The hosts began the 293rd Vienna derby the stronger. With a sold out Horr Stadium behind them, they manufactured the first chance on seven minutes. A mere matter of minutes later the home fans celebrated the crucial opening goal: a counter attack down the right flank resulted in Jun tapping in from close range.Now with the lead the home side continued to press forwards, Vienna's second club spurned a few half chances in a game with a disrupted tempo due to listless individual mistakes from both sets of players. The Green Whites began to press their way back into the game, firstly through a Heikkinen effort and a few minutes later a Jelavic attempt as he fell away from goal. However following goalmouth action was limited and the half time whistle arrived with the score still at 0:1.Linz passed up a golden opportunity for the hosts shortly after the second period got under way. The Austria forward found himself in acres of space but failed to capatalise to the relief of the Rapid travelling support. Steffen Hofmann and Veli Kavlak attempted to take the game by the scruff of the neck for the Record Champions, the two players influence growing on proceedings. Pacult introduced Drazan for Boskovic in the 55th minute as he attempted to inject further impetous into his team.The Hütteldorfers began to up the ante, Kavlak passing up a great opportunity shortly before giving way to Mario Konrad. Steffen Hofmann then tested the Austria keeper with a rasping drive, the home sides gloveman was up to the task, tipping the ball over the angle to safety. A dangerous Drazan cross then somehow allueded everyone. Rapid were showing signs of life and putting the Austria backline under intense scrutiny.Rapid had to endure late agony as Nikica Jelavic' was denied an equaliser by the width of the crossbar. It was to be Rapid's final opportunity of the evening as the scoreline remained 0:1 to the hosts.The result leaves Rapid with work to do to regain second spot in the table with hopes of an unlikely championship are now extinguished. The game against Graz takes on added significance in the battle for second spot.34th round:FK Austria - SK Rapid 1:0 (1:0)Horr Stadion, 13.500, Referee Gangl Goal: 1:0 Jun ( 9.) FK Austria: Lindner - Standfest, Dragovic, Ortlechner, Suttner - Klein, Baumgartlinger, Junuzovic, Liendl (69./Vorisek) - Linz (73./Schumacher), Jun (88./Hattenberger) SK Rapid: Hedl - Dober, Eder, Soma, Thonhofer - Hofmann, Kulovits (85./Salihi), Boskovic (56./Drazan), Heikkinen, Kavlak (69./Konrad) - Jelavic Yellow Cards: Suttner Thonhofer, Dober (gw)
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