Sneaking up on the top clubs is the mission when these two mid-table clubs meet. Both will be aiming to strenghten their league position, Rapid Vienna in 8th and Austria Wien in 6th position.
- Rapid Vienna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning added pressure and significance.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
Overall Admiral Bundesliga results at home this season for Rapid Vienna are 5-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Vienna, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
An away draw last time out for Vienna, facing Ried in a game that ended 2-2. The hometeam coach S. Hofmann made a successful contribution in the game against Ried, bringing on Christoph Knasmüllner who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. The striker Ercan Kara outshone all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Kara scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Preceding that match was the home Europa League game against West Ham United that was lost 0-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vienna handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and zero defeats.
There will be little rest for Vienna after this match as they are travelling to Genk for a Europa League game in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), Rapid Vienna's attacking play is working. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vienna have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Austria Wien form and stats
As the visiting team in Admiral Bundesliga matches, Austria Wien have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far. Visiting Austria has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Austria had fun at their own home (Allianz Stadion) last time out, beating Sturm Graz 2-1. Muharem Huskovic and Aleksandar Jukic scored. Marco Đuričin, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.8. Đuričin served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A 0-0 draw at Austria Klagenfurt's stadium before that.Austria Wien are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
Austria have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Austria have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This duo faced each other earlier on this season: Austria Wien - Vienna 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Rapid Vienna won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Austria Wien got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  E. Kara 7 goals |  T. Fountas 6 goals |   M. Djuricin 6 goals |
Rapid Vienna missing players
Austria Wien missing players
| Rapid Vienna | Austria Wien | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 24 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 69% |
| 56% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 62% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 19% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 5.4 | 6.1 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.4 | 18 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.9 | 12.7 |
| 5.9 | 7.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 26% | 28% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 42% | 32% |
| 11.4 | 12.5 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.9 | 12 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
- 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 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | Wolfsberger AC | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Ried | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -10 | 21 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Hartberg | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Rapid Vienna | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Wattens | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -4 | 19 |
| 10 | Admira | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | LASK Linz | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -13 | 13 |