National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gurten or Rapid Vienna that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Tipico Bundesliga game only three days ago.
Gurten form and stats
Action has already taken place for Gurten in Austrian Cup as they have defeated Hohenems to reach the 2nd Round.A nice win for Gurten last time playing, versus LASK Juniors. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Pori scoring for the victors.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Weiz that finished 2-2.There will be little rest for Gurten after this match as they are travelling to Wallern / Marienkirchen for a Regionalliga: Mitte game in only three days.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Donaufeld in order to reach 2nd round of Austrian Cup. Rapid Vienna's mission in Austrian Cup last season failed in the final.Rapid Vienna are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Tipico Bundesliga, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Vienna's last game was the home draw against Sturm Graz (1-1). Querfeld, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Querfeld won 6 of 9 duels.
Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Wolfsberger AC.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Tipico Bundesliga trip to Austria Wien.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rapid Vienna has managed {6 goals} and let in 3 from 3 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Wimmleitner 5 goals |   G. Burgstaller 3 goals | ?. Selman 2 goals |
Gurten missing players
Rapid Vienna missing players
| Gurten | Rapid Vienna | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 33 | 49 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 5 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 38% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 41% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 6 | Rheindorf Altach | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Rapid Vienna | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 10 | Austria Wien | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 11 | Wattens | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 2 |
