Altach wants to defeat Austria in the “prelude” to the European Cup duel that takes place a week later. If the Vorarlbergers, who are still undefeated in the qualification group, succeed on Tuesday evening (8:30 p.m.) over the Viennese, the right to win in the play-off semi-finals on July 8th. In the relegation battle, Mattersburg meet WSG Tirol and Admira meet St. Pölten.
At Austria, improvement was praised after the recent bankruptcy. “Vorarlberg is a beautiful federal state, but we want to travel there for the last time this season on Tuesday,” said Austria coach Christian Ilzer before the penultimate game of the qualifying group. The wish is also understandable in terms of statistics: Austria has not won seven games in Altach since October 2015. Five of them lost the violets, which are currently two meters ahead of Altach. The western Austrians also won the latest meeting.
The Altacher’s 2-0 away win three weeks ago drove Austria deep, after which the Viennese posted four wins in a row. They destroyed this run at the weekend with a desolate summer kick against St. Pölten (2: 5). Ilzer was not very pleased. “Our demeanor must be 180 degrees different than on Saturday, everyone is aware of that,” he said. Ilzer also stated that he himself did not see the game in Altach as a final for first place in the qualification group. The play-off will “have a completely different character,” said the Styrian.
The Admira and the SKN St. Pölten want to get rid of all relegation worries on Tuesday evening. If the Südstadters in their home game (8.30 p.m.) are dependent on a win in this regard, St. Pölten would stay for another season in the football upper house in the event of a draw. A scenario could arise that there will be collective Lower Austrian cheers in Maria Enzersdorf with the final whistle.
After the canter win at Austria, St. Pölten would not hurt a loss if WSG Tirol in Mattersburg lost. The “wolves” naturally did not want to get involved in such arithmetic games. “We have it in our own hands, that’s the nicest thing. We have two games. If we win one of them, we can start the next season with confidence, ”said striker Daniel Schütz.
Awarding the first match ball, the second match ball in front of the chest: SV Mattersburg wants to fix the relegation in the Bundesliga after the bitter home 1-2 against Admira on Tuesday (8.30 p.m.) against the bottom of the league WSG Tirol spare a relegation crime in the last round on Saturday. The Tyroleans want to leave the “Red Lantern” in Burgenland.
Mattersburg have a cushion of three points at the end of the table, but also the disadvantage of being ranked back in the qualification group if there is an equal number of points. The WSG would definitely go past if they won. Between the two teams there is also Admira, who has one point less than Mattersburg and who also plays host to the St. Pöltener, who is also involved in the relegation battle.
