The SKN St. Pölten continues to shine from the top of the table in the 2nd football league. The Lower Austrians beat FC Liefering 2-0 at the start of the 20th round in the NV Arena on Friday evening and were three points ahead of FC Blau-Weiss Linz at least until Sunday. The pursuer has the sixth SKU Amstetten as a guest. The third-placed SV Horn came against the relegation-threatened Liga-14. Forward Steyr not beyond a 2:2.
St. Pölten took the lead through “Joker” Ulysses Llanez Jr. (60′), the 21-year-old American had already scored the final point as a substitute in the 2-0 win against Young Violets Austria Vienna. Coach Stephan Helm also had a “golden hand” with another exchange. The 20-year-old German Luis Hartwig got the final score (76th) after a counterattack from just over eleven meters. Liefering should have equalized in between, Karim Konate shot a foul penalty well over the goal (67th).
St. Pölten, who recently announced that the cooperation with partner club VfL Wolfsburg will be “intensified”, has thus won seven of the last eight games. Only at home 0: 2 against Horn there was no victory. The ninth-placed Lieferingers lost again after the last four wins.
In Horn, the hosts had to catch up after a goal by Murat Satin (9th), which Benjamin Mulahalilovic equalized shortly before the break (44th). Immediately after the restart, Okan Yilmaz (49th) scored for the Waldviertel. That wasn’t enough for a win, as Tolga Günes converted a penalty (60′). For the Upper Austrians it was the third division of points in a row.
Kapfenberg SV ceded the “Red Lantern” with a 3-1 home win against the second team from Sturm Graz, who were in 13th position, to the Young Violets, who are now one point behind and will only play at GAK on Saturday.