LEIPZIG. Salzburg overcomes Austria Klagenfurt 1-0 after K. Konaté scored just 1 goal (73′). Salzburg was much better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Leipzig on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Alexander Harkam with the help of Roland Brandner and Robert Steinacher. The 4th official was Arnes Talic. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.51 degrees Celsius or 54.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Salzburg had a strong ball possession 67% while Austria Klagenfurt was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Salzburg had a more offensive attitude with 71 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Salzburg won the match​.

Salzburg shot 19 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Austria Klagenfurt shot 3 times, 0 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Salzburg received 3 yellow cards (Amar Dedic, Karim Konaté and Fernando ). Talking about the opposition, Austria Klagenfurt received 2 yellow cards (Anton Maglica and Kosmas Gezos).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Salzburg has 47 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Austria Klagenfurt will stays with 33 points like Hartberg to sit 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 statistic in favor of Salzburg (12 draws).

Austria Klagenfurt will host Rapid Vienna on the 16th of March with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Rapid Vienna (2 draws).

Salzburg – Formation

Salzburg started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Gerhard Struber decided to play with the following team: Alexander Schlager (7.0), Amar Dedic (7.1), Oumar Solet (8.1), Strahinja Pavlovic (8.5), Aleksa Terzic (8.1), Mads Bidstrup (6.7), Lucas Gourna-Douath (7.7), Maurits Kjaergaard (7.3), Dorgeles Nene (6.7), Fernando  (7.5) and Petar Ratkov (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Timo Horn, Mamady Diambou , Karim Konaté (7.3), Sekou Koita (6.6), Roko Simic (7.1), Daouda Guindo  and Amankwah Forson (7.1).

Substitutions

Salzburg made 5 changes: Dorgeles Nene for Sekou Koita (61′), Petar Ratkov for Roko Simic (73′), Mads Bidstrup for Amankwah Forson (72′), Fernando  for Karim Konaté (72′) and Maurits Kjaergaard for Mamady Diambou  (90′).

Player of the match: Strahinja Pavlovic​

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

His rating is 8.5 with 95 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 21 duels out of 31.

Austria Klagenfurt – Formation

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

Peter Pacult played with: Phillip Menzel (6.8), Solomon Bonnah (6.7), Kosmas Gezos (6.6), Thorsten Mahrer (7.9), Nicolas Wimmer (7.0), Till Schumacher (6.7), Andy Irving (7.0), Christopher Cvetko (6.4), Rico Benatelli (7.3), Aaron Sky Schwarz (6.6) and Nicolas Binder (7.0).

They had on the bench: Marco Knaller, Nikola Đorić, Ali Loune, Max Besuschkow (6.8), Christopher Wernitznig (6.3), Jannik Thomas Robatsch and Anton Maglica (6.3).

Substitutions

Austria Klagenfurt made 3 changes: Andy Irving for Max Besuschkow (67′), Aaron Sky Schwarz for Anton Maglica (59′) and Kosmas Gezos for Christopher Wernitznig (80′).

Player of the match: Thorsten Mahrer​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Austria Klagenfurt was Thorsten Mahrer.

His rating is 7.9 with 16 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Rheindorf Altach – LASK Linz – 0-0
• Blau-Weiß Linz – Austria Wien – 1-2
• WSG Tirol – Hartberg – 1-0
• Rapid Vienna – Austria Lustenau – 1-1
• Sturm Graz – Wolfsberger AC – 4-0
• Salzburg – Austria Klagenfurt – 1-0