3:0 – Austria defeats the WAC

Christoph Martschinko fell out because of muscular problems, Thomas Salamon celebrated his debut in 2017. Petar Filipovic came back and started in the internal defence alongside Lukas Rotpuller. Otherwise the winning-eleven of last week started.

Heimo Pfeifenberger offered three new players with Drescher, Palla and Prosenik for the starting line-up after the 1:1 against Admira.

Dominant “Violets” from the start

FK Austria Wien wanted their first home win in 2017, and that was felt from the beginning. Raphael Holzhauser opened the game with a direct free-kick from an acute angle, Kofler was able to clear (9'). After groundwork form Salamon, Alexander Grünwald made a beautiful pass to Larry Kayode, who also failed Kofler (9'). The guests from Carinthia were first represented in minute 12, but the counterattack over Orgill was defused by Osman Hadzikic. On the other side, Kayode set off for Grünwald but his shot was blocked by Drescher (17'). A long shot from Holzhauser went over the goal (21'), before the former ”Violet” Mario Leitgeb messed up the best chance until then after a mistake by Hadzikic (22'). The “Violets” scored like in Ried after a wonderful counterattack, after assist from Grünwald, Michael Sollbauer, pressed by Venuto, shot the ball into his own goal - 1:0 (34').

Even though in the lead FK Austria Wien did not slack, a good shot from Holzhauser which Kofler fished out of the corner (40'). Petar Filipovic headed against the bar after a cross from Jens Stryger Larsen (44'). The WAC was once again dangerous after a corner with Rnic, but Venuto cleared the ball on the line and with the high-earned 1:0 lead the half-time break started.

WAC overrun in the second half

The almost 6000 spectators in the Ernst Happel stadium witnessed a furious beginning of the second half by the “Violets”. Alexander Kofler had to put up his skills after shots from Grünwald (50'), Stryger Larsen (53') and Felipe Pires (54'). The last parade led to another corner to which Raphael Holzhauser stepped up. Rnic extended the cross to Alexander Grünwald, who scored the 2-0 with a header (54'), already the 8th goal for the midfielder.

Heimo Pfeifenberger tried to bring new life to his team with a triple change, but FK Austria Wien further dominated the game. Hadzikic made the save after WAC’s only chance by Standfest (73'). Larry Kayode missed the chance for the 3-0, but a few minutes later the Neo-National player scored: Kayode caught a pass from WAC, pushed by Rnic, and finally defeated Kofler - 3:0, the game was finally decided (81').

The “Violets” finished the game confidently, a shot from Larsen Sollbauer turned over the bar (85'). In the final three minutes, Thorsten Fink gave Michael Blauensteiner his Bundesliga debut.

FK Austria Wien - RZ Pellets WAC 3:0 (1:0)

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