Rapid Vienna will want to utilise their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 8 points behind LASK Linz.
- Rapid Vienna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LASK Linz have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Admiral Bundesliga
Both squads have had enough days rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's aim for an energetic fixture!
Rapid Vienna form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Admiral Bundesliga this season. Rapid Vienna have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Allianz Stadion.
Vienna shared the glory with Austria Lustenau in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Zimmermann was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against Austria Lustenau after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The gifted forward Burgstaller outperformed all the other footballers in that match and was awarded a match rating of 9.01 out of 10. Burgstaller scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that, Rapid Vienna had a home game versus Hartberg which ended with a victory 5-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Vienna have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Rapid Vienna are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Rapid Vienna's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
LASK Linz form and stats
LASK Linz have an excellent away record in the Admiral Bundesliga so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games.
LASK had fun at their own home (Allianz Stadion) last time out, beating Wolfsberger AC 4-1. Žulj and Nakamura scored. Žulj certainly enjoyed LASK Linz's last game versus Wolfsberger AC, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory. Žulj got a match rating of 8.93 in that game, top player of the team. Žulj scored three goals and hit two key passes.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Austria Wien.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with LASK Linz playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 LASK Linz win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Take note! Both sides have scored in 12 of this club's last 14 league matches.
It's not easy to score on LASK as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Rapid Vienna and LASK Linz have duelled before this season: LASK Linz - Rapid Vienna 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vienna seven wins, two draws and LASK Linz one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Burgstaller 9 goals |   K. Nakamura 8 goals |
Rapid Vienna missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| Rapid Vienna | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 12 | 29 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 64% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 50% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 29% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 7.3 | 8.1 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.9 | 15.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 10.2 | 12.8 |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 55% | 46% |
| 10.5 | 10.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 14.8 | 12.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
- LASK Linz have not yet lost a game away.
- LASK Linz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- LASK Linz have scored in all their away matches so far.
- LASK Linz have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Admiral Bundesliga
- LASK Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rapid Vienna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rapid Vienna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Wattens | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 5 | Austria Klagenfurt | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Rapid Vienna | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Rheindorf Altach | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 10 | Austria Lustenau | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Ried | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 12 |
| 12 | Hartberg | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -16 | 10 |
