Bundesliga: Salzburg starts against fearful opponents

Tipico Bundesliga, round 23

Start 5 p.m .:

Salzburg – Sturm Graz

Red Bull Arena, SR Weinberger

Possible setups:

Salzburg: Stankovic – Kristensen, Ramalho, Wöber, Ulmer – E. Mwepu, Bernede, Junuzovic, Aaronson – Daka, Berisha

Sturm: Siebenhandl – Nemeth, Wüthrich, Geyrhofer – Hierländer, Ljubic, Gorenc-Stankovic, Kiteishvili, Dante – Friesenbichler, Jantscher

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In addition to Daka, the two Germans Mergim Berisha and Karim Adeyemi are fighting for playing time. “Karim is on a very good path for me,” Marsch praised his exceptional talent. “He’s ready for the next eleven great games.” In addition to the league final sprint, the “Bulls” will also face the cup final against LASK on May 1st, who, after sharing the points, will be third in the championship group, five points behind.

Marsch identifies a need for improvement

Sturm follows another two points behind in fourth. In the two previous league duels (1: 3 and 1: 2) with the Grazers, the attention was not good enough, said Marsch. “We lost too many second balls, too many duels. And we weren’t ready for standard situations. “That shouldn’t be the case in the master class, assured veteran Zlatko Junuzovic:” Now you can win titles, we are greedy for titles. “

In the championship in the calendar year 2021, Salzburg have only given points against Sturm. Three league victories against Salzburg in one season have not yet been achieved by any team in the Red Bull era (since 2005). “We already have an order, that would be almost perfect,” said Sturm coach Christian Ilzer. Salzburg is still the dominant team in the league. “We are aware of the opponents we are facing and what we have to do.”

“Salzburg can also be defeated”

The people of Graz have already made use of the “Favor of the Hour” (Ilzer) twice. “We have seen that if you have a top performance in all areas, Salzburg can also be beaten,” said the Sturm coach. “We are going to Salzburg with the intention of not being too passive, not too inactive.”

Right-back Jusuf Gazibegovic is not on the bus. The Bosnian came back from the U21 national team. The feared ligament rupture was not confirmed in an MR examination, but Ilzer could switch his system to a three-way defense chain because of the failure. There is also a question mark behind the use of Kelvin Yeboah because of toe problems.

Ilzer is looking forward to the championship group, in which Sturm recently dropped one place – in the previous year to sixth. “Realistically speaking, four to six are within our reach,” was Ilzer’s forecast. “If we want to get on the podium, we have to deliver exceptionally.” A point win with the Salzburg team, who recently celebrated five home wins in a row, would be a start. Sturm is unbeaten for four rounds, played at WSG Tirol (1: 1) and Admira (0: 0) but only draws and is six away without a win.

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