3 – 1
“Amar Haïdara strikes inside four minutes to give Liepāja a shock lead, silencing the home crowd and raising early nerves.”
“Jonas Feddersen restores parity for Austria Wien with a left-footed finish from a corner, capitalising on Liepāja's numerical disadvantage.”
Pivotal“Kelvin Boateng puts Austria Wien ahead with a right-footed strike, turning the match decisively in the hosts' favour after sustained pressure.”
Pivotal“Reinhold Ranftl wraps up the victory with Austria Wien's third goal, assisted by substitute Manfred Fischer, ensuring a comfortable finish to the tie.”
Austria Wien
Liepāja
Outstanding performance
Austria Wien•MidfielderAustria Wien completed a dominant aggregate victory over Liepāja, winning 3-1 on the night and 5-1 across the two legs, though the second leg was far from straightforward early on. Liepāja drew first blood through Amar Haïdara inside four minutes, threatening a nervy evening at the Generali Arena, but the tie turned on its head almost immediately when Marvin Martins was shown a red card for a professional foul in the eighth minute, reducing the visitors to ten men. Austria Wien capitalised swiftly — Jonas Feddersen levelled from a corner around the quarter-hour mark before Kelvin Boateng put the hosts ahead with a right-footed finish in the 29th minute. Reinhold Ranftl, assisted by substitute Manfred Fischer, added a third in the 66th minute to seal the tie. The statistics told the full story of Austrian dominance: 66 percent possession, 17 shots to Liepāja's 10, five big chances created against one, and 492 passes completed at 88 percent accuracy. Despite missing four big chances, Austria Wien's control was never seriously threatened after Martins' dismissal, and they progress to the next round of the Europa Conference League with considerable authority.
Bart Straalman takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Shot from Johannes Eggestein with his right foot, but it's saved.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Hasan Deshishku is on, and Julian Hettwer is off.
Lauris Lakutis is on, and Danila Patijcuks is off.
Afonso Leite is substituted off for Amar Haidara.
Valentin Toifl attempts a header but misses the shot.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Goal! Reinhold Ranftl scores to make it 3-1, assisted by Manfred Fischer.
Goal! The score is now 3-1.
Joseph Ede takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Jonas Feddersen takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Julian Hettwer takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Johannes Eggestein comes on for Kelvin Boateng.
Corner awarded.
Manfred Fischer is substituted off for Lee Kang Hee.
Corner awarded.
Ibrahim Buhari takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Amar Haidara takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Kyvon Leidsman is substituted for Abiodun Ogunniyi.
Substitution: Johannes Handl comes on for Florian Wustinger.
Matteo Schablas takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
First half ends with a score of 2-1.
Abiodun Ogunniyi takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Kelvin Boateng takes a left-footed shot but misses.
On comes Andriy Korobenko, off goes Vjaceslavs Isajevs.
Shot from Kelvin Boateng with his right foot is saved.
Matteo Schablas takes a left-footed shot, but it is saved.
Vasilije Markovic takes a left-footed shot, but it is saved.
Ilja Korotkov is on, and Ekou Rodolphe is off.
Yellow card issued.
Vjaceslavs Isajevs takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Bart Straalman takes a shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Kelvin BoatengShot from Kelvin Boateng with his right foot results in a goal.
Corner awarded.
Kelvin Boateng takes a shot with his right foot and scores.
Vasilije Markovic takes a shot with his right foot, but it's saved.
Goal! The score is now 2-1.
Corner awarded.
Vjaceslavs Isajevs takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Shot! Jonas Feddersen scores with a left-footed shot.
Goal! Jonas Feddersen scores, making it 1-1.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Marvin MartinsRed CardMarvin Martins Santos receives a red card.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Amar HaïdaraShot! Amar Haidara scores with a left-footed shot.
Goal! The score is now 0-1.
Kick-off! The referee is Luca Zufferli.
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