The Mattersburg Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Julian Onisiwo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
Stefan Fuchs moves on
Borussia Mönchengladbach pay $9.0M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mattersburg turn down Grodig for Patrick Fuchs
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Florian Köhler signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Florian Köhler and Mattersburg agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Mattersburg
Florian Köhler 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Philipp Schlager
“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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marko Alaba 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Patrick Fuchs
A mark of 7.90, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Christoph Schlager turns it into his own net
Nobody's fault and entirely his: a goal that goes into the book with his name against it and nothing about it intended. Mattersburg deserved better, and so did he.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Mattersburg and Grodig
- Market Stephan Hartmann is free to find somewhere else
- Player ratings Patrick Fuchs ran the game