ALTACH, Austria (Interstat) — St. Polten W scored three second-half goals and added another to beat SCR Altach W 4-0 at CASHPOINT Arena in a competition match. St. Polten W improved to 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw in the competition and across all competitions. SCR Altach W is 1 win, 2 losses and 1 draw in both. The visitors finished with four goals while holding SCR Altach W without a goal.

St. Polten W broke through in the 47th minute when Izabela Krizaj scored. Lisa Ebert made it 2-0 in the 60th minute. Isabel Aistleitner scored in the 83rd minute, and Jennifer Klein was also credited with a goal as St. Polten W reached four. Aistleitner led St. Polten W with a goal and an assist. Klein scored, Krizaj added a goal, Ebert scored and Ludmila Matavkova supplied two assists in 31 minutes.

The first half ended scoreless before St. Polten W took the lead two minutes after the restart. SCR Altach W could not answer after falling behind and finished without a goal at home. St. Polten W’s yellow cards went to Vago in the 40th minute, Woelki in the 80th and Laino in the third minute of stoppage time. Vago was replaced in the 59th minute.

St. Polten W’s scoring began two minutes after halftime and continued after the hour. Krizaj’s 47th-minute goal opened the scoring, Ebert scored in the 60th and Aistleitner scored in the 83rd. Klein was credited with the other goal. SCR Altach W did not score in the first or second half. The visitors’ four goals came against a home side that was unable to find a response at CASHPOINT Arena.

At halftime, SCR Altach W made substitutions involving Walter and Meister, while St. Polten W made substitutions involving Balog and Aagaard. Vago came off for St. Polten W in the 59th minute. SCR Altach W made three changes in the 68th minute, with Schneider, Mikulica and Reisinger entering. St. Polten W brought on Nagy in the 70th minute and replaced Krizaj in the 75th. St. Polten W made five substitutions in the match.

St. Polten W had entered the match after a 4-0 win over SK Rapid W and had also beaten Kleinmunchen W 4-0 this season. In reverse date order, St. Polten W’s previous results were a 4-0 win over SK Rapid W, a 3-0 loss to Austria Vienna W, a 2-2 draw with Sturm Graz W and a 4-0 win over Kleinmunchen W. SCR Altach W had drawn 1-1 at Austria Vienna W in its previous match, lost 2-0 to Sturm Graz W and beaten Kleinmunchen W 6-1 earlier in the season. SCR Altach W’s previous results in reverse date order were a 1-1 draw at Austria Vienna W, a 2-0 loss to Sturm Graz W and a 6-1 win over Kleinmunchen W.

The result kept St. Polten W at 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw in the competition and across all competitions. SCR Altach W remained at 1 win, 2 losses and 1 draw in both. St. Polten W’s four goals came after it had taken a 1-0 lead early in the second half and then pulled away. The match was played at CASHPOINT Arena in Altach.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of St. Polten W 2, SCR Altach W 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected St. Polten W with a 63.1 percent probability to win, and St. Polten W had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 4 went under the over/under line of 3.5.