Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Ried 1st with 65 points, First Vienna 5th with 49, 16 apart. The last five rounds placed First Vienna no better than 15th for form, against 5th in the standings. Per game in the league, Ried were scoring 1.97 and conceding 0.77, First Vienna 1.63 and 1.47, against a competition average of 1.48 goals per team per game.
Ried entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for Ried, 4/15 for First Vienna.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ried 3, draws 0, First Vienna 1, at 4 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue was Keine Sorgen Arena in Steyr, with room for 6,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Ried: Michael Sollbauer (60') · First Vienna: Bernhard Luxbacher (89')