Felix Luckeneder 2019/20 – scout report

Hartberg were ahead of this season among the teams which many experts and fans expected to be part of the relegation group and probably even in the actual fight against relegation. But they were able to qualify for the championship group of the Austrian Bundesliga after the opening 22 games. In this group, they were able to show some good performances against the other five best teams of Austria and finished in the fifth position to enter the play-off final which they won against Austria Vienna.

Therefore, they are now qualified for the qualification of the UEFA Europa League for the first time in the history of the club. The coach Markus Schopp (who was during the season linked with AC Milan due to his good work) was able to create a team which would fit his tactics and Felix Luckeneder is one of the central men for Hartberg.

In this tactical analysis in the form of a scout report, we will look at the strengths and weaknesses of Luckeneder and explain his role in the tactics of Hartberg. Also, we will discuss in the last section if he will be able to play next season at LASK Linz as he will return there this summer after his loan at Hartberg.

Data analysis

Before we look at his abilities by discussing in-game situations, we take a look at his statistics and make a quick data analysis to see where his strengths and weaknesses are and how they get visible in the data.

At first, we look at his statistics for defensive duels since this is one of the central actions for a central defender. Throughout this first section, I took only centre-backs from the Austrian Bundesliga who played in this season at least 500 minutes. Luckeneder and his two teammates Michael Huber and Thomas Rotter are in the graphs blue.

We can see in the first graph above that Luckeneder is neither a centre-back who is permanently looking to get into a defensive duel nor is he that strong in these duels. On the other hand, his two teammates are involved in more duels and additionally have a higher success rate.

Next, the statistics for progressive passes per 90 minutes and progressive runs per 90 minutes are visualised in the following graph.