“Nikki Havenaar powered home a header to give Rapid the lead after a period of sustained pressure that saw shots blocked from both Ante Bajic and Oliver Steurer in the build-up.”
Pivotal“Romeo Amane drew Ried level, capitalising on the fresh energy injected by the wave of substitutions to pull the hosts back into a match that had looked beyond them.”
Pivotal“Joris Boguo completed Ried's stunning turnaround just two minutes after the equaliser, striking to make it 2-1 and send the home side in front for the first time — a lead they would not relinquish.”
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Outstanding performance
Ried•DefenderRied produced a stunning two-goal burst in the final quarter to overturn Rapid's lead and claim a vital three points. Rapid had looked the more composed side for much of the contest, controlling 54% of possession, creating four big chances, and going ahead through a Benjamin Garcia goal on 14 minutes that appeared to set them on course for a comfortable win. But they squandered all three of those big chances — a damning statistic that would come back to haunt them. Ried, despite managing just three shots on target compared to Rapid's five, were ruthlessly efficient when it mattered. A wave of second-half substitutions shifted the momentum decisively in the 71st minute, and within four minutes Romeo Amane had equalised before Joris Boguo struck the winner. For Ried, sitting in the relegation zone at 18th, this result is potentially season-defining — three points that keep their survival hopes alive. For Rapid, it is a chastening collapse, with their wastefulness in front of goal proving the story of the night.
How entertaining was this match?
Furkan DemirYellow CardFurkan Demir receives a yellow card.
Joris BoguoShot from Joris Boguo with a header results in a goal.
Shot on goal! Amane Romeo scores with a left-footed shot.
Kingstone Mutandwa takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Ercan Kara takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Ercan Kara takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Kingstone Mutandwa takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Joris Boguo takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Ante Bajic takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Moegamat Yusuf Maart takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Ercan Kara takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Ante Bajic takes a right-footed shot but misses.
The first half ends with a score of 1-0.
Moegamat Yusuf Maart takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Amane Romeo takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Nicolas Bajlicz takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Nikki Havenaar's header is blocked.
Petter Nosa Dahl's right-footed shot is blocked.
Philipp Pomer's left-footed shot is blocked.
assist: Yussef Nasrawe
Goal! Nikki Havenaar scores to make it 1-0.
Nikki Havenaar scores with a header.
Oliver Steurer's right-footed shot is blocked.
Ante Bajic's left-footed shot is blocked.
Matthias Seidl's right-footed shot is saved.
Kingstone Mutandwa takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Petter Nosa Dahl takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Nicolas BajliczYellow CardNicolas Bajlicz receives a yellow card.
Petter Nosa Dahl takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Oliver Steurer's header is blocked.
SV Ried host SK Rapid in a Friday night Austrian Bundesliga clash loaded with recent cup drama. Ried humiliated Rapid 3-0 in the cup just months ago, and with a five-game head-to-head run producing no draws, this derby promises edge-to-edge intensity. Rapid arrive with European ambitions still flickering, but Ried's home form and psychological edge make this far from a formality.
