WALS-SIEZENHEIM. Salzburg conquers Wattens with a 2-0 win with a goal from N. Okafor (13′) and a goal from Y. Diarra (79′). Salzburg was vastly better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Wals-Siezenheim on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Harald Lechner with the assistance of Andreas Heidenreich and Maximilian Kolbitsch. The 4th official was Safak Barmaksiz.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Salzburg was in firm control of the ball 66% while Wattens was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Salzburg was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Salzburg won the match.
Salzburg shot 21 times, 13 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Wattens shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Salzburg received 2 yellow cards (A. Ulmer and A. Dedic). Talking about the opposition, Wattens received 3 yellow cards (K. Schulz, L. Rinaldi and Z. Rogelj).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Salzburg will have 18 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Wattens will stay with 7 points like Rapid Vienna and Hartberg to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Salzburg will host LASK Linz on the 1st of October with a 21-4 head to head record in favor of Salzburg (10 draws).
Wattens will host Rheindorf Altach on the 10th of September with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of Rheindorf Altach (3 draws).
Salzburg – Formation
Salzburg
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83'
13'
Salzburg started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Matthias Jaissle decided to play with the following team: Philipp Köhn , Amar Dedić , Oumar Solet , Maximilian Wöber , Andreas Ulmer , Nicolás Capaldo , Nicolas Seiwald , Maurits Kjaergaard , Dijon Kameri , Noah Okafor and Fernando .
The home team had on the bench: Nico Mantl, Strahinja Pavlović , Bernardo, Youba Diarra , Lucas Gourna-Douath , Benjamin Šeško and Chukwubuike Adamu .
Substitutions
Salzburg made 5 changes: Fernando for J. Adamu (61′), N. Seiwald for Y. Diarra (61′), N. Okafor for B. Sesko (61′), D. Kameri for L. Gourna-Douath (61′) and M. Wober for S. Pavlovic (83′).
Best player: Oumar Solet
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Salzburg was Oumar Solet even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 85 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.
Wattens – Formation
WSG Tirol
Wattens started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
Thomas Silberberger played with: Ferdinand Oswald , Felix Bacher , Raffael Behounek , Osarenren Okungbowa , Lukas Sulzbacher , Bror Blume Jensen , Valentino Müller , Denis Tomić , Kofi Schulz , Žan Rogelj and Tim Prica .
They had on the bench: Benjamin Ožegović, Dominik Stumberger, Alexander Ranacher, Johannes Naschberger, Justin Forst, Thomas Sabitzer and Lautaro Rinaldi .
Substitutions
Wattens made 3 changes: T. Prica for T. Sabitzer (60′), K. Schulz for D. Stumberger (60′) and V. Muller for L. Rinaldi (77′).
Best player: Ferdinand Oswald
The most impressive player for Wattens was the goalkeeper: Ferdinand Oswald. His rating is 8.61. He performed 9 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Admiral Bundesliga.
- Salzburg – Wattens – 2-0
- Sturm Graz – Hartberg – 0-0
- Austria Wien – Austria Lustenau – 2-2
