UEFA Champions League Matchday 4 Tue, Nov 3 · 20:00 Raiffeisen Arena, Linz
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Our take

Lask Linz are clear favourites.

Lask Linz are the stronger side on L90 Strength (39 vs 20). Recent goals, xG and shots on target add to that edge for Lask Linz. Lask Linz have 13 days of rest, Slovan Bratislava 14 and have to travel 210 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel210 kmRest days13 · 14Matches / 14d1 · 0
Lask Linz62%
Draw21%
Slovan Bratislava17%
Expected goals 2.17 – 1.07
Lask Linz58%
Draw24%
Slovan Bratislava19%
Expected goals 1.85 – 0.97
Lask Linz62%
Draw21%
Slovan Bratislava17%
Expected goals 2.17 – 1.07
Lask Linz54%
Draw23%
Slovan Bratislava23%
Expected goals 1.94 – 1.20
Lask Linz63%
Draw20%
Slovan Bratislava17%
Expected goals 2.28 – 1.13
Over 2.5 63% Both score 59% Likeliest score 2–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 5 hours ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Linz)
6°COvercast
  • Precipitation 0.0 mm
  • Wind 4 km/h
  • Humidity 92%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Lask Linz and Slovan Bratislava. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

Lask LinzSlovan Bratislava
39 L90 StrengthIn forecast 20
37 Current StrengthIn forecast 20
48 AttackIn forecast 18
34 DefenceIn forecast 22
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Lask Linz

Attack—
Defense risk—

Slovan Bratislava

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Lask LinzSlovan Bratislava
1.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.50
3.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 4.50
1.39 xGVia Att/Def —
2.54 xG allowedVia Att/Def —
+0.11 Goals minus xGContext —
50% Scored inContext 50%
0% Clean sheetsContext 0%
11.50 ShotsContext 12.00
3.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 2.50
30% On target shareContext 21%
7.50 Shots in the boxContext 6.50
64% Box shareContext 54%
13% ConversionContext 4%
2.00 OffsidesContext 1.00
22.00 Shots allowedContext 25.50
6.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 11.00
7.00 BlocksContext 4.00
2.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 7.00
31% Save rateContext 64%
44% PossessionIn forecast 32%
368 PassesContext 322
298 Accurate passesContext 252
81% Pass accuracyContext 78%
6.52 Team ratingContext 6.16
11.00 FoulsContext 8.50
5.50 Fouls sufferedContext 11.50
1.50 Yellow cardsContext 1.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 2 and 2 games
2.30 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.20
1.60 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.50
1.72 xGVia Att/Def 0.79
1.33 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.35
+0.58 Goals minus xGContext +0.41
80% Scored inContext 80%
10% Clean sheetsContext 30%
17.10 ShotsContext 12.83
5.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.80
32% On target shareContext 31%
10.80 Shots in the boxContext 7.83
63% Box shareContext 62%
14% ConversionContext 7%
2.00 OffsidesContext 1.75
12.10 Shots allowedContext 17.50
3.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.50
3.40 BlocksContext 4.00
1.88 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.50
48% Save rateContext 69%
43% PossessionIn forecast 43%
353 PassesContext 400
280 Accurate passesContext 320
79% Pass accuracyContext 80%
6.89 Team ratingContext 6.63
11.00 FoulsContext 10.86
9.20 Fouls sufferedContext 11.86
1.40 Yellow cardsContext 1.60
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Lask Linz
Rest13 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km4,314 km in 14d
Schedule load10%Low
Form 33 · 0 pts vs 2.0 for an average club · -2.0 vs expected
  • L14 OctH · Liverpool3–60.9 xPts
  • L8 SepA · AEK Athens FC0–11.1 xPts
Slovan Bratislava
Rest14 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel210 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 35 · 0 pts vs 1.7 for an average club · -1.0 vs expected
  • L14 OctH · VfB Stuttgart0–30.8 xPts
  • L9 SepA · Paris Saint Germain1–60.3 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Lask Linz Slovan Bratislava
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 10Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match13UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 - League phase, 21 Oct14UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 - League phase, 20 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km210 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways4,314 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 20 / 0 / 2
Next matchdays after this one20.921

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Lask Linz Last XI · not confirmed
5-4-1 · vs Liverpool (H) 3–6, 14 Oct
1L. Jungwirth(G)
25Y. Dibango 16A. Andrade 43Alemão 4X. Mbuyamba 20Kasper Jørgensen
27C. Lang 18A. Schöpf 6M. Bogarde 9K. Daněk
7S. Adeniran
Slovan Bratislava Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs VfB Stuttgart (H) 0–3, 14 Oct
71D. Takáč(G)
57Sandro Cruz 15S. Marković 12K. Bajrič 28C. Blackman
20A. Mustafić 3P. Pokorný
21Suleiman Camara 70C. Martinez 11T. Barseghyan
99A. Šporar

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Lask Linz No reported absences
Slovan Bratislava No reported absences
Total impact vs full squads
  • Lask Linz+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Slovan Bratislava+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Lask Linz · Home 0.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
0-0-1
Scored
3.00
Conceded
6.00
Slovan Bratislava · Away 0.00points per game · 1 away games
W-D-L
0-0-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
6.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

Lask Linz2 games · scored 3 · conceded 7
0-15
3 16-30
1 31-45
1 46-60
2 2 61-75
1 76-90
Slovan Bratislava2 games · scored 1 · conceded 9
0-15
3 16-30
1 31-45
1 2 46-60
1 61-75
2 76-90
Lask Linz10 games · scored 23 · conceded 16
1 2 0-15
1 5 16-30
4 2 31-45
6 2 46-60
5 3 61-75
6 2 76-90
Slovan Bratislava10 games · scored 12 · conceded 15
1 0-15
2 3 16-30
2 5 31-45
2 3 46-60
2 61-75
5 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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