24th round in Austria’s Bundesliga: Wolfsberger AC welcomes SCR Altach in the qualifying group. We report live (see ticker below). It’s currently 0-0.
Here is the LIVE TICKER: The SCR Altach traveled to Wolfsberg with a clear goal in mind. In the duel in the Bundesliga qualifying group, the Vorarlbergers want to get three points at the WAC on Saturday and sooner or later overtake the Lavanttalers. Altach has been unbeaten in three games, WAC has not suffered a defeat in two games – however, all of these games ended in a draw. There has also been no winner in the two games of the season so far. The WAC is currently second behind Austria in the qualifying group and is six points ahead of third place Altach. “We have made it very clear that we want to overtake one of the two teams in front of us by the end of the season. “That’s why we can only go to Wolfsberg with the goal of winning there,” said Altach coach Joachim Standfest, verbalizing his plan. And that despite the fact that the last victory to date was a long time ago. In the Ländle derby on December 5th, the Schnabelholz team celebrated a 3-0 win against Austria Lustenau. Steadfastly blocked “I think we can go into the final rounds with a very good feeling. The performances in the regular season and also in the game against Austria were very appealing,” said Standfest. However, the Styrian has a red card as a souvenir from the 1-1 draw against the Violets, which now largely forces him to do nothing. The team is only allowed to coach in the locker room until half an hour before the start of the match. “They’ll have a place for me in the stands somewhere,” he said with a smile. His anger with the referee has now faded away. The WAC has recently won two 1-1 draws in a row, one of which came less than three weeks ago in Wolfsberg against Altach. Before that it was 0-0 after 90 minutes in Altach in October. Even against the WSG there was not enough success before the international break. “The boys were very self-critical and dissatisfied after the game against WSG Tirol. I really liked that and shows that they are hungry,” said WAC coach Manfred Schmid. “We now want to show a different face than in the last two games – we can do it better, but we have to show it now.” In addition to Standfest, defender Lukas Gugganig is also suspended for the Altach team. After his international match debut for Burkina Faso, Mohamed Ouedraogo will have to wait and see how he copes with the strain of travel. Incidentally, the team drove to Wolfsberg on Maundy Thursday to avoid travel on Good Friday. “It’s not pleasant to sit on a bus for nine or nine and a half hours, then you lie down and then have to perform your best the next day,” emphasized Standfest. The WAC has to suspend left-footer Jonathan Scherzer because of a yellow card suspension.
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