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LIVE starting at 5 p.m.: Hartberg hosts SV Ried

The Hartberg fans celebrated their 3–2 home victory over SV Ried.(Bild: GEPA)

It has been 25 years since SV Ried last left Hartberg with a win. After the 2-3 loss, the Upper Austrians will have to keep waiting.

The match couldn’t have started any better for the hosts in front of 2,481 fans. Lukas Malicsek slid into Youba Diarra with force while clearing the ball in the penalty area, resulting in a penalty kick that Hoffmann confidently converted. The Innviertel side’s response wasn’t long in coming. Liverpool loanee Armin Pecsi could only briefly parry a shot by Nasrawe; the ball landed at the feet of Samuel Chukwudi, who tapped it into the empty net (11th minute). However, it would prove to be the Innviertler’s only clear-cut chance before halftime.

Hoffmann’s First Two Goals of the Season
The hosts were slightly more active and also more dangerous. A header by Hoffmann off a Diarra cross was still too weak (30'). Eight minutes later, however, the striker scored his second goal at the end of a spectacular play. Diarra played the ball into the path of Fabian Wilfinger, who had previously fought hard to win possession, and Wilfinger crossed it into the middle, where Hoffmann once again demonstrated his goal-scoring prowess. These were his first two goals of the season.

After the restart, the Styrians focused on protecting their lead, while Ried had more possession and came close to equalizing with a long-range shot by Maart (61'). The equalizer came shortly afterward following a missed double chance by Hartberger, Hoffmann, and Angelo Gattermayer. Nasrawe found Evan Eghosa Aisowieren with a shot, and Aisowieren slotted the ball precisely into the corner with his heel (64'). Schopp responded with a double substitution and made a shrewd move. Magnus Dalpiaz and Karner were involved in setting up the 3–2 goal; the latter finished perfectly with his first touch after a pass from Kainz.

After that, the hosts held on for the win; on the counterattack, they were actually closer to scoring a fourth goal than the visitors were to tying the game at 3–3. Following the 2-1 win in Altach, which wasn’t sealed until the very end, the TSV picked up another three points. Hartberg has yet to lose to Ried at home in league play. The Upper Austrians were unable to build on their 1-0 win against GAK.

Bundesliga (Round 5): 

TSV Hartberg – SV Ried 3–2 (2–1) 
Hartberg, Profertil Arena, 2,481 spectators, Referee Talic.

Goals: 1–0 (6') Hoffmann (penalty) 1–1 (11') Chukwudi 2–1 (38') Hoffmann 2–2 (64') Aisowieren 3–2 (71') Karner 

Hartberg: Pecsi – Wilfinger, Schopp, Komposch – Gattermayer (78' Drew), Diarra (66' Karner), Markus, Kainz (88' Feldhofer), Pfeifer (88' Coulibaly) – Hoffmann, Lukic (66. Dalpiaz)

Ried: Leitner – Malicsek (76' Rossdorfer), Chukwudi, Steurer, Sorg (46' Pomer) – Schwab (76' Rasner), Maart – Bajic, Nasrawe (76' Lund Jensen), Aisowieren – Sissoko (83' Kusanovic)

Yellow cards: Diarra and Malicsek, Sissoko