WATTENS. WSG Tirol beat Blau-Weiß Linz to win 2-1. M. Diarra was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was WSG Tirol to strike first with an early goal of Mahamadou Diarra at the 4′. Then Mahamadou Diarra scored again for WSG Tirol in the 50′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, K. Dobras reduced the distance for Blau-Weiß Linz (75′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Gernot Langes Stadion stadium in Wattens on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Markus Hameter with the help of Manuel Koller and Gökhan Orhan. The 4th official was Safak Barmaksiz. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 25.14 degrees Celsius or 77.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. WSG Tirol was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Blau-Weiß Linz that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

WSG Tirol was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why WSG Tirol won the match​.

WSG Tirol shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Blau-Weiß Linz shot 13 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

WSG Tirol received 1 yellow card (David Gugganig). On the other side, Blau-Weiß Linz didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, WSG Tirol has 14 points to sit in the 11th place. On the other side, Blau-Weiß Linz will stays with 19 points like Rheindorf Altach to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

WSG Tirol – Formation

WSG Tirol started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Thomas Silberberger decided to play with the following team: A. Stejskal (6.4), Lukas Sulzbacher (7.0), Felix Bacher  (7.5), O. Okungbowa (7.0), David Gugganig (6.3), Kofi Schulz (6.3), Matthäus Taferner (7.8), Valentino Müller  (7.0), Sandi Ogrinec (6.8), Nik Prelec (7.1) and Mahamadou Diarra (9.2).

The home team had on the bench: P. Schermer, Luca Kronberger, Bror Blume, Aleksander Buksa (7.0), A. Ranacher, J. Naschberger (6.4) and T. Geris (6.8).

WSG Tirol could not rely on the presence of T. Geris (injured).

Substitutions

WSG Tirol made 3 changes: Nik Prelec for Aleksander Buksa (77′), Kofi Schulz for T. Geris (83′) and Sandi Ogrinec for J. Naschberger (83′).

Player of the match: Mahamadou Diarra​

The player that probably impressed the most for WSG Tirol was Mahamadou Diarra.

His rating is 9.2 with 2 goals, 21 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 21.

Blau-Weiß Linz – Formation

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

Gerald Scheiblehner played with: N. Schmid (6.7), A. Pašić (6.7), M. Maranda (7.0), F. Strauß (7.0), J. Gölles (6.6), M. Krainz (6.4), A. Briedl (7.0), S. Pirkl (6.4), P. Mensah (7.0), S. Feiertag (6.4) and S. Seidl (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: C. Noß (6.3), Ronivaldo (7.1), A. Lukse, S. Haudum, M. Schantl (7.0), M. Ibrahimi (7.0) and K. Dobras (7.5).

Substitutions

Blau-Weiß Linz made 5 changes: S. Seidl for K. Dobras (61′), J. Gölles for M. Schantl (67′), M. Krainz for C. Noß (46′), P. Mensah for M. Ibrahimi (67′) and S. Feiertag for Ronivaldo (61′).

Player of the match: K. Dobras​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Blau-Weiß Linz was K. Dobras.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 19 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes.

His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 61′.

Results of the day

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

• Austria Lustenau – Rheindorf Altach – 0-1
• Wolfsberger AC – Austria Wien – 0-1
• WSG Tirol – Blau-Weiß Linz – 2-1