Tabakovic's hat‑trick turns the tide against LASK

On Sonntag at the Raiffeisen Arena, Red Bull Salzburg erased an early deficit to claim a 3‑1 victory over Meister LASK, thanks to a hat‑trick from Haris Tabakovic. The match, witnessed by 16 100 spectators, saw Samuel Adeniran open the scoring before Tabakovic turned the tide.

Tabakovic's hat‑trick seals comeback

Aus dem Nichts Tabakovic struck in the 25th minute, converting a perfect pass from Jesper Lindström to level the score. After the restart he tapped in from a Sota Kitano delivery in the 49th minute, and sealed the win in the 74th minute by nudging a rebound over the line, completing his three‑goal haul.

Samuel Adeniran had given LASK a hopeful Start in front of a sold‑out crowd in Linz, finding the net in the 13th minute after a quick counter‑attack with Moses Usor. The early lead forced Salzburg to press, but the Austrian side soon regained control.

League table leaves LASK trailing

LASK coach Dietmar Kühbauer left Champions‑League scorers Sasa Kalajdzic, Christoph Lang and Krystof Danek on the bench and introduced four changes, reshaping the line‑up for the encounter.

Salzburg keeps pace with Rapid via Tabakovic hat-trick against LASK

Salzburg manager Danny Röhl responded by tightening his midfield, allowing Tabakovic to exploit spaces and the team to dominate possession after the equaliser.

Defender Dominik Schmid cleared a dangerous Usor cross at the 42nd minute and again at 44, while goalkeeper Lukas Jungwirth saved a close‑range effort from the Danish forward at the 60th minute, keeping the visitors in the game.

With the win, Salzburg move to within five points of LASK, who sit third in the Admiral Bundesliga with 19 points, eight behind leaders Rapid and five behind the Red Bull side.

The tenth round of the Admiral Bundesliga saw 16 100 fans in the Raiffeisen Arena. LASK lined up Jungwirth, Mbuyamba, Tornich, Andrade, Flecker, Ljubicic, Bogarde, Horvath, Dibango, Usor and Adeniran, while Salzburg started Zawieschitzky, Morgalla, Boma, Zabransky, Schmid, Barry, Mazurek, Redzic, Kitano, Lindström and Tabakovic. Yellow cards were shown to Horvath, Elfadli, Kalajdzic, Barry and Boma. Report compiled by Daniela Moser.