No points in Altach

Coach Thomas Letsch made only one change to his line-up after the victory against Hartberg: Michael Madl, who suffered a muscle injury in the thigh on Thursday during training, was replaced by Igor.

The opponent from Vorarlberg made two changes: Martin Cobras was healthy again and began instead of Andreas Lukse in the goal, Andreas Lienhart could not start in the back five because of a calf induration. Christian Gebauer moved back into the defence, Joshua Gatt took his place in the attack.

No goals before the halftime break

Austria Wien started aggressively, played to win from the first minute. Alexander Grünwald had the first chance after a cross by Dominik Prokop, but his header was too central (10'). Altach came into the game after a shot by Manfred Fischer, which went over the goal (18').

A header by Benedikt Zech after free kick by Stefan Nutz was too high as well (32'). Zech prevented a finish by Grünwald after a cross by Cristián Cuevas (35'). A first half with few highlights ended without any goals.

Mwila scored twice

Thomas Letsch brought Ewandro for Dominik Prokop. Patrick Pentz fended off a free-kick cross by Fischer (48'), on the other hand, Kobras saved from Kevin Friesenbichler after a nice pass by Grünwald (51'). Gebauer took on a flat corner-kick by Altach, Brian Mwila pushed the ball over the line - 1-0 (55').

The Viennese tried to equalize immediately, Alexander Grünwald failed after assist by Uroš Matić on Kobras (56'). Ewandro, who fought through on the left against Gebauer, also found his master in Altach’s goalkeeper. Christian Schoissengeyr scored the alleged equalizer after a corner-kick by Matić, but referee Christopher Jäger saw a foul (60').

Unfortunately, Ewandro was not able to use a great pass by Cuevas (62'). Grünwald narrowly missed a cross by Ewandro, the Brazilian brought much momentum to the violet game (66'). In the middle of Austria Wien’s best phase, Brian Mwila scored from a distance over Pentz, 2-0 for the hosts (68').

Thomas Letsch switched to a more offensive game with Venuto and Christoph Monschein for Thomas Ebner and Kevin Friesenbichler, but Altach’s growing defensive made it difficult for the ‘Violets’. Monschein missed a cross by Venuto (87'), a finish by Grünwald grazed past the pole (88').

A long shot by the captain went clearly over the goal (90'). Venuto scored in the 93^rd minute, but was standing in an offside position. Florian Klein had the last chance to score, but Kobras secured his goal (90'+5'). Austria Wien lost in Vorarlberg with 0-2.

CASHPOINT SCR Altach - FK Austria Wien 2:0 (0:0)

Altach: Kobras; Gebauer, Zech, Piesinger, Luckeneder, Schreiner; Fischer, Müller, Nutz (85. Mahop); Gatt (66. Meilinger), Mwila (75. Grbic)
Austria: Pentz; Klein, Igor, Schoissengeyr, Cuevas; Ebner (71. Venuto), Jeggo, Matić; Grünwald, Friesenbichler (74. Monschein), Prokop (46. Ewandro)

Tore: Mwila (55., 68.)

Gelbe Karten: Gebauer (50.), Gatt (64.); Grünwald (60.)

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