LEIPZIG. Salzburg overcomes Wolfsberger AC 1-0 after O. Gloukh scored just 1 goal (45′).

The match was played at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Leipzig on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Pfister who was helped by Manuel Undesser and Philipp Duschek. The 4th official was . The weather was light snow. The temperature was freezing at -1.66 degrees Celsius or 29.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Salzburg was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Wolfsberger AC that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Wolfsberger AC was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Salzburg was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Salzburg shot 13 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Wolfsberger AC shot 16 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Salzburg received 1 yellow card (Kamil Piatkowski). Talking about the opposition, Wolfsberger AC received 4 yellow cards (Jonathan Scherzer, Bernhard Zimmermann, Manfred Schmid and Scott Kennedy).

Standings

After playing this match, Salzburg has 36 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Wolfsberger AC will stays with 23 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

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

Wolfsberger AC will play away against LASK Linz on the 2nd of March with a 12-6 head to head statistic in favor of LASK Linz (4 draws).

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 (8.2), Amar Dedic (7.0), Kamil Piatkowski (7.3), Samson Baidoo (8.2), Daouda Guindo  (7.5), Nicolás Capaldo  (7.0), Mads Bidstrup (6.3), Luka Sucic (7.0), Oscar Gloukh (7.3), Dorgeles Nene (7.9) and Petar Ratkov (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Nico Mantl, Andreas Ulmer (7.1), Karim Konaté (6.3), Sekou Koita , Roko Simic (6.3), Amankwah Forson (7.0) and Leandro Morgalla.

Substitutions

Salzburg made 5 changes: Daouda Guindo  for Andreas Ulmer (46′), Luka Sucic for Amankwah Forson (46′), Petar Ratkov for Roko Simic (71′), Dorgeles Nene for Karim Konaté (87′) and Oscar Gloukh for Sekou Koita  (90′).

Player of the match: Samson Baidoo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Salzburg was Samson Baidoo even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 72 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 13.

Wolfsberger AC – Formation

Wolfsberger AC started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Manfred Schmid played with: Hendrik Bonmann (7.5), Scott Kennedy (7.0), Simon Piesinger (7.0), Jonathan Scherzer (7.0), Nikolas Veratschnig (7.5), Sandro Altunashvili (7.3), Samson Okikiola Tijani (7.7), Adis Jasic (7.9), Augustine Boakye (7.5), Mohamed Bamba (7.5) and Thierno Ballo (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Bernhard Zimmermann (6.4), Tobias Gruber, Mario Leitgeb, Florian Rieder (6.4), Lukas Ibertsberger, Lukas Gütlbauer and Ervin Omic.

Substitutions

Wolfsberger AC made 5 changes: Augustine Boakye for Bernhard Zimmermann (80′), Thierno Ballo for Florian Rieder (68′), Samson Okikiola Tijani for Tobias Gruber (90′), Sandro Altunashvili for Mario Leitgeb (90′) and Nikolas Veratschnig for Ervin Omic (90′).

Player of the match: Adis Jasic​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wolfsberger AC was Adis Jasic.

His rating is (7.9) with 45 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Austria Wien – LASK Linz – 0-0
• Blau-Weiß Linz – Sturm Graz – 1-1
• Salzburg – Wolfsberger AC – 1-0