Racy game
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Rapid remain hot on the heels of Bundesliga leaders Sturm Graz. The Hütteldorfer narrowly won 2-1 against TSV Hartberg at the end of the 10th round on Sunday, leaving them just one point behind the defending champions.
The Styrians conceded their first defeat after three wins in their fourth game under coach Manfred Schmid. As a result, they dropped to eighth place in the table, ten points behind first place.
Bischof benefits from Diarra blackout
In a thrilling match in front of 19,500 spectators at the Allianz Stadium, Hütteldorf only managed to convert their superiority into a goal from Dion Beljo (15th) before the break. The visitors' quick equalizer from Tobias Kainz (21) was flattering. The Styrians were the better team after the break, but came away empty-handed as "joker" Noah Bischof (85) scored thanks to a Diarra blackout. For Rapid, the third competitive win in a row was an ideal dress rehearsal for Thursday's home clash with FC Noah in the Conference League. Hartberg lost again after seven unbeaten competitive games.
There was only one surprise for the Rapid team in terms of personnel, and that was due to injury. Instead of Louis Schaub, who suffered a slight concussion in the final training session on Saturday, Christoph Lang was once again allowed to try his hand at starting on the wing. As in the 2nd half against WAC, Benjamin Markus came into the Hartberg team for Justin Omoregie, who had injured his thigh.
The visitors were put under considerable pressure right from the start, with rolling attacks towards the TSV goal in the early stages. After less than two minutes, Guido Burgstaller narrowly failed to finish from close range after a Beljo pass. Three minutes later, the ball fizzed into the net. However, Matthias Seidl's goal was disallowed due to a previous foul by Beljo on Fabian Wilfinger.
Beljo (8'), Mamadou Sangare (10') and Burgstaller (12') missed good chances. The spell was broken almost exactly a quarter of an hour later. After a misplaced pass from TSV captain Jürgen Heil, the Viennese switched gears quickly and this time Beljo finished off a perfect pass from Lang with a cool finish. The Styrians responded immediately with their first successful attacking move. At the end of a fine combination, Patrik Mijic rebounded to Kainz, who gave Niklas Hedl no chance.
Otherwise, another Rapid goal was in the air, which Raphael Sallinger prevented with saves from Beljo (28') and Burgstaller (31'). After the restart, the TSV goalkeeper had to show his skills again in the next duel with Burgstaller (49'), but the character of the game was different. The Styrians were much braver and the team that was able to make more of an impact in attack.
Exciting scene involving Hedl
Mijic failed to get a header on target from the best position (52'). It was a very close call in the 61st minute, when Hedl was able to save an Avdijaj header in extremis. According to the TV pictures, the ball was probably not completely behind the line. The ÖFB team substitute goalkeeper also saved an Avdijaj shot brilliantly and was lucky that Mijic did not score the follow-up shot (72'). Shortly before his substitution, Avdijaj also put a free-kick from just outside the penalty area next to the goal (77').
The lack of efficiency took its revenge. Burgstaller intercepted a completely unnecessary header return from Youba Diarra in the direction of Sallinger, fired a powerful shot against the crossbar and provided the ideal assist for Bischof, who became the match-winner with a tap-in. Rapid thus gained revenge for the two home defeats against Hartberg last season. They have now not lost in nine consecutive matches.
SK Rapid - TSV Hartberg 2:1 (1:1)
Vienna, Allianz Stadium, 19,500 spectators, refereed by Jäger
Goals: 1:0 (15.) Beljo, 1:1 (21.) Kainz, 2:1 (85.) Bischof
Rapid: N. Hedl - Bolla, Cvetkovic, Raux-Yao, Auer - Lang (70. Bischof), Sangare, Lu. Grgic (70. Kaygin), M. Seidl (93. Hofmann) - Burgstaller, Beljo (86. Wurmbrand)
Hartberg: Sallinger - Heil (87. Demir), Wilfinger, Komposch, Pfeifer - Kainz (87. Hoffmann), Markus, Diarra - Prokop, Mijic (75. Fillafer), Avdijaj (79. Amadin)
Yellow cards: Cvetkovic, Bischof, Burgstaller or Komposch, Heil, Markus, Diarra, Demir
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