Only one victory looked out of the last five competition games, coach Dietmar Kühbauer recently reacted visibly annoyed to criticism, and the players praised improvement. Maximilian Hofmann, for example, said: “We want to end the year with a three. If we can do that, we will still have played a good first half of the season. “
The central defender, however, warned of the, in his opinion, significantly improved Südstadters. “They are more difficult to play, especially in their stadium, as you saw against Salzburg (note: 1-0 for Admira). But if we believe in ourselves again and bring our quality to the field, I am absolutely convinced that we will leave the field as winners, ”said Hofmann.
Tipico Bundesliga, 12th round
Start 5 p.m .:
Admire – Rapid
BSFZ Arena
Possible setups:
Admire: Leitner – Aiwu, Malicsek, Rath – Hausjell, Tomic, Kerschbaum, Hjulmand, Auer – Hoffer, Breunig
Rapid: Gartler – Greiml, Hofmann, Barac – Schick, Grahovac, Ritzmaier, Ullmann – Demir, Kara, Fountas
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Admira has to take advantage of opportunities
The green-whites won the last eight trials of strength with Admira, but that doesn’t stop their coach Damir Buric from being optimistic. “We’ll get our chances this time too. We have to use this, ”said the Croat.
Buric showed understanding for the latest break-in by the Hütteldorfer. “At the beginning of the season the Viennese played very good games, so everyone could see how strong this team is. The dense program has left its mark, however, and in the end it seemed as if they were going to run out of air a little. So you have to assess their performance in the last few games correctly, ”said the coach, whose team left the field as losers in six of the last seven rounds.
Sturm aim for fifth victory in a row
In contrast to Rapid, Puntigamer Sturm Graz’s previous games were extremely satisfactory. “The last few weeks were really good in terms of results, there is nothing to complain about,” said Sturm coach Christian Ilzer, whose team will meet spusu SKN St. Pölten at the beginning of the second half of the season.
In the last game of the year, third in the table is looking for a fifth league win in a row. “We want to round off this good series with a home win,” said Ilzer. Since the zero number in September, the Graz defense has found its way. The Styrians have already played six times to zero, according to the club that means a club record in this phase.
Sturm wants to continue the successful streak
Sturm Graz hopes to continue the successful run in the last Bundesliga round. Against St. Pölten, the Graz team want to confirm once again that they have the best defense in the league.
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Warning of dangerous St. Pölten
However, Sturm does not want to be satisfied with this. “I don’t even let the thought of vacation come in because the most important thing is that we still perform well on Saturday,” said Ilzer and once again demanded full concentration from his team.