Within the last decade, RB Salzburg were the most dominant team in Austria and also qualified last season for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League campaign(the first time an Austrian side was able to do so since Austria Vienna in 2013/14). However, within the last two years, LASK Linz became a...
Last weekend the German Bundesliga celebrated it restart and fans around the globe were happy to see for the first time in weeks top-class football. In less than two weeks also the Austrian Bundesliga will return, and the plan is that we will get the last 10 matchdays of the...
In this video analysis, we explain Ralf Rangnick's philosophy and tactics during his Bundesliga time at TSG Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig. Our tactical analysis examines his preferred systems such as the 4-2-2-2 system and unveils how his pressing principles look like. Moreover, the German head coach is known for quick...
RB Salzburg are clearly the most dominant team in the Austrian Bundesliga with the likes of LASK Linz, Wolfsberger AC and Rapid Vienna being behind them. These are also the teams who represented Austria within the last couple of seasons in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europe League....
Ralf Rangnick is one of the most famous head coaches in German top-flight football. His work as a manager is seen as revolutionary, as Rangnick was one of the first coaches to adopt a back four system in the Bundesliga. Our tactical analysis will primarily focus on his roles at TSG Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig, as...
This is the last piece of my series in which I use data to find the best players of Austria in different positions. We already looked at the centre-backs, full-backs, defensive midfielders, offensive midfielders, and wingers. In this sixth and last data analysis of this series, the task will be...
While we looked in the other data analyses of this series already at the best centre-backs, full-backs, defensive midfielders, and offensive midfielders of Austria, today the wingers are the group we will take a more detailed look at by using data and statistics. We already found some interesting young talents...
Peter Zeidler, who is now the head coach at St. Gallen in Switzerland, and Gerhard Struber, who has been the head coach of Barnsley in the EFL Championship since, are the only two coaches who have worked at FC Liefering, the second team of RB Salzburg, in recent years. Oliver...
This is the fourth data analysis of my series in which I look at the best Austrian players in the respective positions. We already looked at the centre-backs, full-backs, and defensive midfielders. In this analysis, we will use data and statistics to find the best offensive midfielders of Austria. Within...
Mattersburg appointed at the start of the season 2019/20 Franz Ponweiser as their new manager, but the first season as head coach in Austria's top-flight was for the 44-years-old coach not that great. After the opening 22 games, Mattersburg have just 18 points and lost 14 matches. Furthermore, they just...
This will be the third piece of my series in which I use data to find the best Austrian players for several positions. In the last two articles, the topic was the back four as I looked at the centre-backs and full-backs respectively. In this data analysis, we’ll go further...
Last week the first data analysis of this series got published in which I looked at the most interesting Austrian centre-backs. In this week’s analysis, the task will be to use data and statistics to find the best full-backs of Austria. The number of talented Austrian full-backs grew within the...
Within the last two weeks, I wrote two data analyses for Total Football Analysis. The first one was about talents in Austria’s second division while the last one was on about all the Austrian centre-backs who are or could be relevant for the Austrian national team. Both times Johannes Handl...
Within the last couple of years, RB Salzburg made a name for themselves as they sold several talents to clubs across Europe. However, the most people just recognize or remember the offensive players like Takumi Minamino who joined Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool, Erling Haaland who moved to Borussia Dortmund or...
The 2019/20 season was/is clearly one of the best ones in the history of LASK Linz who, after the opening 22 games in the Austrian Bundesliga, sit in first position and have reached the round of the last 32 teams in the UEFA Europa League where they played just the...
Within the last couple of years, the Austrian Bundesliga became a place where young talents gained experience and developed their skills to then join clubs in the bigger European leagues, especially in the Bundesliga. But what many people do not know is that many players who leave Austria to continue...
Alexander Schlager of LASK Linz and Cican Stankovic of RB Salzburg are clearly the two best goalkeepers in the Austrian Bundesliga and also the best for the Austrian national team. Now, we have due to that, two interesting aspects. Firstly, the question is who is the number one in Austria’s...
Dejan Ljubicic appeared several times in the media in Austria this season, though not only because of his performances on the pitch. Everybody knew that he would join the MLS club Chicago Fire in this year’s January window and he even left the training camp of Rapid Vienna to meet...
RB Salzburg were in the last years clearly the dominant force in Austria as they won the Austrian Bundesliga every year since the season 2013/14 and were, in this season, in the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the history of the club. There, they showed great performances...
Shon Weissman is clearly in this season the shooting star of the Wolsfberger AC as he is currently the top goal scorer of the league with 22 goals. The team of the new head coach Ferdinand Feldhofer sit after the opening 22 games of the season in the comfortable fourth...
