WOLFSBERG. Wolfsberger AC tops Austria Wien 1-0 after S. Kennedy scored just 1 goal (32′). Austria Wien was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Lavanttal Arena stadium in Wolfsberg on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Walter Altmann with the assistance of Stefan Gamper and Martin Höfler. The 4th official was . The weather was light snow. The temperature was quite cold at 3.67 degrees Celsius or 38.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Austria Wien had a superior ball possession 65% while Wolfsberger AC was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Austria Wien was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Wolfsberger AC was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Wolfsberger AC shot 9 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Austria Wien shot 16 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Wolfsberger AC received 5 yellow cards (Jonathan Scherzer, Mohamed Bamba, Scott Kennedy, Augustine Boakye and Sandro Altunashvili). On the opposite side, Austria Wien received 2 yellow cards (Lucas Galvão and Johannes Handl).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Wolfsberger AC will have 23 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Austria Wien will stay with 19 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Wolfsberger AC will play away with LASK Linz on the 2nd of March with a 12-6 head to head in favor of LASK Linz (4 draws).

Austria Wien will host WSG Tirol on the 16th of March with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Austria Wien (4 draws).

Wolfsberger AC – Formation

Wolfsberger AC adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Manfred Schmid decided to play with the following team: Hendrik Bonmann (7.8), Dominik Baumgartner (7.9), Simon Piesinger (7.5), Scott Kennedy (7.5), Adis Jasic (6.3), Samson Okikiola Tijani (7.3), Sandro Altunashvili (6.7), Jonathan Scherzer (7.5), Augustine Boakye (6.1), Mohamed Bamba (6.4) and Thierno Ballo (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Bernhard Zimmermann (7.1), Mario Leitgeb, Nikolas Veratschnig (6.8), Florian Rieder, Lukas Ibertsberger, Lukas Gütlbauer and Ervin Omic.

Substitutions

Wolfsberger AC made 2 changes: Mohamed Bamba for Bernhard Zimmermann (69′) and Thierno Ballo for Nikolas Veratschnig (76′).

Player of the match: Dominik Baumgartner​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wolfsberger AC was Dominik Baumgartner even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 33 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 16.

Austria Wien – Formation

Also Austria Wien adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Michael Wimmer played with: Christian Früchtl (7.1), Johannes Handl (7.3), Lucas Galvão (6.4), Matteo Meisl (7.3), Reinhold Ranftl (7.9), Aleksandar Jukić (7.3), Marvin Potzmann (8.1), Manuel Polster (6.4), Andreas Gruber (7.0), Fisnik Asllani (6.6) and Manfred Fischer (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: James Holland, Muharem Husković (6.8), Hakim Guenouche, Matthias Braunöder (6.7), Alexander Schmidt (6.7), Dominik Fitz (7.0) and Mirko Kos.

Substitutions

Austria Wien made 4 changes: Manfred Fischer for Muharem Husković (63′), Fisnik Asllani for Alexander Schmidt (63′), Andreas Gruber for Dominik Fitz (63′) and Aleksandar Jukić for Matthias Braunöder (73′).

Player of the match: Marvin Potzmann​

The most impressive player for Austria Wien was Marvin Potzmann.

His rating is (8.1) with 62 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Wolfsberger AC – Austria Wien – 1-0
• Rheindorf Altach – Austria Klagenfurt – 0-1
• Rapid Vienna – Blau-Weiß Linz – 1-0