Category: Austrian Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga

Mattersburg 2019/20: Their defensive tactics and issues – scout report

Mattersburg appointed at the start of the season 2019/20 Franz Ponweiser as their new manager, but the first season as head coach…

April 17, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Finding the best defensive midfielders of Austria – data analysis

This will be the third piece of my series in which I use data to find the best Austrian players for several…

April 13, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Finding the best full-backs of Austria – data analysis

Last week the first data analysis of this series got published in which I looked at the most interesting Austrian centre-backs. In…

April 8, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Johannes Handl 2019/20 – scout report

Within the last two weeks, I wrote two data analyses for Total Football Analysis. The first one was about talents in Austria’s…

April 6, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Austria 2019/20: Finding the best centre-backs – data analysis

Within the last couple of years, RB Salzburg made a name for themselves as they sold several talents to clubs across Europe.…

April 6, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Gernot Trauner 2019/20 – scout report

The 2019/20 season was/is clearly one of the best ones in the history of LASK Linz who, after the opening 22 games…

March 31, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Austria’s Second Division 2019/20: Scouting young talents – data analysis

Within the last couple of years, the Austrian Bundesliga became a place where young talents gained experience and developed their skills to…

March 27, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga 2019/20: Comparison of Alexander Schlager and Cican Stankovic – scout report

Alexander Schlager of LASK Linz and Cican Stankovic of RB Salzburg are clearly the two best goalkeepers in the Austrian Bundesliga and…

March 25, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Dejan Ljubicic 2019/20 – scout report

Dejan Ljubicic appeared several times in the media in Austria this season, though not only because of his performances on the pitch.…

March 24, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga 2019/20: Using data to find a new left-back for RB Salzburg – data analysis

RB Salzburg were in the last years clearly the dominant force in Austria as they won the Austrian Bundesliga every year since…

March 20, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Romano Schmid 2019/20 – scout report

Shon Weissman is clearly in this season the shooting star of the Wolsfberger AC as he is currently the top goal scorer…

March 20, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Kiril Despodov 2019/20 – scout report

Sturm Graz had until to this point an average season as they sit in the fifth position with 32 points out of…

March 18, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

WSG Tirol 2019/20: Their improvement after the winter break – scout report

From July to December the first season of WSG Tirol in the Austrian Bundesliga wasn’t really enjoyable for them. They collected just…

March 16, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

RB Salzburg 2019/20: Why they fail to replace Rasmus Kristensen – scout report

RB Salzburg currently sit in the second position of the Austrian Bundesliga behind LASK Linz. This is quite unusual for them as…

March 13, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Luca Meisl 2019/20 – scout report

While we’ve had a number of midfielders and attackers in the Austrian Bundesliga make a name for themselves after their departure to…

March 13, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Dominik Fitz 2019/20 – scout report

Austria Vienna‘s season after the opening 22 games has been horrible. They sit seventh after the first 22 matches in the Austrian…

March 9, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga 2019/20: Sturm Graz vs Austria Vienna – tactical analysis

Ahead of this match, Austria Vienna sat in the seventh position with 23 points while Hartberg were with six points in front…

March 2, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga 2019/20: Austria Vienna vs RB Salzburg – tactical analysis

The 2012/13 season was the last time a team than RB Salzburg had won the Austrian Bundesliga as Austria Vienna under their…

February 25, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Enock Mwepu 2019/20 – scout report

Red Bull Salzburg work based on one of the best systems in modern football and, as the part of bigger Red Bull…

February 21, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga 2019/20: RB Salzburg vs LASK Linz – tactical analysis

The clash between RB Salzburg and LASK Linz was one of the best matches of the Austrian Bundesliga this season as Salzburg…

February 17, 2020