WATTENS. Salzburg was capable to reverse the scoreline against WSG Tirol. Salzburg was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Kofi Schulz (45′), Benjamin Sesko (56′) and K. Konaté (85′). WSG Tirol reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 1′) by D. Tomic, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Gernot Langes Stadion stadium in Wattens on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Alain Sadikovski who was helped by Mattias Hartl and Herbert Mimra. The 4th official was Safak Barmaksiz. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16 degrees Celsius or 60.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 27%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Salzburg was in firm control of the ball 55% while WSG Tirol was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

WSG Tirol had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Salzburg managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Salzburg shot 10 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, WSG Tirol shot 14 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Salzburg received 1 yellow card (Andreas Ulmer ). On the other side, WSG Tirol didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Salzburg will have 45 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, WSG Tirol will stay with 27 points like Rapid Vienna to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Salzburg will play away against LASK Linz on the 12th of March with a 21-4 head to head record in favor of Salzburg (11 draws).

WSG Tirol will play away agasint Rapid Vienna on the 12th of March with a 9-1 head to head in favor of Rapid Vienna (1 draw).

Salzburg – Formation

Salzburg adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Thomas Silberberger decided to play with the following team: Philipp Köhn (7.0), Ignace Van der Brempt (7.4), Strahinja Pavlović (7.2), Bernardo (7.2), Andreas Ulmer (6.8), Luka Sučić (7.3), Lucas Gourna-Douath (6.2), Maurits Kjaergaard (7.8), Oscar Gloch (6.3), Sekou Koita (6.1) and Chukwubuike Adamu (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Adam Stejskal, Samson Baidoo, Amar Dedić (7.1), Forson Amankwah (6.5), Nicolas Seiwald (6.8), Benjamin Šeško (7.3) and Karim Konaté (7.3).

Substitutions

Salzburg made 5 changes: L. Gourna-Douath for Nicolas Seiwald (46′), S. Koïta for Benjamin Šeško (46′), Andreas Ulmer  for Amar Dedić (63′), L. Sučić for Forson Amankwah (63′) and J. Adamu for Karim Konaté (76′).

Best player: Maurits Kjaergaard​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Salzburg was Maurits Kjaergaard even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 44 passes (84% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

WSG Tirol – Formation

Also WSG Tirol adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Matthias Jaissle played with: Ferdinand Oswald (6.3), Žan Rogelj (6.1), Felix Bacher (6.2), Raffael Behounek (6.2), Kofi Schulz (5.4), Lukas Sulzbacher (7.0), Johannes Naschberger (6.7), Bror Blume Jensen (6.9), Sandi Ogrinec (6.5), Thomas Sabitzer (6.8) and Tim Prica (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Paul Schermer, Alexander Ranacher (6.6), Stefan Skrbo (6.6), Osarenren Okungbowa (6.4), Valentino Müller, Denis Tomić (6.2) and Justin Forst (5.8).

Substitutions

WSG Tirol made 5 changes: Thomas Sabitzer for Justin Forst (42′), Zan Rogelj for Alexander Ranacher (66′), Sandi Ogrinec for Stefan Skrbo (66′), J. Naschberger for Osarenren Okungbowa (66′) and Tim Prica for Denis Tomic (78′).

Best player: Lukas Sulzbacher​

The player that probably impressed the most for WSG Tirol was Lukas Sulzbacher.

His rating is (7.0) with 15 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 19. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Admiral Bundesliga.​

• Rapid Vienna – Rheindorf Altach – 3-0
• WSG Tirol – Salzburg – 1-3
• Austria Lustenau – Austria Wien – 1-0