Draw in the Ländle

Altach vs. Austria – LIVE from 5pm

No winner in the Ländle(Bild: GEPA pictures)

The Bundesliga duel between SCR Altach and Vienna Austria ended in a 1:1 (1:1) draw on Sunday. Andreas Gruber headed the visitors into the lead in the 18th minute, Paul Koller equalized eight minutes later. The points split does not really help either team in the table - the "Veilchen" are fifth after five rounds, while the Vorarlberg side are one point behind in seventh. 

Austria played the finer game from the start, while Altach countered with fighting spirit. Nevertheless, it was 1:0 for the Viennese soon after kick-off - a cross from Matteo Vinlöf Perez was headed in by Gruber. The Violets then had everything under control, but conceded the equalizer practically out of nowhere. A throw-in from Mohamed Ouedraogo was extended by Lukas Gugganig with his head and Koller headed in to make it 1:1.

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Austria continued to set the tone, but missed several good opportunities to regain the lead. After an impressive combination, Abubakr Barry played in Nik Prelec, but the striker failed to beat Altach goalkeeper Dejan Stojanovic (31'). In the 40th minute, a Dominik Fitz lob flew just over the crossbar, and a minute later Lucas Galvao missed the target with a long-range shot. In first-half stoppage time, the Brazilian defender was shown a yellow card after a headbutt against Gugganig.

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The second 45 minutes began with several chances for both sides. Altach's Sandro Ingolitsch shot over from close range after an assist from Sofian Bahloul (46'), and an attempt from Gustavo Santos also missed the target (49'). In the 55th minute, Santos ran alone towards Samuel Sahin-Radlinger, but the Austria goalkeeper remained the winner.

Austria fail to get a penalty
Austria struggled with close misses from Fitz (48') and Prelec (63') as well as with referee Markus Hameter and the VAR. There was no penalty, although Mike-Steven Bähre had clearly taken the ball with his arm in the penalty area (68). In the final phase, the 5,276 spectators saw a tense game with the home side having the advantage, but neither team managed to score the "lucky punch".

SCR Altach - FK Austria Wien 1:1 (1:1)
Altach, Cashpoint Arena, 5,276, SR Hameter

Goals: 0:1 (18) Gruber, 1:1 (26) Koller
Yellow cards: L. Gugganig, Demaku, Standfest (coach) or Galvao, Barry, Fischer, Vinlöf, Malone

Altach: Stojanovic - Estrada, L. Gugganig, Koller - Ingolitsch, Bähre, Demaku (67. Jäger), Ouedraogo - Strunz (67. Fadinger), Santos, Bahloul (73. Kronberger)
Austria: Sahin-Radlinger - Ranftl, Dragovic, Galvao, Perez Vinlöf - Fischer, Barry (76. Wels) - Gruber (72. Cristiano), Fitz, Malone - Prelec