WIEN. Wolfsberger AC overcomes Rapid Vienna 3-1. Wolfsberger AC was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with T. Baribo (11′), M. Malone (14′) and M. Malone (65′). Rapid Vienna reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 1′) by B. Zimmermann, but there was not much to do for them. Rapid Vienna was decisively better in terms of ball possession (69%).​

The match was played at the Allianz Stadion stadium in Wien on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Sebastian Gishamer who had the assistance of Santino Schreiner and Markus Reichholf. The 4th official was Florian Jandl. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.6 degrees Celsius or 65.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rapid Vienna had a superior ball possession 69% while Wolfsberger AC was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rapid Vienna was putting more pressure with 88 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, Wolfsberger AC was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Rapid Vienna shot 24 times, 7 on target, 17 off target. On the opposite side, Wolfsberger AC shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Rapid Vienna received 2 yellow cards (M. Moormann and K. Wimmer). On the opposite side, Wolfsberger AC received 1 yellow card ().

Standings

After this match, Rapid Vienna will stay with 10 points to hold in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Wolfsberger AC will have 8 points like Austria Klagenfurt and Wattens to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Admiral Bundesliga, Rapid Vienna will play away against Wattens on the 1st of October with a 8-1 head to head stats in favor of Rapid Vienna (1 draw).

Wolfsberger AC will host Hartberg on the 17th of September with a 3-3 head to head.

Rapid Vienna – Formation

Rapid Vienna started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Ferdinand Feldhofer decided to play with the following team: Niklas Hedl (6.2), Martin Koscelník (6.1), Michael Sollbauer (6.9), Kevin Wimmer (6.6), Martin Moormann (5.1), Aleksa Pejić (7.1), Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (7.6), Patrick Greil (7.1), Roman Kerschbaum (7.4), Marco Grüll (6.6) and Guido Burgstaller (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Paul Gartler, Jonas Antonius Auer (7.1), Leopold Querfeld (7.1), Christoph Knasmüllner, Thorsten Schick (7.2), Bernhard Zimmermann (7.1) and Ferdy Druijf (7.0).

Substitutions

Rapid Vienna made 5 changes: M. Moormann for J. Auer (27′), P. Greil for B. Zimmermann (46′), M. Koscelnik for T. Schick (46′), A. Pejic for F. Druijf (69′) and K. Wimmer for L. Querfeld (69′).

Best player: Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rapid Vienna was Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn.

His rating is (7.6) with 45 passes (71% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 11 crosses.

Wolfsberger AC – Formation

Wolfsberger AC started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Robin Dutt played with: Hendrik Bonmann (8.4), Adis Jasic (6.9), Dominik Baumgartner (7.8), Simon Piesinger (7.0), Raphael Schifferl (7.4), Matteo Anzolin (6.8), Konstantin Kerschbaumer (6.5), Thierno Ballo (7.3), Mario Leitgeb (6.6), Maurice Malone (8.2) and Tai Baribo (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Lukas Gütlbauer, Michael Novak (6.1), Matthäus Taferner (6.6), Augustine Boakye, Ervin Omić (6.4), Nikolas Veratschnig and Nikos Vergos (6.8).

Substitutions

Wolfsberger AC made 4 changes: T. Baribo for N. Vergos (71′), M. Leitgeb for E. Omic (76′), T. Ballo for M. Taferner (87′) and T. Ballo for M. Taferner (87′).

Best player: Hendrik Bonmann​

The player that probably impressed the most for Wolfsberger AC was the goalkeeper: Hendrik Bonmann. His rating is 8.42. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Wattens – Rheindorf Altach – 0-0
• Ried – Salzburg – 0-3
• Rapid Vienna – Wolfsberger AC – 1-3