Game of fate: Forward needs victory at Rapid

SK BMD Forward Steyr still has eight games to avert the threat of relegation from the 2nd division. One of the most important is on the program today, Friday, from 6:10 p.m. in Hütteldorf: The red-whites should finally be able to beat the second team of the green-whites after two recent 2-2 draws and a 2-5 home defeat in direct duels get another win. A defeat would increase the gap to the Viennese, who are in 13th place, to six points.

“It would be good if we could draw level with Rapid with a win,” says coach Daniel Madlener, “but every game is important for us now.” Above all, it shouldn’t be forgotten that his eleven have a game less and with one Home win in the supplementary derby against Amstetten would draw level with Rapid and Sturm II in terms of points.

It would have been good for his team if they had had the derby as a preparation, but Madlener is still convinced of the possibilities of his team. With Murat Satin he has a very important man available again in midfield, but he has to do without the suspended Alem Pasic. He had scored one of the two Steyr goals in the most recent duel with Rapid. Madlener: “Of course his absence hurts, but we have players who can take over his role, such as Alberto Prada.”

The second goal scorer in the 2-2 win against Rapid at the start of the season, Gerhard Dombaxi, will also not appear in the starting line-up of the Reds and Whites. The strong David Bumberger is currently in his position. “He brings an extreme dynamic that we need. And with Dombaxi as a joker, I can bring an additional impulse into play at any time, which will be very valuable.”