LEIPZIG. Salzburg obliterates Austria Lustenau 7-0 with goals of Fernando  (4′), Matheus (13′ own), Maurits Kjaergaard (18′), Fernando  (32′), Oscar Gloukh (54′), Karim Konaté (72′) and Matthias Maak (88′ own). Salzburg was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (78%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

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 Safak Barmaksiz assisted by Stefan Pichler and Luka Katholnig. The 4th official was Walter Altmann. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 10.01 degrees Celsius or 50.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Salzburg was in firm control of the ball 78% while Austria Lustenau was struggling with a 22% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Salzburg was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Salzburg won the match​.

Salzburg shot 22 times, 11 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Austria Lustenau shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Salzburg didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Austria Lustenau received 1 yellow card (Kennedy Boateng).

Standings

After playing this contest, Salzburg has 44 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Austria Lustenau will stays with 6 points to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Salzburg will host Austria Klagenfurt on the 9th of March with a 6-1 head to head record in favor of Salzburg (2 draws).

Austria Lustenau will play away against Rapid Vienna on the 9th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Rapid Vienna (2 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 (7.1), Flavius Daniliuc  (7.7), Oumar Solet (7.8), Strahinja Pavlovic (7.5), Aleksa Terzic (7.5), Luka Sucic (8.8), Lucas Gourna-Douath (7.5), Maurits Kjaergaard (8.5), Oscar Gloukh (9.1), Fernando  (9.4) and Petar Ratkov (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Timo Horn, Mamady Diambou , Mads Bidstrup (6.7), Karim Konaté (7.5), Sekou Koita (7.9), Roko Simic (6.8) and Amar Dedic (6.6).

Substitutions

Salzburg made 5 changes: Luka Sucic for Mads Bidstrup (67′), Oscar Gloukh for Sekou Koita (66′), Petar Ratkov for Roko Simic (66′), Fernando  for Karim Konaté (66′) and Aleksa Terzic for Amar Dedic (80′).

Player of the match: Fernando ​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Salzburg was Fernando .

His rating is 9.4 with 2 goals, 35 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Austria Lustenau – Formation

Austria Lustenau started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Andreas Heraf played with: Domenik Schierl (6.6), Anderson (6.0), Kennedy Boateng (5.7), Luca Meisl (6.0), Matheus (5.8), Tobias Berger (6.0), Anthony Schmid (6.3), Leo Mätzler (6.0), Torben Rhein (6.3), Namory Cisse (6.4) and Leo Mikić (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Fabian Gmeiner (6.4), Lukas Fridrikas, Nico Gorzel (6.3), Ammar Helac, Yadaly Diaby (6.8), Pius Grabher and Matthias Maak (6.3).

Substitutions

Austria Lustenau made 4 changes: Anthony Schmid for Fabian Gmeiner (46′), Namory Cisse for Yadaly Diaby (46′), Torben Rhein for Nico Gorzel (46′) and Luca Meisl for Matthias Maak (75′).

Player of the match: Yadaly Diaby​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Austria Lustenau was Yadaly Diaby.

His rating is 6.8 with 18 passes (71% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 7.

His performance was exceptional also because he began the contest from the bench before entering in the 46′.

Results of the day

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

• LASK Linz – Wolfsberger AC – 0-1
• Rheindorf Altach – Hartberg – 1-2
• Salzburg – Austria Lustenau – 7-0