LEIPZIG. Salzburg overcome Rapid Vienna to win 2-1. S. Koïta was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Salzburg to strike first with a goal of S. Koïta at the 18′. Then S. Koïta scored again for Salzburg in the 62′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Guido Burgstaller reduced the distance for Rapid Vienna a penalty (70′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

Salzburg remained with 10 players after Nicolás Capaldo  received a double yellow card in the 67′. Nonetheless, Salzburg still was capable to win this match competing only in 10​.

The match was played at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Leipzig on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Manuel Schüttengruber who was helped by Roland Brandner and Clemens Schüttengruber. The 4th official was Sebastian Gishamer.

Match Statistics​

Salzburg

2 - 1

Rapid Vienna

  • 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
  • 16 Total 10
  • 5 On Target 2
  • 11 Off Target 8
  • 5 Shots blocked 5
  • 105 Attack 85
  • 40 Dangerous attack 42
  • 82 Ball safe 86
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 7 Corners 4
  • 5 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 14 Total 13
  • 4 Yellow Cards 3
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Salzburg was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Rapid Vienna that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rapid Vienna was putting more pressure with 42 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Salzburg was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Salzburg shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Rapid Vienna shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Salzburg received 3 yellow cards (Amar Dedic, Strahinja Pavlovic and Nicolás Capaldo ). Talking about the opposition, Rapid Vienna received 3 yellow cards (R. Kerschbaum, O. Strunz and A. Bajić).

Nicolás Capaldo  (Salzburg) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (67′).

Match Timeline

Amar Dedic - Yellow
14'
16'
Roman Kerschbaum- Yellow
Sékou Koïta(goal)
18'
Strahinja Pavlovic- Yellow
18'
25'
Guido Burgstaller (var)
Sékou Koïta(goal)D. Kameri
62'
Nicolás Capaldo (yellowred)
67'
Nicolás Capaldo - Yellow
67'
69'
Guido Burgstaller (var)
70'
Guido Burgstaller (penalty)
Amankwah Forson- sub ->S. Koïta
71'
Lucas Gourna-Douath- sub ->D. Kameri
71'
72'
72'
Oliver Strunz - sub ->M. Oswald
75'
Oliver Strunz - Yellow
82'
82'
85'
88'
Martin Moormann- sub ->J. Auer
88'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Salzburg
49
32
Wolfsberger AC
31
32
Austria Lustenau
29
32
Sturm Graz
42
32
LASK Linz
35
32
WSG Tirol
24
32
Hartberg
24
32
Rapid Vienna
25
32
Austria Wien
24
32
Rheindorf Altach
19
32
Austria Klagenfurt
23
32
Ried
14
32

After this encounter, Salzburg will have 39 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Rapid Vienna will stay with 21 points like Wolfsberger AC to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Salzburg will play away with Austria Wien on the 3rd of June with a 38-10 head to head statistic in favor of Salzburg (19 draws).

Rapid Vienna will host LASK Linz on the 21st of May with a 20-8 head to head stats in favor of Rapid Vienna (7 draws).

Salzburg – Formation

Salzburg
G
Philipp Köhn 18.Switzerland
6.5
D
Oumar Solet 22.France
6.8
D
Strahinja Pavlovic 31.Serbia
7.0
18'
D
Amar Dedic 70.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.1
14'
D
Bernardo 95.Brazil
6.5
M
Nicolás Capaldo 7.Argentina
6.4
67'
M
D. Kameri 8.Austria
7.3
71'
M
Nicolas Seiwald 13.Austria
7.4
M
Oscar Gloukh 37.Israel
6.1
72'
F
Sékou Koïta 20.Mali
8.4
71' 18', 62'
F
Benjamin Sesko 30.Slovenia
6.4
Substitutes
G
A. Stejskal 40.Czech Republic
D
Samson Baidoo 6.Austria
D
L. Ibertsberger 24.Austria
M
Lucas Gourna-Douath 27.France
6.4
71'
M
Amankwah Forson 32.Ghana
6.1
71'
F
Junior Adamu 9.Austria
6.4
72'
F
Karim Konaté 19.Ivory Coast

Salzburg started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Matthias Jaissle decided to play with the following team: Philipp Köhn (6.5), Amar Dedić (7.1), Oumar Solet (6.8), Strahinja Pavlović (7.0), Bernardo (6.5), Nicolás Capaldo (6.4), Nicolas Seiwald (7.4), Dijon Kameri (7.1), Oscar Gloukh (6.1), Benjamin Šeško (6.4) and Sekou Koita (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Adam Stejskal, Samson Baidoo, Lukas Ibertsberger, Lucas Gourna-Douath (6.8), Forson Amankwah (6.5), Chukwubuike Adamu (6.4) and Karim Konaté.

Substitutions

Salzburg made 3 changes: O. Gloukh for Junior Chikwubuike Adamu (72′), S. Koïta for Forson Amankwah (72′) and D. Kameri for Lucas Gourna Douath (72′).

Best player: Sekou Koita​

The most impressive player for Salzburg was Sekou Koita.

His rating is (8.1) with 2 goals, 16 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Rapid Vienna – Formation

Rapid Vienna
G
Niklas Hedl 45.Austria
6.6
D
Kevin Wimmer 6.Austria
6.8
D
Fredi Martín 19.Austria
6.8
D
Jonas Auer 23.Austria
6.7
88'
D
Thorsten Schick 13.Austria
6.5
M
Roman Kerschbaum 5.Austria
7.0
16'
M
Nicolas Kühn 7.Germany
6.6
88'
M
Patrick Greil 24.Austria
7.0
82'
M
Marco Grüll 27.Austria
7.0
82'
M
M. Oswald 28.Austria
6.3
72'
F
Guido Burgstaller 9.Austria
7.1
70'
Substitutes
G
Paul Gartler 25.Austria
D
Martin Koscelník 22.Slovakia
D
Martin Moormann 26.Austria
88'
F
Ante Bajić 29.Austria
82' 85'
F
Oliver Strunz 18.Austria
6.6
72' 75'
F
Ferdy Druijf 38.Netherlands
82'
F
B. Zimmermann 41.Austria
88'

Rapid Vienna started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Zoran Barišić played with: Niklas Hedl (6.6), Thorsten Schick (6.5), Michael Sollbauer (6.8), Kevin Wimmer (6.8), Jonas Antonius Auer (6.6), Roman Kerschbaum (7.0), Moritz Oswald (6.4), Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (6.6), Patrick Greil (7.0), Marco Grüll (7.0) and Guido Burgstaller (7.1).

They had on the bench: Paul Gartler, Martin Koscelník, Martin Moormann, Ante Bajić, Oliver Strunz (6.6), Ferdy Druijf and Bernhard Zimmermann.

Substitutions

Rapid Vienna made 5 changes: M. Oswald for Oliver Strunz (70′), Marco Grüll for Ante Bajic (82′), Patrick Greil for Ferdy Druijf (82′), J. Auer for Martin Moormann (88′) and Nicolas Kühn for Bernhard Zimmermann (88′).

Best player: Guido Burgstaller​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rapid Vienna was Guido Burgstaller.

His rating is (7.1) with 1 goal, 13 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

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