WIEN. Rapid Vienna demolishes Wattens 5-2 with goals of E. Kara (45′), E. Kara (46′), E. Kara (60′ pen), M. Grull (79′) and C. Knasmullner (90′). On the other side, Wattens scored with ​ T. Sabitzer (37′), T. Petsos (82′). Rapid Vienna took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Allianz Stadion stadium in Wien on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. In front of 10,200 spectators.​ The referee was Christopher Jäger with the assistance of Jasmin Sabanovic and Markus Reichholf. The 4th official was Arnes Talic. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.8 degrees Celsius or 73.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Rapid Vienna was in firm control of the ball 57% while Wattens was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Rapid Vienna was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rapid Vienna won the match​.

Rapid Vienna shot 18 times, 9 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Wattens shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Rapid Vienna received 2 yellow cards (T. Ballo and M. Grull). On the other side, Wattens received 4 yellow cards (L. Klassen, T. Petsos, V. Muller and J. Naschberger).

Also, Wattens didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after R. Behounek (Wattens) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (66′).

Standings

After this match, Rapid Vienna will have 11 points like Austria Wien to stay in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Wattens will stay with 8 points to stay in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Tipico Bundesliga, Rapid Vienna will play away against Austria Klagenfurt on the 16th of October with a 0-0 head to head record.

Wattens will host Hartberg on the 17th of October with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Hartberg (1 draw).

Rapid Vienna – Formation

Rapid Vienna adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Dietmar Didi Kühbauer decided to play with the following team: Paul Gartler (7.1), Filip Stojković (6.7), Leo Greiml (7.3), Maximilian Hofmann (6.7), Maximilian Ullmann (6.6), Dejan Petrović (7.0), Robert Ljubičić (6.2), Thierno Ballo (6.7), Taxiarchis Fountas (6.8), Marco Grüll (9.4) and Ercan Kara (9.2).

The home team had on the bench: Bernhard Unger, Emanuel Aiwu (6.3), Thorsten Schick (6.5), Christoph Knasmüllner (8.0), Srđan Grahovac (6.9), Kelvin Arase and Jonas Antonius Auer (6.8).

Substitutions

Rapid Vienna made 5 changes: M. Ullmann for J. Auer (58′), T. Ballo for T. Schick (71′), L. Greiml for E. Aiwu (79′), T. Fountas for C. Knasmullner (80′) and D. Petrovic for S. Grahovac (80′).

Best player: Marco Grüll​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rapid Vienna was Marco Grüll.

His rating is (9.4) with 1 goal, 34 passes (70% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses.

Wattens – Formation

Also Wattens adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Thomas Silberberger played with: Ferdinand Oswald (6.2), Fabian Koch (6.0), Raffael Behounek (5.3), Thanos Petsos (6.7), Leon Klassen (6.9), Valentino Müller (6.4), Renny Smith (6.7), Žan Rogelj (6.6), Bror Blume Jensen (6.2), Stefan Skrbo (6.6) and Thomas Sabitzer (7.4).

They had on the bench: Benjamin Ožegović, Mario Andric (5.4), Alexander Ranacher (6.2), Johannes Naschberger (6.4), Markus Wallner, Denis Tomic (7.1) and Giacomo Vrioni (6.2).

Substitutions

Wattens made 5 changes: L. Klassen for M. Andric (46′), R. Smith for G. Vrioni (58′), S. Skrbo for J. Naschberger (73′), T. Sabitzer for D. Tomic (73′) and V. Muller for A. Ranacher (86′).

Best player: Thomas Sabitzer​

The player that probably impressed the most for Wattens was Thomas Sabitzer.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 13 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Salzburg – LASK Linz – 3-1
• Rapid Vienna – Wattens – 5-2
• Hartberg – Sturm Graz – 3-2