The Tipico Bundesliga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. St. Pölten and Ried are placed 5th and 11th respectively.
St. Pölten and Ried should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
St. Pölten form and stats
Two Tipico Bundesliga home games so far for St. Pölten, who are yet to win here at NV ARENA. Only 1 point so far.
St. Pölten faced defeat in their previous match, away at LASK Linz (0-4). Preceding that match was a Austrian Cup defeat to Salzburg (0-3).
Pölten were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Pölten's goalkeeper Christoph Riegler was extremely busy against LASK Linz, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning ten saves.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pölten handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and zero defeats.
At NV ARENA, St. Pölten has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Ried form and stats
No Tipico Bundesliga points yet away for Ried, from their first 2 matches. It's looking increasingly bleak for Ried who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Wattens was the last time a defeat was avoided. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Ried have lost on their last two travels.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Tipico Bundesliga home defeat versus Sturm Graz with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Before that, Ried travelled to Wolfsberger AC (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the Austrian Cup game finished 2-2.
It's a bit worrying for Ried that their goalkeeper Daniel-Edward Daniliuc made six saves in the Sturm Graz game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
We have checked recent matches where Ried have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were zero victories, zero draws and one defeat.
2 goals so far away for Ried, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings between the teams: Pölten won seven, Ried won one and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Hugy 4 goals |  A. Schmidt 2 goals |   J. Wießmeier 2 goals |
St. Pölten missing players
Ried missing players
| St. Pölten | Ried | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | 15 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 11 | 30 |
| 24 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 42% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 67% | 46% |
- All of Ried's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ried have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Ried have lost all their away matches so far.
- Ried have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ried haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Pölten have yet to win a game at home.
| St. Pölten | Last season | Ried | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Scored | S | 30 | 73 | ||
| 65 | 35 | Conceded | C | 19 | 39 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 84% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 62% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 73% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 63% | ||
| 22% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 47% | 37% | ||
| 41% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | ||
| 25% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | ||
| 41% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 3% | ||
| 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 | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 275 | 149 | Total Shots | T S | 194 | 404 | ||
| 117 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 83 | 194 | ||
| 33% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Rapid Vienna | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | St. Pölten | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Wattens | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 9 | Admira | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 4 |
| 10 | Wolfsberger AC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 11 | Ried | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Hartberg | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 3 |