Commanding home win
LIVE from 5pm: FK Austria host SCR Altach
3:0 gala against Altach! Vienna's Austria went into the winter break on Sunday with their eighth Bundesliga win in a row.
Dominik Fitz (12th/manual penalty), Reinhold Ranftl (64th) and Nik Prelec (75th) ensured the eighth championship success in a row for the "Veilchen", cementing second place five points ahead of Rapid. They are still three points off leaders Sturm Graz. Altach go into the new year at the bottom of the table, two points behind GAK.
In front of just under 12,000 spectators, Austria took command from the start but struggled to create chances. The redeeming 1:0 was scored thanks to a VAR intervention: Maurice Malone brought the ball to the middle and Paul Koller was unfortunate enough to have the ball bounce off his hand. Video assistant Manuel Schüttengruber called referee Alexander Harkam to the screen, the decision was a penalty kick, and Fitz confidently converted into the corner of the net.
VAR decision
In the 32nd minute, the hosts were already celebrating the supposed 2:0 after a free-kick cross from Fitz and a header from Philipp Wiesinger under the crossbar. However, this time the Harkam/Schüttengruber team took the goal back because Wiesinger had inadvertently stepped on Pascal Estrada's foot and brought him down.
While Abubakr Barry shot over the crossbar from a good distance (43'), Altach had nothing to offer for a long time, with the exception of a shot on the outside of the net by Dijon Kameri (29') - until stoppage time in the first half. First, Luca Kronberger failed to beat Austria goalkeeper Samuel Sahin-Radlinger with a weak finish, and seconds later Vesel Demaku missed from a few meters out.
Austria make everything clear
However, it was only to be a brief flash in the pan for the visitors, as Austria continued to dictate proceedings in the second half. Ranftl, who had damaged his teeth in a collision with Lukas Fadinger in the first half, finally made things clear. The winger took a powerful shot from the edge of the sixteen, Altach goalkeeper Dejan Stojanovic touched the ball but was unable to prevent the goal.
In the 67th minute, things could have got tense again when Kameri failed to beat Radlinger from close range. At the other end, substitute Prelec did better, giving Stojanovic no chance with a low shot from the penalty area. Altach have now gone 13 rounds without a win.
FK Austria Vienna - SCR Altach 3:0 (1:0)
Vienna, Generali Arena,
11.953, SR Harkam
Goals:
1:0 (13.) Fitz (handball penalty)
2:0 (64.) Ranftl
3:0 (76.) Prelec
Austria: Sahin-Radlinger - Handl (80. Martins), Dragovic, Wiesinger - Ranftl, Barry (72. Wustinger), Fischer, Perez Vinlöf (59. Guenouche) - Fitz - Gruber (59. Prelec), Malone (81. Raguz)
Altach: Stojanovic - Estrada, L. Gugganig (83. Milojevic), Koller - S. Ingolitsch, Demaku (83. Bähre), Kaiba (72. Jäger), Fadinger (63. Strunz), Ouedraogo - Kronberger (63. Gebauer), Kameri
Yellow cards: Dragovic, Raguz or Estrada, Koller, Demaku, Kaiba, Kronberger
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