Tipico Bundesliga duel: Close contest expected between Wattens and Hartberg

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Competition: Austria Tipico Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tivoli Stadion Tirol (16008 seats)

Wattens hope to get a lot of fans in for this game even though the season has been back-breaking up to now with 8 points and a 12th position in the Tipico Bundesliga table. Guests Hartberg own 5th place with 12 pts.

Insights:
  • Wattens have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Hartberg have scored in all their away matches so far.

Both contenders have had adequate rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an animated fixture!

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Wattens form and stats

1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Wattens, who have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Tipico Bundesliga, have to build on here at Tivoli Stadion Tirol in the Tipico Bundesliga.

Wattens lost their last game at Rapid Wien (placed 8th) after a 2-5 scoreline. A goal frenzy last time out for Wattens, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Rapid Wien. Fun stuff to watch! Defender Leon Klassen got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.14/10. Klassen served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.

Ahead of that match, Wattens won a home game hosting Ried (4-2).

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 Wattens have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost one.

Wattens has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Hartberg form and stats

2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hartberg in their Tipico Bundesliga matches away.

Impressive finishing from Matija Horvat, Noel Niemann and Philipp Sturm secured the home win 3-2 against Sturm Graz in their previous game. Philipp Sturm came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sturm Graz last time out, making the manager K. Russ feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Matija Horvat was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Horvat scored one goal.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 3-4 defeat against Austria Wien.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Hartberg in our archives, and the results are: one win for Hartberg, two draws and three defeats.

Hartberg have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 5 away matches. Hartberg have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Wattens wins - draws - Hartberg wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HartbergD. Tadic
D. Tadic
6 goals
WattensT. Sabitzer
T. Sabitzer
4 goals
WattensG. Vrioni
G. Vrioni
3 goals

Wattens missing players

Hartberg missing players

Wattens Hartberg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
1 1 0 Won W 0 2 3
5 3 1 Drew D 1 2 3
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
13 7 1 Scored S 1 10 18
22 7 1 Conceded C 1 7 17
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
60% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
50% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 40%
30% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 30%
80% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 80%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 10%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
5 4.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 4
4.7 4.2 8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.5
2.2 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.6 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 12.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 4 10.6 11.2
4.2 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.8 4.3
31% 39% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 42% 42%
Key stats in Tipico Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Hartberg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hartberg have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Hartberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wattens have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Wattens have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Wattens have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Tipico Bundesliga
  • Wattens have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Tipico Bundesliga

  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 10 10 0 0 26 5 5 5 0 0 16 3 5 5 0 0 10 2 21 30
2 Sturm Graz 10 6 2 2 26 13 5 3 1 1 13 7 5 3 1 1 13 6 13 20
3 Austria Klagenfurt 10 3 4 3 16 17 4 2 2 0 8 6 6 1 2 3 8 11 -1 13
4 Ried 10 3 4 3 14 22 5 3 2 0 9 6 5 0 2 3 5 16 -8 13
5 Hartberg 10 3 3 4 18 17 5 1 1 3 8 10 5 2 2 1 10 7 1 12
6 Admira 10 3 3 4 13 13 5 2 2 1 8 3 5 1 1 3 5 10 0 12
7 Wolfsberger AC 10 3 3 4 14 19 6 2 1 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 6 8 -5 12
8 Rapid Wien 10 3 2 5 15 15 6 3 0 3 12 9 4 0 2 2 3 6 0 11
9 Austria Wien 10 2 5 3 12 12 4 0 4 0 3 3 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 11
10 LASK Linz 10 2 4 4 10 14 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 1 2 2 4 6 -4 10
11 Rheindorf Altach 10 2 3 5 7 15 5 1 1 3 4 9 5 1 2 2 3 6 -8 9
12 Wattens 10 1 5 4 13 22 5 1 3 1 7 7 5 0 2 3 6 15 -9 8

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The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the top level football league in Austria. It was founded in 1974, but there has been an Austrian league championship since 1911. Since the 1950s Austrian football has been dominated by Rapid Wien, Austria Wien and recently Red Bull Salzburg.