Salzburg vs. Hartberg: Austrian Championship Match Forecast

Current form

Before the start of the season, Salzburg was traditionally considered the main favorite to win the championship, but they frankly failed in the first part. At the moment, Pep Lijnders' team occupies only the seventh line in the table with 19 points and is already 14 points behind the leader Sturm, but at the same time has two matches in reserve. Having drawn 1:1 with Hartberg in the last round, Salzburg extended its winless streak to four matches.

Disqualifications and injuries

Blasvich, Fernando, Kawamura, Kjaergaard and Konate are injured.

Interesting trends for betting

• Salzburg have not won in their last four matches – three defeats and a draw
• Salzburg have conceded in their last five matches

Estimated line-up: Schlager – Dedic, Pyatkovsky, Gadu, Gindo – Capaldo, Bidstrup, Yeo, Glukh, Nene – Ratkov.

Current form

Hartberg clearly expected to finish the first part of the season in the top six and fight for a ticket to the European Cups, but so far they look very weak. At the moment, Manfred Schmidt team is in eighth place in the table with 17 points and is three points behind sixth-placed LASK, while having a game in hand. In the last round, Hartberg snatched a 1:1 draw from Salzburg, but the winless streak has extended to four matches.

Disqualifications and injuries

Havel and Omoregie were injured.

Interesting trends for betting

• Hartberg have not won in their last four matches – two defeats and two draws
• Hartberg have lost three of their last four matches to Salzburg

Probable line-up: Zallinger - Karamatic, Kompos, Wilfinger - Pfeiffer, Diarra, Marcus, Kainz, Heil - Hoffman, Avdijaj.