SK Rapid 8-0 Grazer AK result, stats and report

Salzburg put on a ruthless display at home, hammering SK Rapid 5-1 with a blistering first half that killed the contest before it had really started. Haris Tabakovic scored twice inside 21 minutes and the result was never seriously in doubt.

Hearts dominated possession of the ball for large stretches and led through a quick-fire equaliser, but SK Rapid's bench proved the difference, with a substitute scoring three minutes after coming on to level at Tynecastle.

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 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.

SK Rapid arrive at Wolfsberger sitting top of the Austrian Bundesliga with a goal difference of plus ten from three games, while the hosts have quietly built one of the division's most stubborn home records. Something has to give.

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.