Blau-Weiß Linz 0-3 Grazer AK result, stats and report

Grazer AK ended the match with ten men and their goalkeeper as their best player, holding out a Wolfsberger AC side that hit the woodwork three times and failed to convert a dominant display into a single goal.

A 45th-minute penalty converted by Ried settled a contest that Grazer AK, for all their possession and attacking intent, simply could not find a way to score in. The result leaves GAK bottom of the Austrian Bundesliga with a goal difference of minus eleven.

SK Rapid produced one of the most one-sided performances you will see all season, dismantling Grazer AK 8-0 in a display of total, ruthless dominance. This was not a football match. This was a mauling.

Grazer AK host Salzburg on Saturday having conceded 13 goals in their last five Austrian Bundesliga matches. Salzburg arrive with four wins from five and goals flowing freely.

Grazer AK have been quietly building one of the division's most reliable home records, but Austria Wien arrive in Graz having kept clean sheets in over 40 per cent of their away matches this season. Something has to give on Saturday evening.

Rheindorf Altach host a Grazer AK side that has conceded 13 goals in four league games this season, and the head-to-head record suggests the hosts know exactly how to exploit them.

Grazer AK welcome Wolfsberger AC to Graz on Saturday 29 August in an Austrian Bundesliga fixture that pits one of the division's most reliable home sides against visitors who have struggled to carry their best form on the road.

Rafael Mbeki delivers his matchday assessment of Ried versus Grazer AK in the Austrian Bundesliga. Two teams desperate for points, a home fortress that tells one story and an away record that tells quite another.