Salzburg 4-1 Austria Wien result, stats and report

Salzburg put Sturm Graz to the sword with three unanswered second-half goals, aided by a Sturm collapse in discipline and desire that left their Austrian Bundesliga rivals looking every inch the dominant side.

Grazer AK and Austria Wien shared the spoils in a ferocious Austrian Bundesliga derby, with both sides squandering leads and a combined eight yellow cards telling you everything you need to know about the standards on show.

Haris Tabakovic's first-half goal settled a scrappy Europa League tie in favour of Salzburg, but Levski Sofia made life difficult and left the pitch with five yellow cards and a genuine grievance about the scoreline.

Anderlecht arrive at this Europa League clash in fine form but face a Salzburg side that has barely conceded and is carrying serious defensive resolve into Belgium.

Salzburg travel to Celje on Thursday with five Europa League matches of form behind them and a squad built to hurt teams at this level. Celje have one match of evidence at this stage of the competition, and it ended 0-2 against Bayer Leverkusen.

Salzburg arrive at home on Sunday carrying genuine momentum and goals to burn. Rheindorf Altach arrive carrying a injury list that would make a physio weep.

Ried head into Saturday's Austrian Bundesliga clash having conceded ten goals in their last five matches. Austria Wien arrive with problems of their own, but the evidence points one way.

Salzburg arrive at Thursday's Europa League clash having kept three clean sheets in their last four outings. AC Milan arrive having scored precisely zero goals in their only completed match of this competition.