Match details. 2. Liga, Regular Season - 9. Kick-off is Fri 16 Oct, 19:30 Lagos time. It is played at Stadion Tivoli NEU, Innsbruck. The referee is A. Untergasser.
What's at stake. Wacker Innsbruck are 4th on 14 points after 8 games, 1 point behind Austria Vienna (Am), 1 point clear of Floridsdorfer AC. A win would take them above Austria Vienna (Am). Austria Salzburg are 6th on 13 points after 8 games, level on points with Floridsdorfer AC, level on points with SKU Amstetten. A win would take them above Floridsdorfer AC.
Form. Wacker Innsbruck have won six, drawn two and lost two of their last ten, 2.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W D D W L. Austria Salzburg have won five, drawn one and lost four of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L D L L.
The numbers. Wacker Innsbruck score 1.8 and concede 1.1 a game over their last ten, with four clean sheets and two games without a goal. Wacker Innsbruck average 9.7 shots (4.3 on target), 4.9 corners and 2.0 cards a game. Austria Salzburg score 1.8 and concede 1.4 a game in their last five away, with one clean sheet. Austria Salzburg average 9.3 shots (3.7 on target), 5.2 corners and 3.0 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last four meetings Wacker Innsbruck have won one, drawn two and lost one. Two of the four went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. The last time they met, on 13 May 2016, it finished Wacker Innsbruck 2-2 Austria Salzburg: Wacker Innsbruck had 13 shots to 10, 56% of the ball, six yellow cards.
The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their goals for and against point to an open game. Not everything agrees on goals: their records put over 2.5 goals at 61%.
The read. No side to back. A tight game. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side.
The bets. Best bet: Under 3.5 Goals at 1.49, 71% on the records (Wacker Innsbruck: under 3.5 goals in 6 of 8; Austria Salzburg: under 3.5 goals in 4 of 8). Backup: Under 4.5 Goals at 1.19. It often rescues the bet, but it is no guarantee. Leave: Over 1.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Over 0.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: Wacker Innsbruck 1-1 Austria Salzburg (12% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (a tight game).