FC Liefering will be facing visiting side SV Lafnitz at Red Bull Arena in the 2. Liga fixture on Saturday.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the FC Liefering v SV Lafnitz game - as well as up-to-date odds.
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FC Liefering
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FC Liefering will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 3-1 2. Liga loss in their previous game against First Vienna FC 1894.
In that match, FC Liefering had 42% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for FC Liefering was Zétény Jánó (37'). On the other side, First Vienna got 11 shots at goal with 6 on target. Luca Edelhofer (64'), Philipp Ochs (66') and Patrick Schmidt (70') scored for First Vienna FC 1894.
Daniel Beichler's FC Liefering have hit the back of the net 5 times in their past six outings. The corresponding tally of goals that have been scored against them in that time amounts to 11.
SV Lafnitz
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In their last game, SV Lafnitz drew 2-2 in the 2. Liga match with SC Austria Lustenau.
In that match, SV Lafnitz had 51% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 2 on target. For SV Lafnitz, the goals were scored by Sebastian Feyrer (52') and Enes Mahmić (82'). For their opponents, Austria Lustenau had 13 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Namory Cissé (46') and Nathan Falconnier (62') scored for SC Austria Lustenau.
The stats don’t lie, and SV Lafnitz have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 17 goals in total. In defence, SV Lafnitz have clearly had some problems. Such a trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, though.
Their previous form shows that SV Lafnitz:
- haven't beaten FC Liefering when they've played them away from home in the last 5 league matches. Not the best of away records.
- are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Checking on their past head to head meetings going back to 18/04/2022 reveals that these encounters have been miserable for SV Lafnitz. They have not managed to register any wins at all whereas FC Liefering have managed to find a way, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those ties.
A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 32 overall which averages out at 5.33 goals per meeting.
The last league match featuring the two was 2. Liga match day 2 on 09/08/2024 which ended up with the score at SV Lafnitz 4-5 FC Liefering.
On that occasion, SV Lafnitz had 51% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Sebastian Feyrer (32'), Denis Dizdarević (52'), Jakob Knollmüller (53') and Johannes Schriebl (91').
On the other side, FC Liefering had 13 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Luka Reischl (8'), Phillip Verhounig (17', 33') and Gaoussou Diakité (43', 77') scored.
The match was refereed by Markus Greinecker.
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Team News: FC Liefering
Elione Fernandes Neto (unknown injury) and Phillip Verhounig (Adductor injury) won’t be able to feature for FC Liefering gaffer Daniel Beichler.
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Team News: SV Lafnitz
SV Lafnitz boss Şaban Uzun has not got a full squad to pick from. Alvaro Henry (Leg injury) and Gabriel Suprun (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.
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Prediction
We’re thinking that FC Liefering can and should stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.
At the other end, SV Lafnitz will be up against it to find the back of the net although we do think that they will probably end up hitting back at some stage here, too.
Accordingly, we see a decent 3-1 winning margin for FC Liefering at the end of this one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Checking the betting prices for this game in the WDW market, the win for FC Liefering is available for 1.57, backing a draw is 4.2 & betting on the win for SV Lafnitz gets you 4.2. They are the best market prices on offer as of now.
Peter Guest,
09:06 22/02/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
FC Liefering
Formed: 1947
Stadium: Red Bull Arena (30,188)
Captain: Rocco Žiković
Chairman: Susanne Billinger
Manager: Daniel Beichler
Competitions: 2. Liga position 11
🔑 Star Player: Gaoussou Diakité
Customarily playing in the Striker position, Gaoussou Diakité was born in Mali. After having played his first senior match for FC Liefering in the 2023 - 2024 season, the dangerous Forward has scored a sum of 3 league goals in the 2. Liga 2024 - 2025 campaign so far coming from a total of 10 appearances.