WALS-SIEZENHEIM. Salzburg defeats Rapid Vienna with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored byK. Adeyemi (79′) and a goal from B. Aaronson (90′). Its vastly superior ball possession (75%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Wals-Siezenheim on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Markus Hameter with the assistance of Michael Obritzberger and Alexander Borucki. The 4th official was Christopher Jäger.
Salzburg started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up. On the other side, Rapid Vienna adopted a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Salzburg – Formation
The manager Matthias Jaissle decided to play with the following team: Philipp Köhn , Rasmus Kristensen , Kamil Piątkowski , Oumar Solet , Andreas Ulmer , Luka Sučić , Mohamed Camara , Nicolás Capaldo , Brenden Aaronson , Chukwubuike Adamu and Karim Adeyemi .
The home team had on the bench: Nico Mantl, Jérôme Onguene , Kilian Ludewig, Antoine Bernede, Noah Okafor, Nicolas Seiwald and Benjamin Šeško .
Salzburg could not rely on the presence of J. Onguene (injured).
Best player: Mohamed Camara
The player that probably impressed the most for Salzburg was Mohamed Camara even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 61 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 13.
Rapid Vienna – Formation
On the other side, Dietmar Didi Kühbauer played with: Paul Gartler , Filip Stojković , Leo Greiml , Kevin Wimmer , Maximilian Ullmann , Dejan Petrović , Emanuel Aiwu , Thorsten Schick , Christoph Knasmüllner , Marco Grüll and Ercan Kara .
They had on the bench: Bernhard Unger, Maximilian Hofmann, Kelvin Arase, Jonas Antonius Auer, Srđan Grahovac, Koya Kitagawa and Thierno Ballo.
Best player: Leo Greiml
The player that probably impressed the most for Rapid Vienna was Leo Greiml.
His rating is with 22 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 7.
Match Statistics
- ! 74 Ball Possession 26
Shots
- 17 Total 8
- 5 On Target 3
- 12 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 135 Attack 63
- 88 Dangerous attack 20
- 68 Ball safe 81
- 1 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 2
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Salzburg was in firm control of the ball 75% while Rapid Vienna was struggling with a 25% ball possession.
Salzburg was more aggressive with 88 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Salzburg won the match.
Salzburg shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Rapid Vienna shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Salzburg received 2 yellow cards (J. Onguene and M. Jaissle). On the opposite side, Rapid Vienna received 3 yellow cards (E. Aiwu, K. Wimmer and M. Grull).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Salzburg will have 24 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Rapid Vienna will stay with 8 points like Austria Wien to stay in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Tipico Bundesliga, Salzburg will play away against Wolfsberger AC on the 25th of September with a 19-5 head to head record in favor of Salzburg (12 draws).
Rapid Vienna will host Sturm Graz on the 26th of September with a 26-18 head to head record in favor of Rapid Vienna (20 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Tipico Bundesliga.
- Austria Klagenfurt – LASK Linz – 1-1
- Salzburg – Rapid Vienna – 2-0
- Sturm Graz – Wattens – 5-0