Which face does Salzburg show against LASK?

In Salzburg, the house blessing is crooked. Immediately after the lucky 3:3 at home against Austria Wien last weekend, the club management gathered in the dressing room, sports director Christoph Freund gave an incendiary speech to sharpen the senses. The champions increased the lead in the table to four points due to the defeat of Sturm Graz at LASK (1:2), but the performances have not been really convincing for a long time.

Coach Matthias Jaissle called for “a different face” of his team against a “very, very good LASK”: “They play extremely courageous and attacking football and try to put the opponent under pressure early on. They will certainly try to do the same with us.” The win against Sturm Graz shows that “they can stand up to and beat top teams”.

Compensation in stoppage time

The record speaks clearly for Salzburg, which has remained unbeaten in the last ten Bundesliga duels with Linz (eight wins, two draws), but another warning signal should be the memory of the last home game against LASK: defenders saved in October last year Oumar Solet only saved the home side from defeat in the last minute of added time, thus maintaining the run of 38 unbeaten home games in the league. Jaissle prefers to remember the most recent meeting about a month ago. “We showed a very good game in Linz and we want to continue that,” said the 35-year-old German after the 2-0 win.

Stojkovic is suspended

“Our goal is to take something with us,” said LASK trainer Dietmar Kühbauer. “For that you need a top performance in Salzburg, a high level of physical presence and the courage to play forward. If all the players, from the starting XI to the bench, have a really good day, something is possible.” He won’t be there suspended defender Filip Stojkovic and injured Philipp Wiesinger and Thomas Goiginger.