WIEN. Rapid Vienna prevails over Blau-Weiß Linz 1-0 after M. Grüll scored just 1 goal (60′). Rapid Vienna was vastly better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Allianz Stadion stadium in Wien. The referee was Chiristian-Petru Ciochirca with the support of Maximilian Weiss and Michael Obritzberger. The 4th official was Safak Barmaksiz. The weather was light snow. The temperature was quite cold at 1.86 degrees Celsius or 35.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Rapid Vienna

1 - 0

Blau-Weiß Linz

  • ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
  • 17 Total 2
  • 7 On Target 0
  • 7 Off Target 2
  • 3 Shots blocked 0
  • 171 Attack 70
  • 63 Dangerous attack 30
  • 97 Ball safe 84
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 6 Total 9
  • 0 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Rapid Vienna was in firm control of the ball 64% while Blau-Weiß Linz was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rapid Vienna was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rapid Vienna won the match​.

Rapid Vienna shot 17 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Blau-Weiß Linz shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Rapid Vienna didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Blau-Weiß Linz received 2 yellow cards (Stefan Haudum and Raphael Hofer).

Match Timeline

56'
C. Noß- sub ->Fabian Windhager
Marco Grüll(goal)
60'
61'
S. Feiertag- sub ->Ronivaldo
71'
71'
M. Schantl- sub ->Simon Seidl
75'
S. Haudum- Yellow
M. Oswald- sub ->Lukas Grgić
76'
Oliver Strunz - sub ->Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn
76'
82'
Roman Kerschbaum- sub ->Guido Burgstaller
90'
Thorsten Schick- sub ->Marco Grüll
90'
Terence Kongolo- sub ->Jonas Antonius Auer
90'

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 playing this encounter, Rapid Vienna will have 21 points to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Blau-Weiß Linz will stay with 16 points to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Rapid Vienna will host Austria Wien on the 2nd of March with a 21-21 head to head.

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).

Rapid Vienna – Formation

Rapid Vienna
G
Niklas Hedl 45.Austria
7.0
D
N. Kasanwirjo 6.Netherlands
8.1
D
Maximilian Hofmann 20.Austria
8.1
D
Jonas Auer 23.Austria
8.1
90'
D
Leopold Querfeld 43.Austria
8.1
M
Lukas Grgic 8.Austria
7.5
76'
M
Nicolas Kühn 10.Germany
6.7
76'
M
Matthias Seidl 18.Austria
8.2
M
Marco Grüll 27.Austria
8.9
90' 60'
M
N. Sattlberger 34.Austria
7.3
F
Guido Burgstaller 9.Austria
7.0
90'
Substitutes
G
Paul Gartler 25.Austria
D
Terence Kongolo 15.Netherlands
90'
M
Roman Kerschbaum 5.Austria
90'
M
Thorsten Schick 13.Austria
90'
M
M. Oswald 28.Austria
6.7
76'
F
Oliver Strunz 7.Austria
6.4
76'
F
T. Gale 16.Barbados

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

The manager Robert Klauß decided to play with the following team: Niklas Hedl (7.0), Neraysho Kasanwirjo (8.1), Leopold Querfeld (8.1), Maximilian Hofmann (8.1), Jonas Antonius Auer (8.1), Nikolas Sattlberger (7.3), Lukas Grgić (7.5), Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (6.7), Matthias Seidl (8.2), Marco Grüll (8.9) and Guido Burgstaller (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Roman Kerschbaum, Oliver Strunz (6.4), Thorsten Schick, Terence Kongolo, T. Gale, Paul Gartler and Moritz Oswald (6.7).

Substitutions

Rapid Vienna made 5 changes: Guido Burgstaller for Roman Kerschbaum (90′), Marco Grüll for Thorsten Schick (90′), Lukas Grgić for Moritz Oswald (76′), Jonas Antonius Auer for Terence Kongolo (90′) and Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn for Oliver Strunz (76′).

Player of the match: Marco Grüll​

The most impressive player for Rapid Vienna was Marco Grüll.

His rating is (8.9) with 1 goal, 46 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 7 crosses.

Blau-Weiß Linz – Formation

Blau-Weiß Linz
G
N. Schmid 1.Austria
7.5
D
F. Strauß 2.Austria
7.5
D
M. Maranda 15.Austria
7.1
D
S. Haudum 27.Austria
7.3
75'
M
M. Krainz 4.Austria
6.8
M
T. Koch 6.Austria
7.1
M
A. Briedl 19.Austria
6.4
M
F. Windhager 22.Austria
7.0
56'
F
Ronivaldo 9.Brazil
6.6
61'
F
P. Mensah 10.Ghana
6.4
F
S. Seidl 20.Austria
6.1
71'
Substitutes
G
A. Lukse 12.Austria
D
D. Mitrović 5.Serbia
D
Raphael Hofer 11.Austria
6.3
71' 82'
D
M. Schantl 28.Austria
6.6
71'
M
C. Noß 7.Germany
6.6
56'
M
M. Brandner 13.Austria
F
S. Feiertag 18.Austria
6.8
61'

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

Gerald Scheiblehner played with: Nicolas Schmid (7.5), Stefan Haudum (7.3), Manuel Maranda (7.1), Fabio Strauss (7.5), Fabian Windhager (7.0), Marco Krainz (6.8), Tobias Koch (7.1), Alexander Briedl (6.4), Simon Seidl (6.1), Paul Mensah (6.4) and Ronivaldo (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Danilo Mitrović, Conor Noß (6.6), Raphael Hofer (6.3), Andreas Lukse, Michael Brandner, Stefan Feiertag (6.8) and Marcel Schantl (6.6).

Substitutions

Blau-Weiß Linz made 4 changes: Fabian Windhager for Conor Noß (56′), Ronivaldo for Stefan Feiertag (61′), Simon Seidl for Marcel Schantl (71′) and Guido Burgstaller for Raphael Hofer (71′).

Player of the match: Nicolas Schmid​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Blau-Weiß Linz was the goalkeeper: Nicolas Schmid. His rating is 7.45. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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