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Austrian football has secured an entry in the history books, last Friday the first title was played after the long Corona break. Red Bull Salzburg secured the title in the ÖFB Cup with a 5-0 win. From Tuesday, the play-off rounds in the Austrian Bundesliga are on the program. The rest of the season is played exclusively in the form of English rounds, meaning that no fewer than ten games are on the program in 32 days.
An absolute mammoth program waiting for the teams. A phase of weakness can have far-reaching consequences in this intensive period, so a positive start is all the more important. During the duel between the WSG Tirol and St. Pölten, the guests try to put the red lantern around the home side.
A look at the betting base table service in the qualification round – colloquially referred to as the “lower play-off” – shows an extreme starting situation. There are just four points between the six teams. The last four teams are even separated by a meager counter. In view of this situation, high voltage is guaranteed and a successful start is of great importance.
The best bookmakers on the market rate the home side as clear favorites in the duel between WSG Tirol and St. Pölten according to current odds. Is this role justified? We want to discuss an answer to this question in this preview. The remaining games of Austrian football can be found in our betting category Football Austria.
WSG Tirol:
As an independent club, WSG Tirol is playing for the first time this season in the Austrian football upper house. The relegation battle was included in the team of Thomas Silberberger from the start. In the 22 games of the basic round, the promoted team celebrated five wins, drew four times and suffered a total of 13 losses.
The FIFA recommendation to grant five changes during this special time was also accepted by the Austrian Bundesliga. This is extremely important for a team like the WSG Tirol. If you take a look at the squad, you can see that there are a lot of experienced players in Thomas Silberberger’s team.
With this large load within a very short time, advanced age is not an advantage. The WSG Tirol certainly benefits from the expanded exchange options. The routine of Stefan Maierhofer, Thanos Petsos or Zlatko Dedic could be a great advantage in the relegation battle in the coming days and weeks. Pressure situations are not new territory for these players and are particularly important in the tough relegation battle.
The first four Bundesliga games this year give enough reason to hope for a successful relegation battle. Before the almost ten-week break, the WSG Tirol was in strong shape. After the opening defeat against Rapid Vienna, the Silberberger eleven collected seven points in the games against WAC, Admira and Hartberg.
For the start of the play-off round, the promoted player has to do without veteran Ione Cabrera (muscle injury) and midfielder Lukas Grgic (appendix surgery). Otherwise, all actors are available. Not only the good performances at the end of the basic round left an impression, but also the 1-1 draw against the Bulls in the only friendly game before the restart.
Thomas Silberberger is convinced of a threesome at the start. If he is right, WSG Tirol and St. Pölten will lure about double the effort for this forecast.
Another advantage for the WSG Tirol is the fact that ghost games are not an unusual situation. The stadium is not yet suitable for the Bundesliga and the promoted team had to switch to the Tivoli stadium. Just under 3,000 spectators in the 16,000-seat oval have so far hardly provided a breathtaking stadium atmosphere.
St. Polten :
What would have happened if the 2019/20 football season could not have ended regularly? Fortunately now a hypothetical question, but it would have been clear that St. Pölten would have filed a lawsuit in the event of relegation. Before the last ten games of the season, the Upper Austrians are in last place in the table, but the gap to three teams is only one point.
A few days before the big shutdown, Sankt Pölten presented the former Austrian international Robert Ibertsberger as the new head coach. Officially, he has been in office since March 9 and now, almost three months later, he will experience a competitive game for the first time as an SKN head coach. So far, Ibertsberger has gained experience as a trainer in Austria at Wiener Austria and at WAC.
In the only preparatory game before the restart, the bottom of the table achieved a respectable success, the team fought a goalless draw against LASK. In the backward movement, the spaces were narrowed with a chain of five. With 54 goals conceded, more stability on the defensive is also sorely needed. On the offensive, however, punch is still lacking; only nine goals have been scored in the eleven previous away games.
In addition to the passable appearance against the LASK, the last duel with the WSG Tirol gives hope to the bottom. At that time, the yellow-blue celebrated a win – it should remain the last Bundesliga win to this day. The Sankt Pölten residents have been waiting for a sense of achievement since November 9th.
In the four Bundesliga games in 2020, the team slipped into a debacle against both the WAC and the LASK and fought for a draw in the games against the Flyeralarm Admira and Austria Wien. In the goalless performance against the violets, the strong-playing Dominik Hofbauer received his fifth yellow card and will be absent on Tuesday evening.
Tirol vs St. Polten head to head matches
09.11.19 BUN St. Polten Tirol 5 : 1
11.08.19 BUN Tirol St. Polten 1 : 1
06.05.00 ERS St. Polten Tirol 0 : 3
13.11.99 ERS Tirol St. Polten 0 : 3
23.08.99 ERS Tirol St. Polten 2 : 1