Another one! Second 3-1 win against Austria Vienna

After the break, it was full throttle again: Kjaergaard (48') and Alajbegovic (49') immediately tested the opposition with good shots, while Schlager made a fine save from a Viennese header (50'). The crossbar denied us a third goal in the 52nd minute when Kjaergaard, after a Konate rebound, hit the woodwork from close range.

The game remained fast-paced and open, and a disallowed Kjaergaard goal due to a handball by Vertessen in the build-up caused further tension (74'). Austria Vienna ultimately got the goal we were looking for as Sahin-Radlinger inadvertently turned a backpass from Plavotic into his own net (76'), making it 3-1. Krätzig had a go in the 78th minute, unleashing a powerful shot that struck the top corner of the goal frame bouncing just in front of the goal line.

We were closer to making it 4-1 than our opponents were to scoring a consolation goal, and in the end, our Red Bulls secured a well-deserved and important home victory to beat Austria Vienna for the second time in four days. Three big points in the title race are in the bag. Our next match follows this Sunday – away against Rapid!

Statements

It's not a given in a league this tight, and it's a good sign to have picked up six points within just a few days. There were periods when we were on top and shorter ones when Austria were. All in all, we were the deserved winners over the 90 minutes! It's clear that these results are good for us. However, we shouldn't make the mistake of becoming complacent – ​​we need to continue in exactly this way on Sunday!

Daniel Beichler

Ever since Sladdi [Junuzovic] arrived, he's told me before every game, "today's the day." It happened today, which is fantastic! We played really well for long stretches, but then got a bit nervous after one or two situations. Our third goal sealed the result, and we deserved to win!

Jannik Schuster

Match summary

Line-ups & substitutions

**FC Red Bull Salzburg:**Schlager – Trummer, Schuster, Drexler, Krätzig (80. Terzic) – Bidstrup ©, Kitano, Kjaergaard (87. Diabate) – Vertessen (80. Aguilar), Konate (73. Onisiwo), Alajbegovic (73. Yeo)

FK Austria Vienna: Sahin-Radlinger – Handl (59. Plavotic), Dragovic, Wiesinger – Ranftl, Maybach (59. Wustinger), Fischer ©, T. Lee (80. Schablas) – Markovic (59. Saljic), K. Lee – Boateng (82. Kante)

Referee: Harald Lechner

**Goals:**Vertessen (16'), Schuster (22'), Sahin-Radlinger (76' o.g.) - Ranftl (34')

Yellow cards: Kjaergaard (6./Foul), Alajbegovic (72./Foul) - Maybach (41./Foul), K. Lee (78./Foul), Plavotic (90./Foul)

Attendance: 7,154

Injury news

• Not available were Takumu Kawamura (knee), Oliver Lukic (back) and Justin Omoregie (shoulder). Stefan Lainer was suspended.