Second Division – Round 19

SKN St. Pölten record a 3:1 win against KSV!

The celebrations in St. Pölten(Bild: GEPA)

SKN St. Pölten has moved up to fourth place in the 2nd League!

Thanks to their 3-1 home win against mid-table Kapfenberg on Friday, the Lower Austrians overtook Rapid II. The young Rapid players suffered their heaviest defeat of the season, losing 3-0 in Voitsberg (10th). Neither Stripfing nor Lafnitz can get off the mark after a 1-1 draw in the basement battle. Austria Lustenau (11th) scored their first goal of the spring in a 1-0 win over second-bottom Horn, securing their first home win since May.

Stripfing misses out on third win of the season
Nico Gorzel (69th) scored the winning goal at Lustenau's alternative home ground in Bregenz. In Vienna's Favoriten district, Moritz Wels (58th) almost celebrated the same feat. However, his Stripfinger team missed out on their third win of the season when Lafnitz equalized in the 92nd minute. Mickael Dosso headed home a cross to put the bottom-of-the-table team, still two points behind Stripfing, over the line.

Not much happened in the 2nd division stadiums at first. The first goal of the four 6 p.m. games was not scored until injury time in the first half in St. Pölten. Claudy M'Buyi, who went on to score twice, converted a handball penalty (45+2). After Luca Hassler equalized (68'), Dario Naamo put the "Wolves," now unbeaten in seven games, back in front (73'). M'Buyi sealed the final score (92') after Thomas Maier missed a great chance to equalize for KSV (85'). Voitsberg's Philipp Zuna also scored twice (50th minute/penalty, 56th minute).

Admira extends lead at the top of the table
Meanwhile, leaders Admira were able to extend their lead over Ried, at least for the time being. After a 3-2 home win over Schwarz Weiß Bregenz, the southerners are now four points ahead of the Innviertler, who face Liefering on Sunday. Admira took the lead through Daniel Nussbaumer after a poorly defended free kick (41'), with Deni Alar adding another from the penalty spot (73').

"Joker" Jan Stefanon made the match exciting again in a turbulent final phase (83'), before Reinhard Young, who had also come on as a substitute, sealed the deal (86'). Stefanon struck again (89'), but the Vorarlberg team was unable to equalize. Admira is now unbeaten in eight games and has lost only once in the last 17 rounds.