The Mattersburg Sentinel
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Florian Schlager
Successful dribbles: 36. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mattersburg say no — this time
The offer from Sturm Graz for Alexander Dragovic was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Heinz Lazaro in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mattersburg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
Austria Wien are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Mattersburg will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Ziad El Sheiwi
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Julian Kalajdzic gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match15 Aug 2026
Mattersburg find a way past Austria Wien
Austria Wien made Mattersburg work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Mattersburg lose Patrick Baumgartner
27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mattersburg and Philipp Pomer 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.
In brief
- Loan watch Alexander Trimmel has seen enough of Red Bull Salzburg
- Player ratings Heinz Lazaro was the difference for Mattersburg
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Mattersburg