Austria Vienna vs Lech Poznan Match Analysis and Prediction

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Austria Vienna will be looking for their first win of the Europa Conference League Group C when they welcome Polish champions Lech Poznan to the Generali Arena on Thursday.

Despite picking up just one point from their opening four matches, the hosts still have a good chance of progressing to the knockout round.

The Violets have arguably faced their three toughest home matches of the season all in succession, taking on Red Bull Salzburg, Villarreal and Sturm Graz, and they have disappointingly lost all of them.

A 4-1 defeat to Lech Poznan in the reverse fixture was the starting point of a worrying run of form for the hosts, in which they have won just two of their last nine matches across all competitions.

Their goalless draw with Hapoel Be’er Sheva on matchday one remains their only point in the group so far, as the three defeats that followed have included some heavy ones.

That makes it all the more exceptional that they are still in contention to qualify, but a win on Thursday is a must as they aim to close the four point gap between themselves and Lech Poznan.

That looks a difficult task given Lech Poznan’s recent away record, as the visitors have lost just three of their last 20 away matches, but all three came in Europe against Villarreal, Vikingur and Qarabag.

With Villarreal a long way clear and already through as group winners, Lach Poznan are on their way to join them in the knockout rounds, but this European campaign has seemingly dented their domestic from so far this season.

The reigning Polish champions are down in seventh place, 10 points behind leaders Rakow Czestochowa, who do not have the same distraction as Lech given they were beaten in Europa Conference League qualifying in August.

Austria Vienna vs Lech Poznan head to head

These two teams have previously met on just three occasions in two competitions,where Austria Vienna have claimed one victory while Lech Poznan have won two. Austria Vienna have scored five goals and conceded nine in the process.

Austria Vienna 2-1 Lech Poznan 18/09/08

Lech Poznan (E)4-2 Austria Vienna 02/10/08

Lech Poznan 4-1 Austria Vienna 15/09/22

Austria Vienna latest home form

Austria Vienna have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having lost each of their three most recent matches. They were beaten 3-1 by Salzburg in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded seven.

Austria Vienna 0-0 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 08/09/22

Austria Vienna 3-0 Ried 18/09/22

Austria Vienna 0-3 Sturm Graz 02/10/22

Austria Vienna 0-1 Villarreal 13/10/22

Austria Vienna 1-3 Salzburg 16/10/22

Austria Vienna latest away form

Austria Vienna have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just one of their five most recent matches. They drew 2-2 with LASK in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded 15.

Lech Poznan 4-1 Austria Vienna 15/09/22

Villarreal 5-0 Austria Vienna 06/10/22

Rapid Vienna 1-2 Austria Vienna 09/10/22

Wiener SC 3-1 Austria Vienna 20/10/22

LASK 2-2 Austria Vienna 23/10/22

Lech Poznan latest home form

Lech Poznan lost 3-1 to Slask Wroclaw in their last home game in the League Cup. However, they have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their previous seven games. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded four.

Lech Poznan 4-1 Austria Vienna 15/09/22

Lech Poznan 0-0 Legia Warsaw 01/10/22

Lech Poznan 0-0 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 06/10/22

Lech Poznan 1-0 Radomiak Radom 09/10/22

Lech Poznan 1-3 Slask Wroclaw 19/10/22

Lech Poznan latest away form

Lech Poznan have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. They drew 0-0 with Cracovia in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded four.

Pogon Szczecin 2-2 Lech Poznan 11/09/22

Warta Poznan 0-1 Austria Vienna 18/09/22

Hapoel Be’er Sheva 1-1 Lech Poznan 13/10/22

Gornik Zabrze 1-2 Lech Poznan 16/10/22

Cracovia 0-0 Lech Poznan 23/10/22

Austria Vienna news

Nikola Dovedan started his first game for Austria Vienna against LASK at the weekend, but he is not registered in their Europa Conference League squad.

Florian Wustinger and Ziad El Sheiwi will both be out until 2023 as they recover from respective ACL injuries, and Muharem Huskovic will not play until after the World Cup.

Lech Poznan news

Former Leeds United man Barry Douglas will miss out for Lech Poznan, as he has not featured since picking up a first-half injury against Hapoel Be’er Sheva.

As a result, Pedro Rebocho will continue to deputise at left-back, while an adductor issue has kept Bartosz Salamon out for much of the year.

Prediction and Odds

Neither side have had great joy in front of goal recently, and the reverse fixture was the only time Austria Vienna have scored in the group, but they lost heavily.

However, Lech Poznan will likely settle for a point here and hope Villarreal do them a favour against Hapoel Be’er Sheva.

Odds: 1 2.89 X 2.03 2 2.21