False start for Austria: St. Pölten won the top game thanks to a dream goal

St. Pölten gets revenge against Austria

Accordingly, the Lower Austrians were looking for revenge in the Generali Arena. And this should succeed. In the end, St. Pölten prevailed 1-0 and inflicted Austria’s first defeat in the Bundesliga in 24 games.

After just seven minutes, the Lower Austrians knocked on the Violets’ goal for the first time. But Ebert’s shot rolled just past the far corner. Austria then had a great chance of taking the lead. Weiss was cleared in the penalty area, but failed due to the excellent reaction from St. Pölten goalkeeper Schlüter (10th).

Vago dream goal paves the way to victory

Just as Austria took control of the game, St. Pölten struck. Fanny Vago scored from 25 meters into the corner of the cross (19th). The Hungarian played for St. Pölten from 2015 to 2019 and was top scorer in the league four times in a row. There was hardly anything to be seen from Austria offensively in the first half, which was characterized by duels.

That shouldn’t change in the second half either. Austria controlled the ball and the game, but there was little success in front of the goal. Pfanner (56′) and Kirchberger (85′) both had the greatest chances to equalize with their heads.

Women’s Bundesliga: Start for Rapid

The Rapid Women landed in the Bundesliga as quickly as possible. It still took 923 days from the first training session to the premiere at the Hohe Warte: Vienna is asking the Hütteldorf women to take part in a small Viennese derby on Sunday from 3 p.m., which should be played at eye level.

“We want to present ourselves properly at the top in the first season,” says the managing director Steffen Hofmann who is responsible for the women – so: no relegation battle, but also no pressure towards the master group.

“I think it will be a tough fight,” says Katja Gürtler, who has been training the Rapid team for almost three years. After two seasons with an extremely high win rate, the promoted team will also have to get used to losing.