0:3 Home Defeat for Austria Wien Against RB Salzburg

Salzburg shot away their European Cup frustration at Wiener Austria. Three days after the sobering home defeat against Ferencvaros, the "Bulls" celebrated a 3-0 (2-0) victory on Sunday in the highlight of the 11th Bundesliga round in front of 14,479 spectators in Favoriten. This allowed the football vice-champion to catch up with league leader Sturm Graz in points.

Sota Kitano (8th) and Kerim Alajbegovic (16th) ensured clear conditions early on. Tim Trummer sealed the decision (56th). The still fifth-placed Austria could not match the efficient performances of recent weeks. The negative streak against Salzburg continued: In the duel with the former league leader, the "Violets" have been waiting for a full success for over seven years.

Austria Wien prolongs negative streak against Salzburg

Stephan Helm was forced to change the Violets' lineup. Instead of Sanel Saljic, who was injured in the ankle, Manprit Sarkaria started. It was different for Salzburg, after the disappointing European Cup performance, there were four changes. The changes promptly bore fruit.

The newly rotated Kitano into the starting eleven nutmegged Austria keeper Samuel Sahin-Radlinger after a failed clearance attempt by Dejan Radonjic and once again gave the "Bulls" an early lead at the distribution circle. For the third time in a row, Salzburg scored the 1-0 at Austria within the first eight minutes. Subsequently, the Violets tried to fight their way into the game, but a shot by Johannes Eggestein was too central (13th).

Shortly thereafter, the next violet setback. Alajbegovic hammered the ball unstoppably into the far corner. Austria appeared to be trying hard afterwards, but lacked any efficiency and penetration in the final third. A direct shot by Manfred Fischer missed the target (29th), and a harmless long-range shot by the Austria captain was secured by ÖFB team goalie Alexander Schlager on the second attempt (31st).

Counter brought decision

Austria came out of the dressing room with a lot of pressure. Salzburg waited for counterattacks - with success. The substitute at halftime, Tim Trummer, completed the quick, direct transition play with a chip over Radlinger. With his Bundesliga debut goal, the 19-year-old provided the preliminary decision. Even a triple substitution by Austria could not turn the game around.

The Violets did not create any notable scoring chances until the final whistle and suffered their heaviest Bundesliga defeat since the 0-4 against WAC in May 2024.

(APA/Red)

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