Rapid Vienna vs Salzburg pre-match guide

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Competition: Austria Admiral Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Stadion (28345 seats)

Rapid Vienna and Salzburg are both high-flying in the Admiral Bundesliga with their 4th and 1st spots respectively. Expect a wonderful game!

Insights:
  • Rapid Vienna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salzburg have the most scored goals (42) in Admiral Bundesliga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Rapid Vienna form and stats

Rapid Vienna have played 9 Admiral Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). Rapid Vienna are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Rapid Vienna enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Wolfsberger AC's place. The match ended 2-1 with Greil and Zimmermann scoring. Auer was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.73 out of 10. The defender Auer hit two key passes and won 10 of 16 duels.

Ahead of that match, Vienna won a home game hosting Rheindorf Altach (3-0).

Rapid Vienna have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Allianz Stadion with 14 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Salzburg form and stats

The away performances of Salzburg have been very solid so far with 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Admiral Bundesliga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. In general it has been a productive period now for Salzburg as they haven't lost any of their last 17 games.

Impressive finishing from Koita and Capaldo secured the home win 2-0 against Ried in their previous game. Goalkeeper Köhn got the top player rating of the team with 8.0/10. Köhn topped it up with a clean sheet.

A defeat, in the Europa League away at Roma, before that.

Salzburg are a potent attacking force on the road with their 24 goals in 9 league games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

Salzburg have won or drawn the last 16 fixtures (14-2-0) against Rapid Vienna.

Here's the final score when the contenders played each other previously this campaign; Salzburg - Rapid Vienna 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

ViennaG. Burgstaller
G. Burgstaller
11 goals
SalzburgN. Okafor
N. Okafor
7 goals
SalzburgJ. Chikwubuike Adamu
J. Chikwubuike Adamu
7 goals

Rapid Vienna missing players

Salzburg missing players

Rapid Vienna Salzburg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 1 9 19
9 4 1 Won W 0 8 15
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
7 4 1 Lost L 1 1 1
30 14 2 Scored S 1 24 42
20 10 2 Conceded C 2 7 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
63% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 84%
53% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 53%
21% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 26%
16% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 11%
53% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 42%
32% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 58%
16% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 5%
 
6.6 7.6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.3 7.5
5 5.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.4 3.4
2.3 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
14.9 15.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11 14.4 16.7
5.7 5.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 6.4 7.3
28% 27% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 41% 30%
 
10.9 11.3 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13 9.1 9.1
3.3 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 2.4 2.9
Key stats in Admiral Bundesliga this season:
  • Rapid Vienna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rapid Vienna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Salzburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Salzburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Salzburg have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Salzburg have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the most clean sheets (11) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the most clean sheets (4) away in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the most points (24) away in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the most scored goals (24) away in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the most scored goals (42) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have the the best goal difference (+32) in Admiral Bundesliga
  • Salzburg have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Salzburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Salzburg is in the best form (6-0-0) in Admiral Bundesliga

  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 19 15 3 1 42 10 10 7 3 0 18 3 9 8 0 1 24 7 32 48
2 Sturm Graz 19 11 6 2 30 14 10 7 1 2 17 8 9 4 5 0 13 6 16 39
3 LASK Linz 19 9 7 3 33 22 10 5 3 2 19 15 9 4 4 1 14 7 11 34
4 Rapid Vienna 19 9 3 7 30 20 9 4 1 4 14 10 10 5 2 3 16 10 10 30
5 WSG Tirol 19 8 4 7 30 30 9 3 3 3 11 16 10 5 1 4 19 14 0 28
6 Austria Wien 19 8 5 6 31 27 10 5 2 3 17 13 9 3 3 3 14 14 4 26
7 Austria Klagenfurt 19 7 3 9 29 36 9 2 1 6 9 17 10 5 2 3 20 19 -7 24
8 Austria Lustenau 19 5 6 8 24 33 9 4 3 2 15 15 10 1 3 6 9 18 -9 21
9 Wolfsberger AC 19 6 2 11 34 38 10 1 1 8 15 24 9 5 1 3 19 14 -4 20
10 Rheindorf Altach 19 4 4 11 20 38 10 2 3 5 11 16 9 2 1 6 9 22 -18 16
11 Ried 19 3 5 11 13 28 9 2 3 4 9 13 10 1 2 7 4 15 -15 14
12 Hartberg 19 4 2 13 18 38 9 2 1 6 10 19 10 2 1 7 8 19 -20 14

Read more about Admiral Bundesliga

The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the top level football league in Austria. It was founded in 1974, but there has been an Austrian league championship since 1911. Since the 1950s Austrian football has been dominated by Rapid Wien, Austria Wien and recently Red Bull Salzburg.