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Coach Dietmar Kühbauer’s team established itself as the first pursuer of the leader Red Bull Salzburg. Hütteldorfer (33 points) follow one point behind the defending champion (34). The third Puntigamer Sturm Graz (28) is already five points behind Rapidler, the fourth LASK (27) six points.
Srdan Grahovac gave the guests the lead in the 19th minute. After James Holland tied in the 21st minute, Christoph Knasmüllner scored the final score two minutes later, giving LASK their second defeat in the third game of the year.
Most dangerous guests from the start
The rapids were the most dangerous team from the start, despite injuries caused by the absence of Dejan Ljubicic, Maximilian Hofmann and Yusuf Demir. A hit from Knasmüllner was rightly denied for offside (3rd), LASK goalkeeper Alexander Schlager saved a header from Ercan Kara after a successful standard situation from Rapids with great difficulty (12th) and repelled another header from Kara after a corner kick to the bar (18.).
The strength of the green-whites when the balls were at rest, otherwise also a strength of the Austrian Highs, was also visible in the 19th minute. LASK could not free himself after a quick corner kick, Thorsten Schick made a pass crossed to the center and Grahovac’s shot was deflected by the Netherlands. Bosnian Grahovac wore the captain’s bow in the absence of Ljubicic.
The balance only lasts two minutes
The hitherto harmless LASK struck back two minutes later. Koya Kitagawa attacked poorly in the penalty area and gave the Netherlands the space they needed: the Australian’s shot was deflected significantly by Leo Greiml. But Rapid also found a quick response to a conceded goal, again from a standard: after a free kick from Schick, Greiml headed Knasmüllner, who only had to shoot from a short distance (23).
Before the break, LASK had only one shot from Hussein Balic, who was stopped by Rapid goalkeeper Richard Strebinger (40th). The first two offensive actions after the break belonged to Rapid again. Schlager defended himself from a shot by Kara on the outside post (51st) and was also there for a free kick from Mateo Barac (59th).
LASK’s final offensive remains unrewarded
As a result, LASK’s pressure increased, but there were no convincing scoring opportunities until the final whistle. He only got dangerous with long-range shots from Philipp Wiesinger (72nd) and Reinhold Ranftl (81st), as well as a chance from Dominik Reiter, who moved from a good position (86th). While Rapid celebrated their fourth consecutive league win, Upper Austria only scored four points in the last five rounds.
Typical Bundesliga, matchday 15
Sunday:
LASK – Fast 1: 2 (1: 2)
Pasching, Raiffeisen Arena, SR Altmann
Sequence of objectives:
0: 1 Grahovac (19th)
1: 1 Netherlands (21.)
1: 2 Knasmüllner (23.)
LASK: A. Schlager – Wiesinger, Trauner, Andrade – Ranftl, The Netherlands, Michorl (80./Madsen), Renner – Gruber (80./Reiter), Eggestein, Balic (62./Goiginger)
Fast: Strebinger – Stojkovic, Greiml, Barac – Schick, Grahovac, Petrovic, Ullmann – Knasmüllner (78./Ritzmaier), Kitagawa (59./Arase) – Kara (93./Schuster)
Yellow cards: none or Greiml
Best: Schlager, Holland or Strebinger, Grahovac, Kara
