Austria Klagenfurt vs LASK Linz Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Austria Klagenfurt

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Austria Klagenfurt prepare for this game following a 2-2 Bundesliga drawn result vs Austria Vienna.

In that game, Austria Klagenfurt had 46% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Austria Klagenfurt, the goals were scored by Sinan Karweina (9') and Kosmas Gkezos (70'). On the other side, Austria Wien had 18 shots at goal with 7 on target. Hakim Guenouche (3') and Andreas Gruber (91') scored for Austria Vienna.

Peter Pacult's Austria Klagenfurt have hit the back of the net 11 times in their last 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those games is 6.

Taking a look at their past results, Austria Klagenfurt:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 5 home league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.

LASK Linz

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LASK Linz head into the clash following a 2-0 Bundesliga win vs SC Austria Lustenau in their last outing.

In that game, LASK Linz managed 63% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. For LASK Linz, the scorers were Philipp Ziereis (79') and Thomas Goiginger (96'). At the other end, Austria Lustenau had 3 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

A succession of effective showings by the LASK Linz defensive unit has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their previous 6 fixtures in total. In that period of time, their own attack force has managed to score 10. That kind of trend isn’t assured to follow through into this game, though.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head results stretching back to 13/02/2022 reveals that these fixtures have been miserable for Austria Klagenfurt. They’ve not been able to get themselves any wins at all whereas LASK Linz have been the better of the two, running out winners in 67% of those matches played.

19 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from Klagenfurt and 14 for LASK Linz. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The last league encounter between the two was Bundesliga match day 6 on 07/05/2023 and the score finished Austria Klagenfurt 1-1 LASK Linz.

In that match, Austria Klagenfurt had 37% possession and 5 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer was Andy Irving (25').

LASK Linz had 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Ibrahim Mustapha (65') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Alain Sadikovski.

📰 Team News: Austria Klagenfurt

Bego Kujrakovic (Knee Injury), Iba May (Knee Problems), Jannik Robatsch (Unknown Injury), Nicolas Binder (Tear in the abductor muscle) and Sebastian Soto (Back trouble) aren’t available for Austria Klagenfurt boss Peter Pacult.

It seems likely that Austria Klagenfurt will probably kick off with a 3-5-2 system for this one, handing starts to Marco Knaller, Kosmas Gezos, Thorsten Mahrer, Nicolas Wimmer, Simon Straudi, Sinan Karweina, Rico Benatelli, Christopher Cvetko, Till Schumacher, Florian Jaritz and Andrew Irving.

🗞️ Team News: LASK Linz

With a completely injury-free group ready to go, the LASK Linz boss Thomas Sageder has zero fitness worries at all ahead of this match.

It’s our belief that LASK Linz appear most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Tobias Lawal, Sanoussy Ba, Felix Luckeneder, Andrés Andrade, Philipp Ziereis, Sascha Horvath, Rene Renner, Ivan Ljubic, Robert Zulj, Branko Jovicic and Ibrahim Mustapha.

💡 Prediction

We believe that Austria Klagenfurt will need to apply a lot of pressure to get anything against this LASK Linz side who we think should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

Therefore, we predict a very even contest with a 0-1 advantage for LASK Linz when the referee blows for full-time.

Expecting it to be tight.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 08:15 13/09/2023