Victory for the Linz team

LIVE from 14:30: Klagenfurt hosts LASK

LASK left Klagenfurt with three more points in the bag.

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LASK have once again moved closer to a place in the championship group of the Bundesliga. Thanks to a 2:1 win at Austria Klagenfurt on Sunday, the Upper Austrians are one point ahead of seventh-placed city rivals Blau-Weiß with two rounds to go. The Carinthians remain ninth, six points ahead of bottom-placed Altach. After the hosts took the lead through Solomon Bonnah (3rd), Valon Berisha (14th) and Maximilian Entrup turned things around.

LASK thus continued their winning streak against Klagenfurt Austria. The Linzers remained unbeaten in all 23 competitive matches against the Carinthians, including the regional league, coming away victorious 18 times and scoring at least one goal in each of these games. Markus Schopp's side also have three wins and two draws from their first five competitive matches this calendar year and inflicted their first defeat of the spring on Klagenfurt.

LASK quickly equalized the deficit
The match had started perfectly for the home side. After a strong lateral move by Martin Hinteregger, Bonnah apparently wanted to cross to the middle, but the ball sank into the net behind LASK goalkeeper Tobias Lawal. LASK were not deterred by the early goal, took the initiative and equalized just eleven minutes later. Berisha shot from the edge of the penalty area with his weaker left foot, and this time the ball was on target.

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The Upper Austrians then proved to be the more active and dangerous team. Samuel Adeniran was denied by Klagenfurt goalkeeper Simon Spari, and Philipp Ziereis headed wide from the resulting corner (28'). A short time later, Entrup also missed the target (33). Peter Pacult's team only became dangerous again after the break when Ben Bobzien marched into the penalty area but then missed the far corner (51').

Nevertheless, LASK were still in control in the second half and their reward was the winning goal by Entrup. Instead of waiting, Thorsten Mahrer decided to make a tackle on Adeniran - and promptly slid into space. The US striker unselfishly rolled up for Entrup and the Viennese did not miss the opportunity. For a long time after that, LASK were a little closer to scoring a third goal than Klagenfurt were to equalizing, but there were no more really compelling chances - until the 87th minute, when David Tosevski shot just wide from a few metres out.