RB Salzburg lost in the first 16 games of this Austrian Bundesliga season no game and won 12 of them. Last week they just drew against Admira Wacker 1:1. However, their hunter LASK Linz lost last weekend against Rapid Vienna and due to that ahead of this week’s game they were still in the first position with two points ahead of Linz.
On the other side, WSG Tirol lost their last game against Sturm Graz 1:5 and are currently in a bad 10th position with just 12 points out of the first 16 league games. Only Admira Wacker and Mattersburg have fewer points at this stage of the season.
Considering this, it seemed to be an easy game for Salzburg, but since on Tuesday they would face Liverpool at home in the Champions League in the deciding game of the group stage, this was somehow the rehearsal for this big game.
In this tactical analysis, we’ll look at both teams’ tactics and how Salzburg was able to beat Tirol 5:1.
Lineups
Jesse Marsch chose a 3-1-4-2 formation with Cican Stankovic in goal. The back three consisted of André Ramalho, Jérôme Onguéné and Maximilian Wöber. The 19-years-old Mohamed Camara was the only defensive midfielder while the wing-backs were the Austrian captain Andreas Ulmer and Rasmus Kristensen. Takumi Minamino and Masaya Okugawa were the offensive midfielders while Patson Daka and Erling Haaland were the strikers. Dominik Szoboszlai and Zlatko Junuzović were on the bench and didn’t come on as Marsch gave them a break ahead of the important game against Liverpool.
On the other side, Thomas Silberberger lined his team up in a 5-4-1 formation which already told how defensive they would act during these 90 minutes. The captain Ferdinand Oswald was between the sticks. The back five consisted of Felix Adjei, Stefan Hager, Sandro Neurauter, David Gugganig and Sebastian Santin. Michael Svoboda and Lukas Grgic were the central midfielders while the wings were occupied by Benjamin Pranter and Florian Rieder. The 19-years-old Kelvin Yeboah was the lone man up front.
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