Grazer AK 4-0 WSG Tirol result, stats and report

WSG Tirol produced a ruthless second-half display to dismantle Austria Lustenau 4-0 on Friday evening, with Lustenau's ten-man capitulation after half-time telling you everything you need to know about their standards right now.

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.

WSG Tirol came to Vienna, competed harder than their hosts, and left with three points. Austria Wien had the ball, the shots, and the chances. They got nothing.

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.

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.

SK Rapid sit top of the Austrian Bundesliga with a maximum nine points from three games, but Friday evening's visit of a WSG Tirol side without an away win in five attempts offers more than a routine home fixture. The patterns underneath the surface of this match tell a more interesting story.

WSG Tirol sit bottom of the Austrian Bundesliga with just one point from three games, and Sunday's home fixture against Hartberg arrives at exactly the moment they can least afford to keep waiting for their first win.

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.