TSV Hartberg vs Austria Lustenau 4-3

TSV Hartberg beat Austria Lustenau 4-3 at Profertil Arena in a match that swung back and forth before Marco Hoffmann’s third goal on 86 minutes put the home side back in front for good. Dominik Weixelbraun’s stoppage-time reply made it nervous at the end, but Hartberg held on.

Hartberg opened the scoring in the 8th minute when Hoffmann finished from Angelo Gattermayer’s assist. Austria Lustenau levelled on 11 minutes through Albin Gashi, set up by Danilo Soares, and went 2-1 up before the break when Weixelbraun struck in the 43rd minute. Hartberg were 1-2 down at half-time.

Hoffmann equalised on 55 minutes for his second of the match, before Hartberg turned it around again two minutes later through Nikolaus Feldhofer. Hartberg then made two changes on 59 minutes and another two on 70, while Austria Lustenau made five changes on 69 minutes. One of those was Pius Grabher, who was booked on 72 minutes. Hoffmann sealed the home side’s fourth on 86 minutes from Andrija Radulovic’s assist, and Weixelbraun’s second of the match, from Dion Kacuri, arrived three minutes into stoppage time to leave it 4-3.

The numbers backed Hartberg’s edge in a game they had 56% of the ball, 492 passes to 379, 18 shots to 15 and 12 on target to 6. They also posted 3.73 expected goals to 1.37, while Austria Lustenau made more saves, 8 to 3, and Hartberg had the slight edge in corners, 5-4. Hartberg were caught offside 5 times, compared with 1 for Austria Lustenau, and the fouls count finished 9-11.

Austria Lustenau received the only booking, with Pius Grabher cautioned on 72 minutes. There were no red cards.