Red Bull Salzburg vs Austria Lustenau 5-1

Red Bull Salzburg beat Austria Lustenau 5-1 after racing into a three-goal lead by half-time and adding two more after the break. Austria Lustenau briefly reduced the gap, but Salzburg had already done enough to settle it.

Yorbe Vertessen opened the scoring in the 12th minute from Frans Kratzig’s pass, and Kratzig then made it 2-0 himself in the 27th minute after Abubakr Barry’s assist. Tim Drexler added the third on 35 minutes, set up by Vertessen, and Salzburg went in 3-0 up.

Salzburg made two changes on 45 minutes and two more on 55, while Austria Lustenau also made two changes at the interval and two more on 61 minutes. Robin Voisine turned the ball into his own net on 68 minutes to make it 3-1, before Abubakr Barry restored the three-goal cushion in the 82nd minute from Edmund Baidoo’s assist. Albin Gashi pulled one back for Austria Lustenau in the first minute of stoppage time, with Alieu Conateh providing the pass after coming on in the 45th minute, but VAR then ruled out a goal for Dominik Weixelbraun in the third minute of stoppage time.

The numbers backed Salzburg’s control. They had 66% of the ball, 600 passes to Austria Lustenau’s 308, and 31 shots to 11, with 10 on target to five. Salzburg also finished with 15 corners to five and an expected goals figure of 4.41 to 1.31.

Salzburg collected two yellow cards, for Abubakr Barry in the 5th minute and Yorbe Vertessen in the 10th. Austria Lustenau had one booking, with Dion Kacuri cautioned in the 51st minute. There were no red cards.