Lask Linz
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Team Overview
Lask Linz enter this UEFA Champions League campaign under head coach Dietmar Kuhbauer, looking to make their mark on the continental stage. The Austrian club's participation in Europe's premier club competition represents a significant occasion, and the early results offer a window into how the team is adapting to the step up in quality that comes with Champions League football.
Through three matches, Lask Linz have posted a record of one win, zero draws, and two losses, scoring five goals while conceding five, leaving them with a goal difference of exactly zero. Their form reads LWL, indicating a loss, a win, and another loss across their most recent fixtures. Notably, the split between home and away form has been stark: the side has won their only home match played so far, but have lost both of their away fixtures, failing to pick up a single point on the road. This suggests that Lask Linz have been able to harness home advantage effectively while struggling to replicate that output away from their own ground.
Offensively, the team has shown they can find the net, scoring five goals across three matches, though they have also failed to score in two of those outings, pointing to some inconsistency in their attacking output. Defensively, conceding five goals in three matches suggests there is room for tightening up, particularly given they have yet to register a clean sheet this campaign. Taken together, the statistics paint a picture of a team capable of competitive moments, especially at home, but one still searching for the consistency needed to translate isolated bursts of form into a sustained run of results against Champions League-level opposition.
Squad (28 players)
Goalkeepers (3)
Defenders (11)
Midfielders (9)
Attackers (5)
Player Statistics
2026/27 Season| # | Player | Pos | Rating | Apps | Goals | Assists | Mins | Tackles | Passes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | |
MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 60 | |
| 16 | |
DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 4 | 187 | |
| 10 | |
MF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 236 | 5 | 88 | |
| 30 | |
MF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 279 | 4 | 123 | |
| 20 | |
MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 241 | 5 | 83 | |
| 4 | |
DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 6 | 167 | |
| 2 | |
MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 9 | 105 | |
| 1 | |
GK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 90 | |
| 27 | |
FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 3 | 26 | |
| 43 | |
DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 279 | 6 | 154 | |
| 8 | |
FW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 262 | 2 | 70 | |
| 29 | |
FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 20 | |
| 7 | |
FW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 210 | 3 | 29 | |
| 6 | |
DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 7 | 101 | |
| 9 | |
MF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 0 | 24 | |
| 11 | |
FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | |
| 25 | |
DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | |
| 3 | |
DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 15 | |
| 47 | |
DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Recent Transfers
2025/26 & 2026/27Arrivals (31)
Departures (45)
Injuries & Availability
Impact Analysis
LASK Linz head into this fixture with a relatively light injury burden, with just one confirmed absence to account for. R. Harakate is sidelined with a knee injury, representing the squad's sole unavailable player for this contest. Without further detail on the player's typical role or position within the team, it is difficult to assess precisely which area of the pitch will feel the absence most, but any knee issue serious enough to rule a player out warrants attention, and the club's medical staff will be monitoring the recovery process closely.
From a broader squad depth perspective, having only one player sidelined is a favorable situation compared to clubs dealing with multiple simultaneous absences. This suggests LASK Linz should have the flexibility to field a near-full-strength lineup, drawing on available depth to cover the gap left by Harakate. The limited scale of the injury list reduces the likelihood of selection headaches and allows for more consistent tactical planning. Overall, this is a squad in a reasonably healthy position heading into the match, with the absence of a single player unlikely to force wholesale changes to the approach, though the specific impact will depend on how central Harakate's role has been to recent team performances.
Recent Form
Form Analysis
Lask Linz's recent form reads as inconsistent across their last five matches, returning two wins, one draw, and two losses. The results swing between extremes rather than showing a steady trajectory: a 2-1 home win over First Vienna and a lopsided 1-6 away victory over Deutschlandsberger SC sit alongside back-to-back away defeats to Sturm Graz (2-1) and AEK Athens FC (1-0), plus a high-scoring 3-3 draw away at TSV Hartberg. This pattern suggests a team capable of attacking fluency in favorable matchups but less reliable when facing stiffer resistance.
Offensively, Lask Linz have been productive, scoring 12 goals across the five-match span, with the Deutschlandsberger SC match alone contributing six goals to that tally. However, defensive solidity has been a concern, with 8 goals conceded in the same stretch, including three let in against Hartberg and further goals shipped in both losses. The lack of a clean sheet in these five matches, combined with goals conceded in nearly every outing, points to a defense that has been breached regularly regardless of opponent. Notably, four of the five matches were played away from home, where results were mixed, while their sole home fixture produced a win, hinting at a possible home advantage worth monitoring going forward.
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