The starting position
It is the duel of the table leader against the table last. But yesterday's game between the Red Bulls and the Vienna Capitals showed once again that the standings - the Viennese came to Salzburg in second-to-last place - are not the sole criterion for assessing current performance. Also in the first seasonal comparison with the Grazers in mid-September, the Red Bulls won their home game, but had to go into overtime for the 4:3 victory. With this knowledge, the Red Bulls will start in Graz on Sunday and will be focused against the last team in the table.
The Graz99ers, on the other hand, have literally nothing to lose and that could make them particularly dangerous. They have only been able to bring in one win in 12 games, and two other games in which they didn't show up due to too many players falling ill were recently penalized to them with 0:5 in each case. They also lost yesterday in Klagenfurt with 1:4. However, they won both home games against the Red Bulls last season (1:0, 6:2).
The facts
Points in the standings
RBS (1.): 33
G99 (13.): 6
Goals for to goals against
RBS: 48:28
G99: 19:54
The top scorer
RBS
Peter Schneider: 14 Ga | 11 G | 9 A
Troy Bourke: 14 Ga | 4 G | 9 A
Thomas Raffl: 12 Ga | 4 G | 9 A
G99
Anthony Salinitri: 12 Ga | 4 G | 4 A
Ken Ograjensek: 12 Ga | 1 G | 5 A
Daniel Viksten: 10 Ga | 3 G | 2 A
