The Mattersburg Sentinel
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Konrad Prass
Successful dribbles: 40. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Florian Köhler at 20 — 8.40
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Florian Köhler did not need any: 8.40, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market24 Aug 2026
Raphael Prass hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Mattersburg can pretend not to have heard.
Market24 Aug 2026
Business is business: Alexander Dragovic goes
Rapid Wien paid $1.2M and Mattersburg took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Mattersburg
Jan Schäfer 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Salko Hamzić attracts admirers
The name of Salko Hamzić has come up in conversations Mattersburg were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match22 Aug 2026
Mattersburg see off SV Ried
Three points for Mattersburg, 1‑0 the final word against SV Ried in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market24 Aug 2026
Mattersburg and Martin Rasner are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Thomas Arnautovic dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
In brief
- Squad Florian Köhler is the weekend's best young player
- Squad No hiding place for Markus Lazaro
- The terraces The stand has a song for Florian Köhler