LASK Linz

vs

SV Ried

Preview

LASK

• LASK Linz have 3 points from 1 game and sit 2nd in the Bundesliga 2026-2027.
• LASK have won 3 of their last 5 games and are riding a 3-game winning streak.
• LASK have made a perfect start to their Bundesliga 2026-2027 home season, winning 1 of 1, scoring 3.0 goals and conceding 0.0.

SV Ried

• SV Ried are 6th on 1 point from their first league fixture of the season.
• Ried are 1-3-1 in their most recent 5 outings.
• Ried have drawn 1 of 1 away from home, scoring 1.0 goal and conceding 1.0 goal.

Head-to-Head

• LASK won the last OFB Cup 2025/2026 clash between these two 2-1 away from home, but the overall head-to-head is close with 1 win each and 3 draws across the last 5 meetings.
• SV Ried have avoided defeat in LASK's last 2 home games.

Key Players

• Christoph Lang has been their hottest attacker with 4 goals in the club's last 5.
• Jussef Nasrawe is Ried's top Bundesliga scorer with 1 goal in 1 game.

Betting Insights

• LASK are the clear favorites at 1.51, Ried are a massive 6.07 outsider and the draw is 4.3.
• These prices do not reflect the matchup well and a safer bet is to take LASK to win and both teams to not score.
• Dietmar Kuehbauer's pragmatic LASK play with an intensity-first approach, are solid at the back, are quick to transition and hurt teams with their set-pieces.
• Mario Despotovic's SV Ried press as a team, set up with a back three and wing-backs and try to stay compact, clogging the flanks.

Prediction

• The most likely outcome is a LASK victory, but Ried are a workmanlike unit with a good work ethic, so they should be able to keep this game close.
• LASK are the more in-form side and have been in scoring mood of late, so take them to nick it.