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Wolfsberger AC vs Neusiedl Prediction & Betting tips
The Austrian cup competition always offers a welcome platform for big surprises. Since 2009, all Bundesliga clubs have made it to the second round in only two out of eleven cases. Last season, for example, it was TSV Hartberg that failed against Wiener Viktoria. A year earlier, SC Neusiedl am See was a size too big for Admira.
The regional league team from Burgenland has the chance to make history again on Friday evening, even though the odds are clearly in the direction of the WAC before the first round duel between Wolfsberg and Neusiedl am See.
The only small advantage that the third division team could locate on their side is the fact that they already played a competitive game last weekend and therefore have at least more competition minutes in their legs.
Due to the stark difference in quality and the home advantage that was granted to the first division club due to the simplified implementation of the preventive concepts, contrary to the actual regulations, the main question is how much the home side will win. It is possible that a forecast of the number of goals between Wolfsberg and Neusiedl am See will prove to be lucrative, because experience shows that the lower-class teams in the cup are also able to set offensive accents.
Wolfsberg:
While numerous football clubs are jokingly introducing Lionel Messi as a new player these days, the Wolfsberg AC has nailed it. No, don’t get me wrong. The Argentine superstar will of course not appear in Carinthia in the coming season, but the Serbian attacker Dejan Joveljic, whose loan from Eintracht Frankfurt was fixed during the week.
Whether the 21-year-old was signed as a replacement or even as a supplement to top scorer Shon Weissman is still in the stars. In the past few days, however, there have been numerous reports that the Israeli will go hunting for goals at Real Valladolid in La Liga in the new season. We are therefore not assuming that the 26-year-old will wear the WAC jersey one last time on Friday.
However, this does not change the fact that between Wolfsberg and Neusiedl am See there is almost no alternative to the top division club. However, since the quotations on the three-way market are extremely low and potential handicap bets are currently only offered to a limited extent by the best bookmakers, we focus on the number of goals.
It should be taken into account that the team of trainer Ferdinand Feldhofer has a very offensive approach and likes to take over the reins. Last year, for example, the Lavanttaler prevailed 9-0 in the first round of the ÖFB Cup against SKA Klagenfurt, and in round two against ATSV Wolfsberg from the regional league they also achieved a 6-0 success. Because the Carinthians also made the second best attack in the Bundesliga, we would keep an eye on the attractive odds on the 4.5 over between Wolfsberg and Neusiedl am See on Friday.
Neusiedl:
The 2018/2019 cup season will be remembered for a long time for SC Neusiedl am See. As already mentioned in the introduction, the underdog sensationally prevailed against Admira in the first round and made the jump in round two. There, however, it was the end of the line against Wacker Innsbruck (1: 3).
Last season started with a sensitive 1: 6 clap against the second division team Grazer AK, which can certainly serve as a blueprint for the upcoming duel with the WAC. Although the green-whites will do everything possible to keep the zero as long as possible, the big differences in the individual class should become noticeable very quickly.
In general, the club from Burgenland is not a particularly ambitious regional league. Neusiedl finished the past season in the third highest division on rank eleven out of 16. 35 goals conceded in 18 games underline our fear that the defense will be overwhelmed by the power of the Bundesliga club on Friday evening.
Even the self-confidence of the underdog is far from boiling, because the start of the new season last weekend with the 0-1 in Leobendorf also went completely wrong. The German trainer Sascha Steinacher, who interestingly also tied his shoes for the third division side at the same time, is still out of the question, especially since he has been holding out his bones for the club since 2017 and has only been coaching since the beginning of this year.