LEIPZIG. Salzburg overcame Hartberg.

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 Achim Untergasser with the help of Gökhan Orhan and Fatih Tekeli. The 4th official was Gabriel Gmeiner. The weather was rain and snow. The temperature was quite cold at 2.55 degrees Celsius or 36.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Hartberg had a strong ball possession 55% while Salzburg was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Salzburg had a more offensive attitude with 40 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Salzburg won the match​.

Salzburg shot 11 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hartberg shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Salzburg received 3 yellow cards (Strahinja Pavlovic, Mads Bidstrup and Amar Dedic). Talking about the opposition, Hartberg received 2 yellow cards (Mamadou Sangare and Maximilian Entrup).

Standings

After playing this match, Salzburg will have 33 points like Sturm Graz to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Hartberg will stay with 25 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Salzburg will play away against LASK Linz on the 16th of March with a 23-5 head to head in favor of Salzburg (12 draws).

Hartberg will host LASK Linz on the 24th of February with a 4-4 head to head.

Salzburg – Formation

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: Alexander Schlager (6.6), Leandro Morgalla (6.3), Amar Dedic (6.8), Strahinja Pavlovic (7.3), Daouda Guindo  (7.3), Luka Sucic (6.4), Mads Bidstrup (7.1), Amankwah Forson (7.5), Oscar Gloukh (8.5), Karim Konaté (6.8) and Petar Ratkov (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Nico Mantl, Kamil Piatkowski, Mamady Diambou  (6.7), Lucas Gourna-Douath (6.8), Dorgeles Nene (7.1), Nicolás Capaldo  (7.1) and Roko Simic (6.7).

Salzburg could not rely on the presence of Dorgeles Nene (injured) and Nicolás Capaldo  (injured).

Substitutions

Salzburg made 5 changes: Karim Konaté for Dorgeles Nene (58′), Petar Ratkov for Roko Simic (73′), Oscar Gloukh for Lucas Gourna-Douath (73′), Leandro Morgalla for Nicolás Capaldo  (73′) and Mads Bidstrup for Mamady Diambou  (84′).

Player of the match: Oscar Gloukh​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Salzburg was Oscar Gloukh.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 30 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 4.

Hartberg – Formation

Hartberg started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Markus Schopp played with: Raphael Sallinger (7.0), Jurgen Heil (6.4), Paul Komposch (6.4), Ibane Bowat (7.3), Manuel Pfeifer (7.1), Dominik Prokop (6.7), Ousmane Diakité (7.3), Mamadou Sangare (7.3), Christoph Lang (7.3), Maximilian Entrup (6.7) and Donis Avdijaj (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Dominik Frieser (6.6), Ruben Providence (6.6), Michael Steinwender, Tobias Kainz, Tobias Knoflach, Julian Halwachs and Angelo Brückner.

Hartberg could not rely on the presence of Dominik Frieser (injured) and Julian Halwachs (injured).

Substitutions

Hartberg made 3 changes: Donis Avdijaj for Dominik Frieser (34′), Ousmane Diakité for Julian Halwachs (89′) and Dominik Prokop for Ruben Providence (80′).

Player of the match: Ibane Bowat​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hartberg was Ibane Bowat.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 59 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• LASK Linz – WSG Tirol – 1-0
• Sturm Graz – Austria Lustenau – 2-0
• Salzburg – Hartberg – 3-2