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Austria Vienna defeats Grazer AK in a hard-fought match at the Merkur Arena
Austria Vienna secured a victory against Grazer AK with a 2-1 scoreline in a thrilling match of the Austrian Bundesliga’s 20th round. Played on March 1st, 2025, at the Merkur Arena in Graz, the game saw Austria Vienna dominate possession and create more chances, though Grazer AK fought until the very end.
An offside goal disallowed for Barry in the 16th minute stopped Austria Vienna’s initial momentum. However, the visitors took the lead with a penalty converted by Fitz in the 55th minute. Malone extended the advantage in the 62nd minute with an open-play goal. Grazer AK, which accumulated four yellow cards in the first hour (Lichtenberger, Satin, and Graf), pulled one back in added time with a goal from Cipot in the 90th minute, but it was not enough to prevent defeat. The final score was 2-1 in favor of Austria Vienna. Markus Hameter officiated the match. Despite multiple cautions for Grazer AK, no player from either team was sent off. Statistics reflected Austria Vienna’s dominance, holding 64% possession compared to Grazer AK’s 36%.
Substitutions austria vienna: at minute 68 H. Guenouche came in and M. Perez Vinlof went out., at minute 68 A. Gruber came in and A. Barry went out., at minute 81 M. Potzmann came in and M. Malone went out., at minute 81 M. Raguz came in and N. Prelec went out., at minute 89 M. Wels came in and M. Fischer went out.
Substitutions grazer ak: at minute 68 L. Kleinheisler came in and M. Perchtold went out., at minute 76 T. Cipot came in and C. Lichtenberger went out., at minute 84 M. Gantschnig came in and A. Tikvic went out., at minute 84 T. Revelant came in and P. Filipovic went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Grazer AK
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