WIEN. Austria Wien wipes out Blau-Weiß Linz 4-0 with goals of Andreas Gruber (38′), Andreas Gruber (40′), Fisnik Asllani (55′) and Andreas Gruber (77′). Austria Wien was definitely better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Generali Arena stadium in Wien. The referee was Jakob Semler who had the assistance of Alexander Borucki and Mohamed El Sadany. The 4th official was Markus Hameter. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.56 degrees Celsius or 69.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Austria Wien had a superior ball possession 64% while Blau-Weiß Linz was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Blau-Weiß Linz was more aggressive with 32 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Austria Wien was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Austria Wien shot 22 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Blau-Weiß Linz shot 9 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Austria Wien received 1 yellow card (Marvin Martins). Talking about the opposition, Blau-Weiß Linz received 3 yellow cards (Tobias Koch, Marco Krainz and Danilo Mitrović).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Austria Wien will have 9 points like Blau-Weiß Linz to remain in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Blau-Weiß Linz will stay with 9 points like Austria Wien to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Austria Wien will host WSG Tirol 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 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Austria Wien (0 draws).

Austria Wien – Formation

Austria Wien started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Michael Wimmer decided to play with the following team: Christian Früchtl (7.5), Johannes Handl (8.1), Marvin Martins (7.5), Lucas Galvão (7.9), Reinhold Ranftl (7.0), Marvin Potzmann (7.3), Aleksandar Jukić (6.8), Manuel Polster (6.7), Andreas Gruber (9.2), Fisnik Asllani (8.4) and Dominik Fitz (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Romeo Vučić (6.8), Muharem Husković (6.6), Matteo Meisl, Hakim Guenouche (6.4), Alexander Schmidt, Mirko Kos and Matan Baltaxa (6.7).

Substitutions

Austria Wien made 4 changes: Andreas Gruber for Muharem Husković (79′), Dominik Fitz for Matan Baltaxa (84′), Manuel Polster for Hakim Guenouche (84′) and Fisnik Asllani for Romeo Vučić (71′).

Best player: Andreas Gruber​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Austria Wien was Andreas Gruber.

His rating is (9.2) with 3 goals, 24 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 7.

Blau-Weiß Linz – Formation

Blau-Weiß Linz started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Gerald Scheiblehner played with: Nicolas Schmid (5.7), Alem Pasic (6.4), Manuel Maranda (6.4), Danilo Mitrović (7.0), Julian Gölles (6.7), Tobias Koch (6.3), Marco Krainz (7.1), Simon Pirkl (6.3), Paul Mensah (7.5), Conor Noß (6.3) and Ronivaldo (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Stefan Haudum (6.4), Michael Brandner, Marcel Schantl, Alexander Briedl (6.4), Stefan Feiertag (6.8), Kristijan Dobraš (7.0) and Kevin Radulovic.

Substitutions

Blau-Weiß Linz made 4 changes: Ronivaldo for Stefan Feiertag (65′), Alem Pasic for Stefan Haudum (79′), Simon Pirkl for Alexander Briedl (57′) and Conor Noß for Kristijan Dobraš (57′).

Best player: Paul Mensah​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Blau-Weiß Linz was Paul Mensah.

His rating is (7.5) with 21 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 18. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Austria Wien – Blau-Weiß Linz – 4-0
• Hartberg – WSG Tirol – 3-0
• Austria Lustenau – Rapid Vienna – 0-5