for Austria Wien for a second bookable offence. Red Bull finished the matchday in first place. Matchdays 19–27 On matchday 19, on 14 December, Red Bull lost to Rapid Wien 2–1. Marcel Sabitzer scored for Red Bull in the 84th minute. Robert Berić scored in the 80th minute and stoppage time in the second half. André Ramalho was sent–off for a second bookable offence. Red Bull finished the matchday in sixth place. On matchday 20, on 14 February, Red Bull defeated Wiener Neustadt 2–0 with two goals, in the 50th and 67th minutes, from Jonathan Soriano. Red Bull finished the matchday in first place. The match against Ried, on matchday 21, on 22 February, finished in a 2–2 draw. Felipe Pires gave Red Bull the lead in the 33rd minute. Then Denis Thomalla gave Ried a 2–1 lead when he scored two goals in the 53rd and 65th minutes. Naby Keïta equalized in the 69th minute. Austrian Cup On 12 July, in the first round of the Austina Cup, Red Bull Salzburg defeated 1. SC Sollenau 10–1 with four goals from Alan, two goals from Jonathan Soriano, two goals from Marcel Sabitzer, and a goal each from Sadio Mané and Andreas Ulmer. Mané opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Then Alan picked up his first goal of the match in the 24th minute. Then Soriano got his brace in the 31st and 35th minute. Then Alan picked up his second goal of the match in the 36th minute. Milan Vukovič picked up Sollenau's goal in the 38th minute. Then Alan picked up his third and fourth goals of the match in the 62nd and 70th minutes. Sabitzer opened his scoring account in the 81st minute. Ulmer then got his goal in the 87th minute. Then Sabitzer finished his scoring account in the 89th minute. Then in the second round on 29 September, Red Bull Salzburg defeated Wiener Sportklub 12–1. Marcel Sabitzer opened the scoring in the sixth minute. Jonathan Soriano picked up his first goal of the match in the 21st minute before Rafael Pollack scored 11 minutes later. Alan's 35th-minute goal and Sabitzer's 37th-minute goal rounded up the scoring in the first half to put Red Bull Salzburg up 4–1. Red Bull Salzburg scored 8 more goals in the second half. The scoring started early in the second–half. Alan completed his hat–trick when he picked up goals in