Lustenau got off to a good start, Innsbruck misses the start of spring
League leaders Austria Lustenau came out of the winter break with a 2-1 home win over Lafnitz, Wacker Innsbruck lost 2-3 in Kapfenberg.
Cheerful mood in Lustenau.
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Austria Lustenau has successfully started the spring season of the 2nd division. Vorarlberg won SV Lafnitz 2-1 on Saturday and thus extend their lead at the top of the table to six points over pursuers FC Liefering, who are not eligible for promotion. The “young bulls” will only be in action in St. Pölten on Sunday. Fourth Amstetten was also able to score fully, having had no trouble at home 4-0 against relegation candidate Dornbirn.
Wacker Innsbruck, on the other hand, messed up the first game in 2022, conceding a 2: 3 defeat in Kapfenberg the day after the announcement of the new financier Thomas Kienle. The league announced on Saturday that the game Blau-Weiss Linz vs Vorwarts Steyr, which was postponed on Friday due to a technical problem with the floodlights, should now take place on Monday evening (8:25 p.m.).
Amstetten handles Dornbirn
In the Lustenau Reichshofstadion, Muhammed-Cham Saracevic became the match winner. The 21-year-old ex-Admiran put his team ahead in the 13th minute after a perfect pass from Hakim Guenouche. Immediately after the restart, the ÖFB-U21 team player dusted after an aluminum hit by Michael Cheukoua (50th) and now has nine goals this season. With Christoph Halper (88th), the Styrians only managed to make a cosmetic result late on.
There was also a double goal scorer in Amstetten, there it was Philipp Schellnegger (18th, 49th). The other goals in a one-sided game were scored by Peter Tschnernegg (40’/penalty) and Stefan Urlaub (44′). The Lower Austrians have won seven of the youngest eight parties. For Innsbruck, goals from Ronivaldo (41st) and Dennis Grote (45th + 1) were not enough to count, because on the other side Mario Grgic (1st), Matthias Puschl (5th) and Meletios Miskovic (69th) Traffic.