Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Wolfsberger AC & Rapid Vienna face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Austrian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Wolfsberger AC form and stats
Wolfsberger AC was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Austrian Cup.Wolfsberger AC's struggle is real here at Lavanttal Arena with only 4 points collected from 8 Tipico Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-6.
Happy days for Wolfsberger in their previous game, a fixture away at Austria Wien that ended with a 1-0 victory. Manager Dutt felt very clever after Ballo scored the winning goal against Austria Wien, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 81st minute. Midfield player Omić got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, the max score being 10. Omić hit three key passes.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Austria Wien.A decent goal production from Wolfsberger AC in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Wolfsberger have allowed the opposition to score 20 goals here at Lavanttal Arena.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
Last season their Austrian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Tipico Bundesliga matches, Rapid Vienna have produced an overall stat of 4-2-2 so far.
Rapid Vienna play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Hartberg. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Barišić when Zimmermann scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute. Defender Auer was the best team player with a rating of 7.6. Auer served one assist, hit two key passes and won 1 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hartberg at their stadium, the result 2-1.Rapid Vienna are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these sides: Wolfsberger won five, Rapid Vienna were winners in five and we saw zero draws. nine games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Burgstaller 10 goals |   T. Baribo 7 goals | B. Zimmermann 5 goals |
Wolfsberger AC missing players
Rapid Vienna missing players
| Wolfsberger AC | Rapid Vienna | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 43 | 13 | Scored | S | 23 | 54 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Conceded | C | 11 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.8 | ||
| 6 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 15.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 37% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||
| 11.5 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 10.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Rapid Vienna | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Wattens | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Austria Lustenau | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 11 | Ried | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | Hartberg | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 11 |
