LASK did not waste the night.
Three weeks after winning 3-2 at Sporting CP, the Austrian side ran over Slovan Bratislava 4-0 at the Raiffeisen Arena — three up by half-time, four by the 48th minute, and never once in trouble.
Kasper Jørgensen started it on 19 minutes, scoring off a corner sequence with Moses Usor credited with the assist. On 37 minutes he did it himself: Robert Ljubičić was stopped just outside the box, Jørgensen took the free-kick and curled it low around the wall and into the corner, past Aleksandar Popović. The Dane finished as the game's top-rated player. The full match archive is in the Game Center.
Ljubičić got his goal a minute before the break. Sascha Horvath's corner was not cleared, Andrés Andrade headed the loose ball back into the middle, and Ljubičić kept his head in the scramble to turn it in from close range. Three minutes after half-time Horvath set up the fourth, Samuel Adeniran finishing with power.
The score flattered Slovan. LASK put up 29 shots to seven and an expected-goals line of 4.77 to 0.53, and in the 91st minute they hit the woodwork twice in one sequence — Andrade's deflected shot off the bar, Saša Kalajdžić's diving header off the post. Kicker's verdict was blunt: Slovan were completely desolate, and LASK should have won 8-0.
Back-to-back in Europe
The win is LASK's second straight in this competition after opening with defeats to AEK Athens and Liverpool, and the 3-2 win in Lisbon in between has them up to 15th on six points, inside the playoff places. Slovan Bratislava sit 36th of 36: four played, four lost, no points, a goal difference of −16. More football coverage is on the Previously Sports front.
By the Numbers
| Goals | Kasper Jørgensen 19' — scored from a corner sequence, Moses Usor credited with the assist; Jørgensen 37' — curled a low free-kick around the wall and into the corner past Aleksandar Popović after Ljubičić was stopped just outside the box; Robert Ljubičić 44' — turned it in from close range in the scramble off Horvath's corner; Samuel Adeniran 48' — powerful finish from a Sascha Horvath assist |
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| Top rating | Kasper Jørgensen (Oddsivio) — the game's top-rated player at 8.96, two goals in the first half |
| The rout in numbers | 29 shots to seven, 60% possession, corners 8–2, expected goals 4.77 to 0.53 — and the woodwork twice in the 91st minute, Andrade's deflected shot off the bar and Kalajdžić's diving header off the post |
| The stakes | LASK's second straight Champions League win after the 3-2 at Sporting CP, following opening defeats to AEK Athens and Liverpool — up to 15th on six points, inside the playoff places; Slovan Bratislava 36th of 36, four played, four lost, no points, a goal difference of −16 |
| The occasion | UEFA Champions League league phase, Matchday 4 · Raiffeisen Arena, Linz · Tuesday November 3, 2026 · Referee Donatas Rumšas |
Sources · 11 sources
- Sky Sports — Linz ASK vs SK Slovan Bratislava stats page — the scorers and minutes, Raiffeisen Arena.
- Sportradar — the match centre play-by-play — the 19' goal, the 37' free-kick goal, Horvath's assists on 44' and 48', full-time 4-0.
- Bundesliga.com — the match liveticker — scorer order, venue and referee Donatas Rumšas.
- Fussballdaten — the match liveticker — the goal mechanisms: the corner origin for the opener, the free-kick curled low around the wall, the Ljubičić scramble finish.
- Kicker — the match liveticker — the verdict that LASK could have won 8-0, the double woodwork on 90+1' and the run-of-form context.
- Diretta (Flashscore) — "Champions League: poker del LASK contro lo Slovan Bratislava" — the second consecutive win, six points, and the source of the hero photograph and statistics graphic.
- Flashscore — the Champions League live blog — the source of the in-body Jørgensen photograph (Elisabeth Mandl / Reuters).
- SuperSport — the match page — the timeline, referee and standings: LASK 15th on six points, Slovan 36th on zero points, goal difference −16.
- Oddsivio — the match report — 29 shots to seven, 60% possession, Jørgensen's top rating of 8.96 and the assists.
- SportsCafe — the match stats — expected goals 4.77–0.53, 29–7 shots, 8–2 corners.
- TNT Sports Football — the official highlights of this match, embedded above.
