Ried vs Lask Linz 2-4

Lask Linz won 5-1 at Josko Arena, pulling away after a first-half burst left Ried chasing the game. Christoph Lang opened the scoring in the 3rd minute and Lask never let go of the lead after that.

Lask were ahead again in the 32nd minute when Miguel Freckleton put through his own net, with Ried already 2-0 down. Ante Bajic pulled one back for Ried in the 37th minute from Stefan Schwab's assist, but João Victor Tornich restored Lask's two-goal cushion two minutes later from Sasa Kalajdzic's pass. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Lask made two changes in the 61st minute and two more in the 77th, and one of those changes paid off late on. Moses Usor, who came on in the 61st minute, scored in the 90th minute from Kasper Jorgensen's assist to make it 4-1, before Krystof Danek, who had come on in the 77th minute, sealed it three minutes into stoppage time after Ried had made two changes in the 81st minute, two more in the 88th minute and another in the 90th minute. Ried's only second-half chance on the scoresheet never arrived, and the final score stood at 5-1.

The numbers were close in possession, with Lask on 52% and Ried on 48%, but the visitors had more shots, 17 to 11, and twice as many on target, 6 to 3. They also had more passes, 476 to 441, while Ried had the edge in corners, 4 to 3. Lask's xG was 1.29 to Ried's 0.96, and Ried were caught offside twice while Lask were not offside at all.

Ried picked up one booking, with M. Despotović cautioned in the 14th minute. There were no red cards.