Defeat in Mattersburg

Ruan recovered from his injury and replaced Patrizio Stronati in the central defense, Kevin Friesenbichler began instead of Christoph Monschein as striker - Coach Thorsten Fink changed his team on two positions after the disappointing game against LASK and hoped for a more aggressive team.

SV Mattersburg - with two victories against Sturm and St. Pölten started perfectly into the spring season - Alois Höller started instead of Michael Novak who fell ill, otherwise Coach Gerald Baumgartner trusted the team of the previous week.

Venuto equalized Mattersburg’s early lead by Prevljak

The game began with the worst possible scenario, Mattersburg took the lead during the third minute through Smail Prevljak after assist by Höller. The “Violets” had their first chance through Mohammed Kadiri after a corner by Raphael Holzhauser, Kuster was able to parry his header (9'). On the other hand, Patrick Pentz saved shots by Masaya Okugawa and Maria Grgic (10', 12'). Jano had to be substituted early with a shoulder injury, Cesar Ortiz replaced the game maker. Prevljak fired wide past the long corner during increasing snowfall (18').

Mattersburg played fast and with a lot of pressure towards the goal, Austria Wien found better into the game after already 20 minutes. After a corner kick by the hosts Felipe Pires started a counterattack, but Friesenbichler could not utilize his pass (21'). Tarkan Serbest shot the ball on the crossbar (22'). Prevljak tried with a direct shot after assist by Markus Pink, the orange ball went past the goal (31'). A penalty foul by Prevljak on Friesenbichler was overlooked by referee Alexander Harkam (33'). The “Violets” also had to substitute a player after an injury, Stefan Stangl was replaced by Thomas Salamon (38').

After a mistake by Mattersburg during build-up yesterday's birthday boy Raphael Holzhauser came to the ball, the captain served Venuto, who worked his way through and defeated Kuster – 1-1 (38'). Despite four-minute stoppage time no further scores were made.

Prevljak gave Austria the quietus

The second half also started with a shock, Kadiri missed a back pass, Pink outplayed Pentz, but shot over the goal (46'). Ruan’s header on goal, after a free kick by Holzhauser was too high (54'). Serbest pushed through on the right side, his cross reached Friesenbichler, who missed the goal (57').

The Viennese had clearly taken command in the second half, Mattersburg waited for counterattacks, the snowfall had stopped. A nice combination over Tarkan Serbest, Dominik Prokop and Felipe Pires failed during the final pass (69'). Prokop had done his work, Ibrahim Alhassan Abdullahi came for the young star. Patrick Pentz defused a free-kick by Prevljak (74'). A shot by Alhassan went over the goal (81'), with Christoph Monschein for Kevin Friesenbichler Thorsten Fink drew his last option.

FK Austria Wien, however, struggled to find more opportunities. Mattersburg made a better fist and scored with their only chance in the second half: Ertlthaler served Prevljak, who scored the 2-1 (88'). Patrick Pentz prevented the Bosnian's triple pack shortly after (89'). The “Violets” could not fight back, had to acknowledge the defeat against SV Mattersburg and ended up on the 7^th place in the standings.

SV Mattersburg - FK Austria Wien 2-1 (1-1)

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