2nd League

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Kelvin Boateng had a great day against Amstetten and scored three goals.

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SV Ried and Vienna won their two key games in the 2nd Football League on Friday and closed the gap on league leaders Admira. Ried defended second place with a 3:0 (0:0) at home against Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz, while Vienna celebrated a 3:1 away win in Amstetten thanks to a triple pack from Kelvin Boateng. Admira host FC Liefering on Saturday (2.30pm) and can restore their lead of five and six points respectively.

Rieder got off to a powerful start in snowy conditions in the Innviertel, but Bregenz became stronger and dangerous after around 20 minutes. Ried goalkeeper Andreas Leitner made a good save to keep out a shot from Lars Nussbaumer (26'). Shortly after the break, however, the promotion hopefuls made everything clear with nine efficient minutes.

An own goal from Florian Prirsch, who unfortunately deflected a header from Michael Sollbauer, put the home side on the road to victory (47'). After goalkeeper Franco Flückiger had made a huge mistake in the build-up to the game, Wilfried Eza scored to make it 2:0 (53') and Ante Bajic (56') gave Rieder a third goal shortly afterwards.

Three goals from Boateng
Both teams went into the game in Amstetten with winning streaks, but thanks to Boateng, Vienna's streak held. The 24-year-old put the Viennese side ahead in the 5th minute and, after Charles-Jesaja Herrmann equalized (6th) following a scramble shortly before the break, added two more goals for Vienna. Firstly, he had an easy game after Bumbic's cross (40'), and after Amstetten lost the ball in their own penalty area, Boateng was again in the right place, reacted quickly and celebrated his tenth goal of the season to take the lead in the scoring charts.

SK Rapid II conceded a 1-0 home defeat against SKN St. Pölten and are now without a win in five games. Winfred Amoah took advantage of coordination problems in the green and white defense to score the decisive goal (59'). St. Pölten were short-handed from the 72nd minute onwards after Christoph Messerer was shown a yellow card, but were not denied their fifth successive away win.

Sturm win derby: Kiedl's triple pack
Sturm Graz II won the Styrian derby 4:0 at SV Lafnitz. The outstanding player on the pitch was Peter Kiedl with three goals. First, he converted a penalty (19th) and then, just before the break, he scored again after a wonderful assist from Jacob Hödl (45.+1). In the 68th minute, Lafnitz defender Florian Freissegger found his way into his own goal, and a totally unsuccessful clearance by the Lafnitz goalkeeper finally allowed Kiedl to score goal number three (87').

ASK Voitsberg celebrated their third win of the season with a 4:0 (2:0) in Floridsdorf at FAC and moved three points clear of the bottom of the table. Philipp Zuna (7th) and Kevin-Prince Milla (35th), son of Cameroon legend Roger Milla, put the promoted team 2:0 ahead with a lob. After the break, Julian Halwachs (58) and Dominik Kirnbauer (81) added two headers from a corner kick.