Only a win will satisfy the St. Pölten supporters in this NV ARENA clash with Wattens, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Tipico Bundesliga table.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
St. Pölten form and stats
Overall Tipico Bundesliga stats at home this season for St. Pölten are 1-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Pölten's last game was hosting Ried (placed 12th) and winning 4-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting LASK Linz (0-4).
As indicated by the result mentioned above, St. Pölten played a great game against Ried and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Pölten have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at NV ARENA with 5 goals in 3 league matches. St. Pölten are not conceding a lot of goals here at NV ARENA in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Wattens form and stats
Things could have gone better for Wattens in their Tipico Bundesliga away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Wattens lost away at Salzburg (0-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Hartberg.
Wattens lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
The visiting Wattens have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Wattens concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Pölten won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Wattens has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / twoTop Goalscorers
  D. Hugy 5 goals |  A. Schmidt 4 goals |   Z. Dedič 3 goals |
St. Pölten missing players
Wattens missing players
| St. Pölten | Wattens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 67% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | 30 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 33 | 54 |
| 30 | 15 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 18 | 27 |
| 47% | 33% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 22% |
- All of Wattens's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- St. Pölten has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Tipico Bundesliga
- St. Pölten have scored more than double the goals of Wattens.
- Wattens has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Wattens has the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Tipico Bundesliga
- Wattens 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 18 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | St. Pölten | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | LASK Linz | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 8 | Hartberg | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 9 | Wattens | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 4 |
| 11 | Admira | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 12 | Ried | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 3 |