Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Admira & Rapid Vienna face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Austrian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Tipico Bundesliga. That game, against Salzburg, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rapid Vienna.
Admira form and stats
Admira have not come this way in the Austrian Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Neusiedl. Admira was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Austrian Cup.1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Admira have to build on here at BSFZ-Arena in the Tipico Bundesliga. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The spoils were shared in Admira's previous game, also at home. Visiting Hartberg travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Sebastian Bauer was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Bauer won 4 of 6 duels.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Rapid Vienna.There will be little rest for Admira after this match as they are travelling to LASK Linz for a Tipico Bundesliga game in only three days.
Admira have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BSFZ-Arena with 6 goals in 4 league matches. From these home matches, Admira have conceded only 3 goals.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Wiener Viktoria in order to reach 2nd round of Austrian Cup. Last season their Austrian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The visitors are W0-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Tipico Bundesliga.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Vienna, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Salzburg. Leo Greiml, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.33. Greiml hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.
A loss against Genk was the result prior to that, in a Europa League home game.After this away game Rapid Vienna return home for a Tipico Bundesliga game against Sturm Graz. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vienna as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Vienna have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - zero - nine (Admira wins - draws - Rapid Vienna wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Fountas 4 goals |  M. Grüll 3 goals |   R. Kerschbaum 2 goals |
Admira missing players
Rapid Vienna missing players
| Admira | Rapid Vienna | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Scored | S | 16 | 44 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 39% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 24 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 3 | Ried | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Admira | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Rheindorf Altach | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Austria Klagenfurt | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Rapid Vienna | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Austria Wien | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | LASK Linz | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Wattens | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 5 |