INNSBRUCK. Blau-Weiß Linz beats WSG Tirol 4-2. WSG Tirol lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Tivoli Stadion Tirol stadium in Innsbruck on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Alan Kijas with the help of Stefan Pichler and Mohamed El Sadany. The 4th official was Emil Ristoskov. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was hot at 26.52 degrees Celsius or 79.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Match Statistics​

WSG Tirol

2 - 4

Blau-Weiß Linz

  • 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
  • 11 Total 11
  • 5 On Target 5
  • 4 Off Target 3
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 128 Attack 96
  • 48 Dangerous attack 34
  • 86 Ball safe 53
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 9 Total 11
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

WSG Tirol had a strong ball possession 56% while Blau-Weiß Linz was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

WSG Tirol was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Blau-Weiß Linz was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

WSG Tirol shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Blau-Weiß Linz shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

WSG Tirol received 1 yellow card (Julius Ertlthaler). On the other side, Blau-Weiß Linz received 2 yellow cards (Tobias Koch and Ronivaldo).

Match Timeline

2'
Ronivaldo(goal)Simon Pirkl
11'
P. Mensah(goal)Fabio Strauss
Luca Kronberger(goal)
20'
26'
T. Koch- Yellow
29'
Ronivaldo- Yellow
46'
D. Mitrović- sub ->Stefan Haudum
52'
C. Noß(goal)Ronivaldo
56'
S. Feiertag- sub ->Ronivaldo
Mahamadou Diarra- sub ->Nik Prelec
61'
61'
Sandi Ogrinec- sub ->Cem Üstündag
61'
64'
J. Gölles(goal)Stefan Feiertag
66'
Mahamadou Diarra(goal)
74'
J. Forst- sub ->Aleksander Buksa
76'
82'
K. Dobras- sub ->Conor Noß
82'
82'
M. Schantl- sub ->Julian Gölles
S. Škrbo- sub ->David Gugganig
83'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Sturm Graz
46
22
Salzburg
39
9
LASK Linz
35
22
Hartberg
34
22
Rapid Vienna
33
22
Austria Klagenfurt
22
9
Austria Wien
33
22
Wolfsberger AC
30
22
Rheindorf Altach
19
22
Blau-Weiß Linz
19
22
WSG Tirol
14
22
Austria Lustenau
10
22

After playing this match, WSG Tirol will stay with 2 points like Austria Lustenau to sit in the 12th place. On the other side, Blau-Weiß Linz will have 4 points like Austria Wien to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, WSG Tirol will play away against Austria Wien on the 16th of March with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Austria Wien (4 draws).

Blau-Weiß Linz will host Austria Wien on the 9th of March with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

WSG Tirol – Formation

WSG Tirol
G
A. Stejskal 40.Czech Republic
6.3
D
Kofi Schulz 44.Germany
6.4
D
David Gugganig 3.Austria
6.6
83'
D
Felix Bacher 5.Austria
6.1
D
A. Ranacher 14.Austria
6.0
61'
M
Cem Üstündag 20.Austria
6.8
61'
M
Lukas Sulzbacher 6.Austria
7.0
M
Luca Kronberger 7.Austria
7.0
20'
M
Matthäus Taferner 30.Austria
7.1
F
Nik Prelec 9.Slovenia
6.4
61'
F
Aleksander Buksa 11.Poland
6.4
76'
Substitutes
G
B. Ozegovic 13.Austria
D
D. Štumberger 26.Austria
M
Sandi Ogrinec 98.Slovenia
6.4
61'
M
Julius Ertlthaler 77.Austria
6.6
61' 66'
M
S. Škrbo 23.Austria
6.6
83'
F
J. Forst 19.Austria
7.0
76'
F
Mahamadou Diarra 8.Mali
7.3
61' 74'

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

The manager Thomas Silberberger decided to play with the following team: Adam Stejskal (6.3), Alexander Ranacher (6.0), Felix Bacher (6.1), David Gugganig (6.6), Kofi Schulz (6.4), Lukas Sulzbacher (7.0), Cem Üstündag (6.8), Luca Kronberger (7.0), Matthäus Taferner (7.1), Aleksander Buksa (6.4) and Nik Prelec (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Dominik Stumberger, Sandi Ogrinec (6.4), Justin Forst (7.0), Julius Ertlthaler (6.6), Stefan Skrbo (6.6), Benjamin Ožegović and Mahamadou Diarra (7.3).

Substitutions

WSG Tirol made 5 changes: Aleksander Buksa for Justin Forst (76′), Alexander Ranacher for Julius Ertlthaler (61′), Cem Üstündag for Sandi Ogrinec (61′), Nik Prelec for Mahamadou Diarra (61′) and David Gugganig for Stefan Skrbo (83′).

Best player: Mahamadou Diarra​

The player that probably impressed the most for WSG Tirol was Mahamadou Diarra.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 1 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 2.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 61′.

Blau-Weiß Linz – Formation

Blau-Weiß Linz
G
N. Schmid 1.Austria
6.3
D
F. Strauß 2.Austria
7.0
D
M. Maranda 15.Austria
6.4
D
S. Haudum 27.Austria
6.8
46'
M
M. Krainz 4.Austria
7.1
M
S. Pirkl 8.Austria
7.3
M
T. Koch 6.Austria
6.7
26'
M
J. Gölles 14.Austria
7.3
82' 64'
F
P. Mensah 10.Ghana
7.3
82' 11'
F
C. Noß 7.Germany
7.5
82' 52'
F
Ronivaldo 9.Brazil
8.5
56' 29' 2'
Substitutes
G
A. Lukse 12.Austria
D
Raphael Hofer 11.Austria
6.7
82'
D
M. Schantl 28.Austria
6.8
82'
D
D. Mitrović 5.Serbia
6.4
46'
M
K. Dobras 30.Austria
82'
M
M. Brandner 13.Austria
F
S. Feiertag 18.Austria
7.9
56'

Blau-Weiß Linz started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Gerald Scheiblehner played with: Nicolas Schmid (6.3), Stefan Haudum (6.8), Manuel Maranda (6.4), Fabio Strauss (7.0), Julian Gölles (7.3), Marco Krainz (7.1), Tobias Koch (6.7), Simon Pirkl (7.3), Paul Mensah (7.3), Ronivaldo (8.5) and Conor Noß (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Raphael Hofer (6.7), Marcel Schantl (6.8), Kristijan Dobraš, Stefan Feiertag (7.9), Danilo Mitrović (6.4), Andreas Lukse and Michael Brandner.

Substitutions

Blau-Weiß Linz made 5 changes: Stefan Haudum for Danilo Mitrović (46′), Conor Noß for Kristijan Dobraš (82′), Paul Mensah for Raphael Hofer (82′), Ronivaldo for Stefan Feiertag (56′) and Julian Gölles for Marcel Schantl (82′).

Best player: Ronivaldo​

The most impressive player for Blau-Weiß Linz was Ronivaldo.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 18 passes (68% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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