Confident away victory in Ried

After the defeat against Altach Thorsten Fink made personnel and two position changes in his starting formation. Tarkan Serbest returned to his position in the deep-lying midfield, Abdul Kadiri Mohammed replaced the injured Petar Filipovic in the central defence. Lukas Rotpuller was back on his feet in time, but the team had to go without Ismael Tajouri-Shradi due to an adductor injury.

The last of the leagues table Ried separated from Coach Christian Benbennek, Lassaad Chabbi took the helm. In his first Bundesliga game the Tunisian, who came from Austria Lustenau, changed the starting eleven on three positions. Hart on the right in the back-four, Prada-Vega in the defensive midfield as well as Ademi as the solo-striker were new in the team.

FK Austria Wien scored before the break!

A very aggressive SV Ried made life difficult for the “Violets” in the beginning, the home team started with three corners in the first three minutes. The last one led to their first goal chance: Honsak extended the corner from Chessa to Prada, who put the ball past the goal (3'). A cross from Prada barely missed the free-standing Elsneg (10'). The “Violets” made their first threat during minute 18 when Christoph Martschinko made a counterattack over Venuto. Gebauer saved to a corner.

Thus the Viennese had survived the strong initial phase of the Vikings. Alexander Grünwald was fouled by Ziegl 30 meters in front of the goal, Raphael Holzhauser sank the free-kick beautifully to the lead for the “Violets” (24').

After that FK Austria Wien paced themselves, Ried came to some minor goal chances. Kadiri cleared well against Ademi (34'), Walch's shot was harmless (35'). Özdemir fired a free-kick from the edge of the box over Hadzikic’s goal (37'). The “Violets” lurked on counter attacks. A shot from Alex Grünwald landed with Felipe Pires, who sidestepped Özdemir and Larry Kayode extended the Brazilian's shot: 2-0 (44'). A curler from Venuto, prepared by Pires, went over the goal (45' + 1') - the first goals before the half-time whistle since October 2016 provided for a pleasant break.

Venuto put the result beyond doubt

SV Ried did not surrender yet: Martschinko cleared a good shot from Walch just before the line (47'), a volley from Elsneg after a cross from Honsak landed next to the goal (51'). However another perfect counterattack by the “Violets” ended SV Ried’s hopes: Venuto secured the ball in his own half against Hart and concluded himself after excellent build-up work by Grünwald and Pires - 0:3 (58').

Lukas Rotpuller made way for Alexandar Borkovic, probably a precaution from Thorsten Fink. Over and over again SV Ried made their own lives harder, with the loss of the ball in the forward movement. After ground-work from Holzhauser Grünwald and Pires missed the goal (70', 71'). Even after a strong free-kick from Alexander Grünwald, Gebauer did not have to intervene (73'). Honsak shot a volley from a promising position but missed (78'), on the other side Gebauer saved shots from Pires (84') and Grünwald (90' + 4'). Kevin Friesenbichler and Marko Kvasina came into the game during the final minutes, but the result did not change anymore.

For SV Ried it was the 6th defeat in a row, FK Austria Vienna came closer to Altach, second on the league table.

SV Guntamatic Ried - FK Austria Wien 0:3 (0:2)

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