The Mattersburg Sentinel
Squad24 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Lukas Wimmer out for 41 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Mattersburg will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Philipp Fuchs at 21 — 7.91
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Philipp Fuchs did not need any: 7.91, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market24 Aug 2026
Marco Junuzovic puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Mattersburg, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
Mattersburg get their man
The chase for Romeo Vučić ended with $640.0K changing hands and Austria Wien out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Lukas Alaba runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Mattersburg
Lukas Alaba was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match22 Aug 2026
Mattersburg come up short against SV Ried
SV Ried left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Philipp Erhardt falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Philipp Erhardt
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Mattersburg and André Ceitil
- Market No place for Xaver Posch in the plan
- Player ratings Sebastian Junuzovic changes it off the bench