Blau-Weiß Linz/Kleinmünchen climb off the bottom of the table

In round 13 of the ADMIRAL Frauen Bundesliga, both clubs from the Upper Austrian capital were in action.

FC Blau-Weiß Linz/Kleinmünchen hosted SpG Südburgenland Hartberg in a basement clash. Anika Hofschweiger put the hosts 1-0 ahead as early as the 8th minute following good work from Lea-Sophie Nimmrichter.

The visitors' response was not long in coming, as Valentina Forobosko equalised to make it 1-1 in the 9th minute.

Movement at the bottom

In the second half, Lea-Sophie Nimmrichter was played through by Luisa Schubert. Nimmrichter skipped past several defenders and curled the ball superbly into the net to make it 2-1 (58').

Following a misunderstanding between the SpG goalkeeper and her defender, Luisa Schubert seized on the ball. The 17-year-old slotted into the empty net to make it 3-1.

Shortly before the end, substitute Florentine Dorfer pulled her opponent's hair and was sent off for an early shower (83').

Nevertheless, FC Blau-Weiß Linz sealed a 3-1 home victory. The Linz side now sit on seven points and hand over bottom spot to SpG Südburgenland/TSV Hartberg, who have one point less to their name.

St. Pölten defend top spot

In the concurrent match, Linz's city rivals failed to take any points away from the Lower Austrian state capital.

Just seven minutes had been played when Alma Aagaard opened the scoring for hosts St. Pölten following an assist from Fanni Vago.

In the 24th minute, the Lower Austrians celebrated again, this time with Diana Lemešová wheeling away in celebration after making it 2-0.

With this win over LASK, SKN St. Pölten extend their lead at the top of the table to five points, currently sitting on 34 points. LASK remain in seventh place with eleven points.