Wattens are welcoming St. Pölten for another important game after their 3-0 result against 6th-placed Hartberg.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
For Wattens relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. For St. Pölten it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.
Wattens form and stats
Wattens's results here at Tivoli Stadion Tirol in the Tipico Bundesliga have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
Wattens enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hartberg's place. The match ended 3-0 with Kelvin Yeboah, Stefan Maierhofer and Fabian Koch scoring. Before that, Wattens drew at home versus Admira.
Ferdinand Oswald loved the game against Hartberg. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-0 victory.
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 two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost two.
Wattens have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Wattens with 25 goals conceded in these matches.
St. Pölten form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Pölten, who have the most conceded goals (54) in Tipico Bundesliga, so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose).
A. Muhamedbegovic was the last player to score for the away team. St. Pölten haven't scored a league goal in the last 251 minutes.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Austria Wien (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The Tipico Bundesliga match ended in a draw 0-0. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Wolfsberger AC.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with St. Pölten playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two St. Pölten wins, two draws and one defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting St. Pölten as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. St. Pölten have conceded 24 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Wattens and St. Pölten have met before this season: St. Pölten - Wattens 5-1. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Wattens victories, one draw and one St. Pölten win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Dedič 8 goals |   K. Pak 5 goals |  B. Pranter 3 goals |
Wattens missing players
St. Pölten missing players
| Wattens | St. Pölten | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 26 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 50 | 25 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 24 | 54 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 82% |
| 55% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 55% | 73% |
| 50% | 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 45% | 59% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 59% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 45% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 18% |
| 27% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 45% |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 206 | 106 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 76 | 177 |
| 74 | 34 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 29 | 79 |
| 35% | 29% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 27% |
- St. Pölten has the fewest scored goals (21)
- St. Pölten has the fewest scored goals (9) away
- St. Pölten has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- St. Pölten has the most conceded goals (54)
- St. Pölten has the most conceded goals in the first half (26)
- St. Pölten has the most matches over the total-line (15)
- St. Pölten has the the worst goal difference (-33)
- St. Pölten have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Pölten have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- St. Pölten is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Wattens have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- 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 | LASK Linz | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 30 | 54 |
| 2 | Salzburg | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 48 | 48 |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 21 | 40 |
| 4 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 38 |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Hartberg | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 32 | -14 | 29 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 9 | Admira | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 27 | -21 | 19 |
| 10 | Wattens | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -24 | 19 |
| 11 | Mattersburg | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -26 | 18 |
| 12 | St. Pölten | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | -33 | 17 |