📏 Form Guide

LASK Linz

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LASK Linz will be hoping for a better result following the 2-1 Conference League losing effort in their last game against Borac Banja Luka.

In that match, LASK Linz managed 37% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for LASK Linz was Valon Berisha (51'). At the other end, Borac Banja Luka had 20 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Đorđe Despotović (82') and Dino Skorup (89') scored for Borac Banja Luka.

Their more recent scorelines shine a light on the fact that huge efforts have been put in by the LASK Linz rearguard. LASK Linz have kept it tight, seeing the tally of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their last six matches standing at 4. However, we must now wait to see whether such a trend will be maintained in this next match.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that LASK Linz:

• have not emerged victorious against Austria Vienna in their last 2 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Austria Vienna

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Austria Vienna come into this match following a 1-0 Bundesliga win as they beat TSV Hartberg in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Austria Vienna managed 57% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Austria Vienna was Tin Plavotić (78'). On the other side, TSV Hartberg got 6 shots at goal with 3 on target.

A run of very capable displays by the Austria Vienna defence has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 1 from their previous 6 outings overall. Over that same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 9.

Their previous form shows that Austria Vienna:

• haven't won against LASK Linz in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 23/10/2022 shows us that LASK Linz have won 2 of them and Austria Vienna 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined sum of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 10 of them from LASK Linz and 7 belonging to Die Veilchen. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The last league match featuring these clubs was Bundesliga match day 4 on 25/08/2024 which ended up with the score at Austria Vienna 2-1 LASK Linz.

On that occasion, Austria Vienna had 46% possession and 17 shots at goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Maurice Malone (21') and Manfred Fischer (87').

LASK Linz had 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. Marin Ljubičić (19') scored.

The match was refereed by Christian-Petru Ciochirca.

📋 Team News: LASK Linz

It looks as if LASK Linz will probably use a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game featuring Jörg Siebenhandl, Filip Stojkovic, Philipp Ziereis, Hrvoje Smolcic, George Bello, Melayro Bogarde, Branko Jovicic, Sascha Horvath, Robert Zulj, Valon Berisha and Maximilian Entrup.

ℹ️ Team News: Austria Vienna

We’re of the thinking that Die Veilchen could decide to play in a 3-5-2 formation using Samuel Radlinger, Philipp Wiesinger, Alexander Dragovic, Lucas Galvão, Reinhold Ranftl, Abubakr Barry, Manfred Fischer, Andreas Gruber, Matteo Perez-Vinlöf, Nik Prelec and Maurice Malone.

🔮 Prediction

We believe that Austria Vienna have enough to break down this LASK Linz lineup, but it realistically won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for LASK Linz at the end of the match. Could easily see this go either way.

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

Renata Leite, 15:03 01/12/2024