Sturm Graz vs Red Bull Salzburg 3-4

Red Bull Salzburg won 4-3 at Stadion Graz-Liebenau after Jesper Lindstrom scored in the 74th minute. Sturm Graz came from behind twice, but Salzburg kept finding a way through despite going down to 10 men in the first half.

Salzburg opened the scoring on 5 minutes when Haris Tabaković finished Bartosz Mazurek’s assist to make it 1-0. Sturm levelled on 14 minutes through Oumar Diakité, with Jurgen Heil setting it up, and the goal was confirmed by VAR a minute later. Diakité then scored again on 18 minutes, this time from Jon Gorenc Stanković’s pass, to put Sturm 2-1 ahead, but Salzburg drew level again on 29 minutes through Leandro Morgalla, assisted by Mazurek. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Salzburg were reduced to 10 men on 32 minutes when Danny Röhl was sent off, yet they still regained the lead on 67 minutes through Damir Redzic, set up by Yorbe Vertessen, who had come on in the 59th minute. Sturm answered again on 70 minutes when Stanković made it 3-3 from Arjan Malić’s assist, but Lindstrom restored Salzburg’s lead four minutes later from Abubakr Barry’s pass. Sturm made two changes on 78 minutes, while Salzburg made two on 85 minutes, and the visitors saw out the final spell after that.

The statistics backed the tight scoreline. Salzburg had 55% of the ball and 400 passes to Sturm’s 327, and they also edged shots 13 to 12 and xG 2.13 to 1.03. Both sides had five shots on target, while Sturm had one corner to Salzburg’s two. Sturm committed 10 fouls to Salzburg’s 17, and Salzburg were caught offside three times to Sturm’s five.

Danny Röhl was sent off in the 32nd minute, while Soumaila Diabate, Haris Tabaković and Umut Deger Tohumcu were booked. Sturm’s only yellow card went to Arjan Malić on 75 minutes.