Austria Vienna vs FC Blau-Weiss Linz Live Stream, Predictions (May 24)

📏 Form Guide

Austria Vienna

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Austria Vienna are hoping to win again after their last result, a 1-2 Bundesliga success over Wolfsberger AC.

In that game, Austria Vienna managed 55% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Austria Vienna, goals were scored by Maurice Malone (46') and Manfred Fischer (50'). Wolfsberger AC got 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Ervin Omić (62') was the scorer for Wolfsberger AC.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Austria Vienna have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Austria Vienna have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 9 goals during that time. Even so, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend will be replicated here in this game or not.

Heading into this contest, Austria Vienna haven't lost in the league to FC Blau-Weiss Linz in their last 2 matches.

FC Blau-Weiss Linz

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Since a loss in their previous game against Red Bull Salzburg in Bundesliga action, FC Blau-Weiss Linz and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, FC Blau-Weiss Linz managed 32% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for FC Blau-Weiss Linz was Simon Seidl (9'). For their opponents, Red Bull Salzburg got 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Petar Ratkov (79') and Edmund Baidoo (94') scored for Red Bull Salzburg.

The numbers tell their own story, and FC Blau-Weiss Linz have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 8 goals in total. At the back, FC Blau-Weiss Linz could really do with shoring things up.

Going into this one, FC Blau-Weiss Linz are without an away win for the past 4 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings going back to 03/03/2024 tells us that Austria Vienna have won 4 of them & FC Blau-Weiss Linz 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 12 goals were produced between them in these games, with 8 of them from Die Veilchen and 4 created by BW Linz. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The last league contest between these clubs was Bundesliga match day 1 on 30/03/2025 and the score finished FC Blau-Weiss Linz 0-2 Austria Vienna.

In that match, FC Blau-Weiss Linz managed 57% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Austria Vienna got 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Dominik Fitz (2') and Reinhold Ranftl (17') scored.

The referee was Christian-Petru Ciochirca.

🗞️ Team News: Austria Vienna

Florian Wustinger (Cruciate ligament tear), Ziad El Sheiwi (Cruciate ligament tear) and Abdoulaye Kanté (Cruciate ligament tear) aren’t available for Austria Vienna manager Stephan Helm.

In our view, Die Veilchen look set to employ a 5-3-2 system in the match and select Samuel Radlinger, Reinhold Ranftl, Philipp Wiesinger, Alexander Dragovic, Johannes Handl, Matteo Perez-Vinlöf, Abubakr Barry, Dominik Fitz, Manfred Fischer, Nik Prelec and Maurice Malone.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Blau-Weiss Linz

FC Blau-Weiss Linz boss Gerald Scheiblehner has to choose a team with limited availability. Paul Mensah (Adductor tear), Elias Bakatukanda (Foot injury), João Luiz (Achilles tendon rupture), Thomas Goiginger (Hamstring injury) and Andreas Lukse (Shoulder injury) will not be playing here.

From our viewpoint, FC Blau-Weiss Linz could decide to make use of a 3-4-2-1 formation, going with Radek Vítek, Alem Pasic, Manuel Maranda, Martin Moormann, Anderson Gomes, Soumaïla Diabaté, Fabio Strauss, Simon Pirkl, Simon Seidl, Kristijan Dobras and Ronivaldo.

⚡ Prediction

For this match, we think that Austria Vienna should be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

Conversely, FC Blau-Weiss Linz could well struggle to score - but, we do see them converting at least once as well.

We reckon that it will be a fairly comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Austria Vienna at the end of the match.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Turning to the betting odds in the 90 min. result market, victory for Austria Vienna is best priced at 1.3, a wager on a draw is 5.5 and staking on the winner to be FC Blau-Weiss Linz gets 9. Those are the top bets on offer at this very moment.

Renata Leite, 05:04 23/05/2025