On the 9th of April, Ried will play host to Hartberg in a clash of the Tipico Bundesliga. In their last match, Ried recorded a 2-0 shutout win against LASK Linz. Yannis Letard struck first for Ried on an own goal in the 4th minute, then Marcel Ziegl added another in the 19th minute on a feed from Stefan Nutz At the end of 90 a dissapointed LASK Linz couldn’t manage to score, and Ried took the shutout win. Ried is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while hartberg sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Wattens. Sandi Ogrinec scored the first goal for Wattens in the 8th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Hartberg was frustrated by Wattens’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Wattens ended the match with the shutout victory. Hartberg looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On Nov 20th, Ried hosted Hartberg at the Josko Arena in their last match together. Ried was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Bajic scored the first goal for Ried in the 34th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Hartberg couldn’t muster any offence and Ried ran away with the shutout win. Stefan Nutz has been the most prolific scorer on Ried in his last 5 matches with two goals.