Tipico Bundesliga game in only four days.
St. Pölten has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Pölten are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (23 from 11 played).
Rheindorf Altach form and stats
Rheindorf Altach, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in Tipico Bundesliga, have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Tipico Bundesliga, after 3-0-8 (11 played).
Stefan Haudum and Manfred Fischer scored in Rheindorf Altach's previous match, the home game against Austria Wien that ended 2-1. Prior to that match, the Rheindorf Altach manager D. Canadi faced defeat when travelling to Hartberg and losing 1-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Rheindorf Altach in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Rheindorf, one draw and four defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Rheindorf are hosting Ried in the Tipico Bundesliga only four days away.
The visiting Rheindorf have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Rheindorf, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Rheindorf Altach - St. Pölten 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Pölten, zero draws and five wins for Rheindorf Altach. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Schmidt 10 goals |  D. Hugy 7 goals |  M. Fischer 5 goals |
St. Pölten missing players
Rheindorf Altach missing players
| St. Pölten | Rheindorf Altach | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 35 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 51 | 26 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 31 | 51 |
| 90% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 93% | 90% |
| 72% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 69% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 52% |
| 38% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 34% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 21% | 14% |
| 45% | 43% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 24% | 21% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 21% | 21% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9.1 | 9.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 34% | 26% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | 29% |
- Rheindorf Altach have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Rheindorf Altach have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rheindorf Altach have the fewest scored goals (20) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Rheindorf Altach have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Rheindorf Altach have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Tipico Bundesliga
- St. Pölten have the fewest points (6) at home in Tipico Bundesliga
- 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 | Salzburg | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 43 | 52 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 45 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 42 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 39 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 33 |
| 6 | Wattens | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Hartberg | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 29 |
| 8 | Austria Wien | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | St. Pölten | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | -10 | 21 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -23 | 21 |
| 11 | Ried | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -25 | 16 |
| 12 | Admira | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -28 | 14 |