LEIPZIG. Blau-Weiß Linz prevails over Salzburg 1-0 after Ronivaldo scored just 1 goal (61′). Salzburg was much better in terms of ball possession (71%).​

The match was played at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Leipzig on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Walter Altmann who was helped by Santino Schreiner and Luka Katholnig. The 4th official was Safak Barmaksiz. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 11.25 degrees Celsius or 52.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Salzburg

0 - 1

Blau-Weiß Linz

  • ! 71 Ball Possession 29
Shots
  • 19 Total 8
  • 4 On Target 5
  • 10 Off Target 3
  • 5 Shots blocked 0
  • 158 Attack 71
  • 67 Dangerous attack 20
  • 82 Ball safe 55
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 8 Total 11
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Salzburg was in firm control of the ball 71% while Blau-Weiß Linz was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Salzburg was more pushing with 67 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Blau-Weiß Linz managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Salzburg shot 19 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Blau-Weiß Linz shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Salzburg received 1 yellow card (Sekou Koita). On the opposite side, Blau-Weiß Linz received 2 yellow cards (Tobias Koch and Paul Mensah).

Match Timeline

41'
T. Koch- Yellow
61'
Ronivaldo(goal)Conor Noß
62'
S. Feiertag- sub ->Ronivaldo
Sékou Koïta- Yellow
63'
Nicolás Capaldo - sub ->Dijon Kameri
65'
Oscar Gloukh- sub ->Luka Sucic
65'
Samson Baidoo- sub ->Kamil Piatkowski
65'
Petar Ratkov- sub ->Sekou Koita
65'
Karim Konaté- sub ->Dorgeles Nene
78'
79'
M. Brandner- sub ->Tobias Koch
79'
M. Schantl- sub ->Julian Gölles
83'
P. Mensah- Yellow
90'
A. Briedl- sub ->Conor Noß

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 this contest, Salzburg will stay with 19 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Blau-Weiß Linz will have 8 points like Rheindorf Altach to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Salzburg will play away with LASK Linz on the 16th of March with a 23-4 head to head stats in favor of Salzburg (12 draws).

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

Salzburg – Formation

Salzburg
G
Nico Mantl 1.Germany
7.5
D
Kamil Piatkowski 4.Poland
6.6
65'
D
Andreas Ulmer 17.Austria
7.7
D
Oumar Solet 22.France
7.5
D
Amar Dedic 70.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.0
M
D. Kameri 8.Austria
7.0
65'
M
Luka Sucic 10.Croatia
7.0
65'
M
Lucas Gourna-Douath 27.France
6.4
M
Amankwah Forson 32.Ghana
7.0
M
Dorgeles Nene 45.Mali
7.0
78'
F
Sékou Koïta 20.Mali
7.1
65' 63'
Substitutes
G
Alexander Schlager 24.Austria
D
Samson Baidoo 6.Austria
6.7
65'
D
Leandro Morgalla 39.Germany
M
Nicolás Capaldo 7.Argentina
7.0
65'
M
Oscar Gloukh 30.Israel
7.0
65'
F
Karim Konaté 19.Ivory Coast
7.0
78'
F
Petar Ratkov 21.Serbia
7.1
65'

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

The manager Gerhard Struber decided to play with the following team: Nico Mantl (7.5), Amar Dedic (7.0), Kamil Piatkowski (6.6), Oumar Solet (7.5), Andreas Ulmer (7.7), Amankwah Forson (7.0), Lucas Gourna-Douath (6.4), Dijon Kameri (7.0), Luka Sucic (7.0), Dorgeles Nene (7.0) and Sekou Koita (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Samson Baidoo (6.7), Nicolás Capaldo  (7.0), Karim Konaté (7.0), Petar Ratkov  (7.1), Alexander Schlager, Oscar Gloukh (7.0) and Leandro Morgalla.

Substitutions

Salzburg made 5 changes: Dorgeles Nene for Karim Konaté (78′), Dijon Kameri for Nicolás Capaldo  (65′), Kamil Piatkowski for Samson Baidoo (65′), Sekou Koita for Petar Ratkov  (65′) and Luka Sucic for Oscar Gloukh (65′).

Best player: Andreas Ulmer​

The player that probably impressed the most for Salzburg was Andreas Ulmer.

His rating is (7.7) with 71 passes (83% accurate) and 5 key passes. He performed 6 crosses.

Blau-Weiß Linz – Formation

Blau-Weiß Linz
G
N. Schmid 1.Austria
7.9
D
F. Strauß 2.Austria
7.5
D
D. Mitrović 5.Serbia
7.1
D
M. Maranda 15.Austria
7.5
M
M. Krainz 4.Austria
7.1
M
T. Koch 6.Austria
7.0
79' 41'
M
S. Pirkl 8.Austria
6.4
M
J. Gölles 14.Austria
7.3
79'
F
C. Noß 7.Germany
7.9
90'
F
Ronivaldo 9.Brazil
7.5
62' 61'
F
P. Mensah 10.Ghana
7.0
83'
Substitutes
G
Felix Gschossmann 21.Austria
D
A. Briedl 19.Austria
90'
D
M. Schantl 28.Austria
6.7
79'
M
M. Brandner 13.Austria
6.4
79'
M
S. Haudum 27.Austria
M
K. Dobras 30.Austria
F
S. Feiertag 18.Austria
6.4
62'

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

Gerald Scheiblehner played with: Nicolas Schmid (7.9), Danilo Mitrović (7.1), Manuel Maranda (7.5), Fabio Strauss (7.5), Julian Gölles (7.3), Marco Krainz (7.1), Tobias Koch (7.0), Simon Pirkl (6.4), Paul Mensah (7.0), Ronivaldo (7.5) and Conor Noß (7.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Michael Brandner (6.4), Stefan Feiertag (6.4), Alexander Briedl, Felix Gschossmann, Stefan Haudum, Marcel Schantl (6.7) and Kristijan Dobraš.

Substitutions

Blau-Weiß Linz made 4 changes: Ronivaldo for Stefan Feiertag (62′), Conor Noß for Alexander Briedl (90′), Tobias Koch for Michael Brandner (79′) and Julian Gölles for Marcel Schantl (79′).

Best player: Nicolas Schmid​

The player that probably impressed the most for Blau-Weiß Linz was the goalkeeper: Nicolas Schmid. His rating is 7.85. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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