LASK beat Slovan Bratislava 4-0 at the Raiffeisen Arena on Tuesday night, with all four goals coming by the 48th minute of their League phase matchday 4 meeting.
Four goals before the break
Kasper Jörgensen opened the scoring in the 19th minute, converting a chance created by Moses Usor. He added a second in the 37th minute.
Robert Ljubicic made it three in the 44th minute. Samuel Adeniran then struck in the 48th, set up by Sascha Horvath, to finish the contest as a competitive match.
Slovan had Cristian Martínez booked in the 25th minute and Kevin Wimmer in the 36th. There were no other cards in the events provided.
What the numbers say
The scoreline was backed up by the match statistics. LASK had 29 shots to Slovan's seven, with 10 on target against five. Another nine went off target, and 10 were blocked. Slovan had none blocked.
LASK also won the corner count 8-2 and had 60% of possession to Slovan's 40%. They were caught offside five times, against once for the visitors. Slovan committed nine fouls to LASK's five.
Slovan did put five shots on target, but they left without a goal. It was LASK's first clean sheet in this season's league phase, and the only one they have kept so far.
What it means in the table
The win lifts LASK to 15th, with two wins from four games, six points and a goal difference of +1. That position sits in the knockout play-off places, which go to teams finishing ninth to 24th. The top eight go straight through.
LASK's season averages now stand at 2.5 goals scored and 2.25 conceded per game, and 1.5 points per game. Their earlier results had been mixed: a 3-2 win at Sporting, a 3-6 home defeat to Liverpool and a 1-0 loss at AEK Athens.
For Slovan, the picture is bleak. They are 36th with four defeats from four, no points and a goal difference of -16. They average 0.25 goals per game and concede 4.25. Their previous results in the facts were a 6-1 loss at PSG, a 3-0 home defeat to Stuttgart and a 4-0 loss at Roma. PSG lead the table on nine points from three games.
The two clubs had no recent meetings on record before this game.
MFF's match model had predicted a 2-1 win for LASK, giving them a 70% chance of victory. The scoreline was wrong, as the hosts were far more emphatic.
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