Austria Vienna overtakes Sturm Graz and conquered the lead!

Austria Vienna overtakes Sturm Graz and conquered the lead!

In an exciting duel of the 28th round of the master group of the Admiral Bundesliga, Austria Vienna won 1-0 against Sturm Graz. With this victory, the team takes over the top of the table and pulls four rounds with Sturm Graz in the championship before the end, but is the top priority due to the direct duel. laola1 reports of the decisive moments in this encounter, the excitement and drama was shaped.

The game started promising for Austria Vienna when Wüthrich missed a great chance from five meters in the 10th minute. Malone also had a good opportunity in the 16th minute with a lifter over goalkeeper Scherpen, but the ball landed over the crossbar. The first half took a turn when Böving saw the red card in the 30th minute after hit Ranftl in his back. The second half started behavior, with Horvat testing the goalkeeper Sahin-Radlinger with a shot in the 56th minute, but did not cause any problems for the keeper.

drama in the second half

in the 65th minute Wüthrich hit the bar with a header, which further tightened the tense situation. In the 66th minute, Grgic also had to get off the pitch after a collision with Dragovic with yellow-red, which made Austria Vienna in double outnumbered. Despite this outnumbered situation, the team managed to win the game for themselves. In the 80th minute, Prelec scored the decisive 1-0 after goalkeeper Scherpen could not catch a corner.

In the final phase, Ranftl saw the yellow-red card outside of the field, while Wüthrich in the 90th+1. Minute awarded the best chance to equalize for Sturm Graz. Shortly before the final whistle, Beganovic achieved the supposed compensation in July 90. Minute, but this was not recognized due to a foul. Austria Vienna defended the result and after this victory can be optimistic about the remaining games.

table position and outlook

Aktuell leads the table in front of SK Sturm, which further increases the pressure on the competition. With their performance and the current form, they seem to be well prepared for the remaining challenges in this exciting season of the Admiral Bundesliga. Further statistics and current information on the Bundesliga are on kicker.at