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Dor Hugi (11th / penalty, 22nd), Lukas Grozurek (37th) and Christoph Halper (93rd) scored the invited goals with surprising success. A double by Dejan Joveljic (15th, 48th) was not enough for the WAC.
The match started with more possession for the Carinthians, who went on the counterattack in the eleventh minute. Daniel Schütz was brought down by Sven Sprangler and Hugi used the penalty (11th). The tie was already established four minutes later. SKN goalkeeper Christoph Riegler threw a cross from Christopher Wernitznig, Joveljic only had to head from a short distance.
St. Pölten defeated WAC
SKN St. Pölten show their strong form against WAC. Those from Lower Austria celebrate a 4-2 away win.
Six goals and a happy ending for Lower Austria
Hugi made a great appearance in the 22nd minute: the Israeli made Dominik Baumgartner and Wernitznig look bad and succeeded with a remarkable shot in the far corner. A little later, the offensive player was replaced by a cut to his ankle, but his substitute also proved to be spot on: Grozurek headed a cross from Peter Pokorny. (37.).
The Wolfsbergers, who were disappointing in the first half, came out of the booth as if they had transformed and cut back in the 48th minute. After a successful combination across multiple stations and a final pass from Michael Liendl, Joveljic pressed. After that there was an urgent phase of the local population with partially torrential rain, but this did not bring anything. After a good hour, St. Pölten caught up with him and almost made the preliminary decision in the 66th minute, but Jonathan Scherzer blocked a shot from Grozurek off the line.
The WAC was dangerous until the final whistle only with a header from Mario Leitgeb, who barely missed the goal (77), and conceded the fourth goal of a counterattack on Halper’s 93 after excellent preparatory work by Robert Ljubicic.
Coach Ferdinand Feldhofer’s team is now entering the three-week league break with just three points from four rounds. To make matters worse, the Wolfsbergers also had three injuries to complain about: Michael Novak was injured before the game started, Sprangler had to be replaced shortly before half-time and goalkeeper Manuel Kuttin was left in the locker room at half-time.
Voices for the game:
Ferdinand Feldhofer (WAC coach): “Basically, I was not dissatisfied with the performance. We just weren’t uncompromising in the duels in the decisive actions. We made it too easy for our opponents. We tried everything, the second part was excellent. The opponent did very well. We would have had enough opportunities, but we did not take them. The defense was not good. Defense starts from the beginning. We better go counter pressure, we didn’t do that. Michael Novak was injured during the warm-up, then Sven Sprangler and also the goalkeeper. Everything went well today. “
Robert Ibertsberger (St. Pölten coach): “I am very happy with the victory. Not many people thought we could score four goals in WAC. In the second half, it took us a bit of time to switch to the five-man chain to maintain the lead. Then you saw the heart of the fighter in the team, that unconditional will to take home the trio. In the first game against Sturm Graz we missed the efficiency, now we are on a very good path and we have become precise. Goal difference after four rounds looks very good. Now we have to keep going, keep working hard. It’s a lot of fun right now. But I know very well that things can go quickly in the other direction. Therefore, we all remain humble. “
Typical Bundesliga, fourth round
Saturday:
WAC – St. Pölten 2: 4 (1: 3
Wolfsberg, Lavanttal-Arena, 2,500 spectators, SR Gishamer
Sequence of objectives:
0: 1 (11.) Hugi (Penalty)
1: 1 (15) Joveljic
1: 2 (22.) Hugi
1: 3 (37.) Grozurek
2: 3 (48.) Joveljic
2: 4 (93.) Halper
WAC: Kuttin (46 ° Soldo) – Wernitznig, Baumgartner, Lochoshvili, Scherzer – Taferner, Leitgeb, Liendl, Sprangler (41 ° Peretz) – Joveljic (71 ° Schmerböck), Vizinger (71 ° Dieng)
St. Pölten: Riegler – Blauensteiner, Muhamedbegovic (77 ° Drescher), Maranda, Schulz – Schütz (77 ° Halper), Pokorny, R. Ljubicic – Davies (61 ° Steinwender), Schmidt, Hugi (31 ° Grozurek)
Yellow cards: Joveljic, Sprangler or Muhamedbegovic, Halper, Riegler
The best: Joveljic, Liendl, Lochoshvili and Hugi, R. Ljubicic, Maranda
