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Sankt Polten will be without fear against the leader

Attach on Friday went full throttle against Liefering and revenged for a defeat in Salzburg, and now they are expecting the awaken Sankt Polten, which plays tough and is not easily beaten

The current leader Altach scored a great victory (4:2) on Friday against Liefering and so got a revenge for the worst defeat of the season in Salzburg (1:5). From the first minute it was obvious that Altach's players entered the match as lions wanting revenge and although Liefering twice came back from behind, in the finish of the match Altach scored two goals and paved its way to three points. This way a great series continued at home, as Altach has not lost 18, and won the last 12 out of 13 games.

A new opportunity to improve the statistics, and also for determining the pole position, will be today against the awakened Sankt Pölten. After finishing off the suspensions, coach Damir Canada again has at his disposal two standard players Jäger and Roth.

- After the defeat against Kapfenberg and a two-week break, there was little fear how we will deal with Liefering, however, we played vigorously and offensively, and were playing well for all 90 minutes. The 4-2 were fully deserved - said the architect of Altach's game Philipp Netzer, who expected a somewhat different match against St. Pölten.

- With a new coach, St. Pölten became a stronger team, which is not easily outperformed, and they know how to threaten with long balls and from the break. Enough of a warning was that against Austria they played 1:1. We all have to be up to the task if we are to succeed with the intention of beating the guests, whose game will be closed. We have to play much faster and simpler - Netzer offered the prescription. For coach Canada, the players in question for the match are Martin Harrer (ankle) and Boris Prokopic (knee).

- Before the game I will decide whether they will play, because we need them, but I do not want to take the risk if they are not completely fit. Today, we will first of all need patience in order to break the combative and disciplined guests - said Altach's coach Damir Canada.

As they note from the host team, St. Pölten has left a major crisis with seven losses in a row behind and found themselves under the direction of a new coach Gerald Baumgartner. The expert has led the third league team Paschling to the sensational victory in the Austrian Cup this year, and to the games in the qualifying round of the European League. From these experiences, Baumgartner has the perfect tactic to compete and surprise the favorites.

There should be no need to doubt that the guests will not hesitate to defend with all 11 players, but also quickly transform into counterattacks and threaten Altach's goal. St. Pölten comes here for a point and to achieve this goal they will not hesitate to use the defensive and other means (like a little tougher game or delay of time).

- The recent results have brought us a lot of self-confidence, so we do not come without ambition, even against the leading Altach. If we show our team spirit and our kind of game, we definitely have a chance at least to remain undefeated - said coach Baumgartner. Because of yellow cards, he will not be able to rely on the standard defender Tosun, while the the Spanish attacker Jane is still in question.

- Konstantin Kerschbaumer and Peter Brandl are fully prepared to step in and replace the missing players, and I am confident that we will play a good match. We respect Altach and its results, especially as the host, but we come with no fear and are very motivated to prove that we can compete against the leader - concluded coach Gerald Baumgartner.

Altach, who are currently in the lead, are playing the role of favorite against St. Polten, especially on account of their ambition to be promoted this year, and the great winning run of 12 out of 13 home games. You can't argue with that, and who ever is up for it, can try with the home team's win at the odds, that realistically don't have the value for a bigger stake. Precisely because of that and some other things, we chose for the surprise and the home team not being defeated in this game.
We saw the match between Altach and Liefering on Friday. Altach kept a high pace up for the 90 minutes, they were in the lead twice, and allowed the opponent to equalize twice. They got in another lead in 83 minute, and their goalkeeper saved a sitter for 3-3 afterwards. They finally scored another goal few minutes before the time was up. This game drained them both mentally and physically - winning against Liefering, who beat them 5-1 in the first round, was crucial.
It usually takes two or three days to recuperate after a game, and we are inclined to believe Altach's players are much more tired than the opponent, who easily won bottom of the table team Parnford 2-0.
The other reason to have faith in the visiting team is the immense improvement they made lead by the new coach Baumgartner, who is relying on defense and exquisite tactical discipline. Baumgartner only turned his last year's team game into St. Pölten's game this year. He is great when it comes to tactics, and he'll know how stop Altach's game, which is based on strength and robust center forward Aigner, who scored nine goals already. If they stop them, half the work will already be done, and that is the visiting's team recipe for success.
St. Polten won't orient on defense completely, their offense is moving easily, they are flexible and able to create dangerous counter attacks as well. They won 7 points and conceded only one goal in the last 3 matches, which means they'd be bursting with confidence in this match. Altach lost once 1-2, and won once 4-1 in their last season's head to head matches. Maybe this game will be a tie, which would be a go for this bet, which makes more sense than what the bookmakers predict. St. Polten are playing tough and without any fear ever since Baumgarten took over and set things in motion, and the players realized that his last club, third-tier Pasching managed to bring the biggest teams in Austria, such as Rapid and Salzburg, to their knees.