After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Rapid Wien and LASK Linz in this fresh Tipico Bundesliga season. Read our match preview!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Rapid Wien form and stats
The hosts won their first Tipico Bundesliga game here at Allianz Stadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Rapid Wien last season were 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from 16 games.
It's back home for Rapid, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating St. Polten away with the result 2-1. Ercan Kara and Taxiarchis Fountas found the net in that victory. Before that, Rapid played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Sturm Graz.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rapid Wien have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost one.
Rapid Wien has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
LASK Linz form and stats
One match played away so far in the Tipico Bundesliga for LASK Linz and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 13 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 16 games.
Marko Raguž, Husein Balić and Gernot Trauner scored in LASK Linz's previous match, the home game against Wolfsberger AC that ended 3-1. That result followed a home victory 7-0 versus DAC in the Europa League.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with LASK playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were one LASK Linz win, one draw and zero defeats.
LASK Linz have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Rapid won six, LASK Linz won three and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Fountas 3 goals |   M. Raguz 2 goals |  T. Murg 1 goals |
Rapid Wien missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| Rapid Wien | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 16 | 50 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 54% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 31% |
- Rapid Wien has the most points from losing position (4) in Tipico Bundesliga
| Rapid Wien | Last season | LASK Linz | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Won | W | 13 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 64 | 31 | Scored | S | 35 | 67 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Conceded | C | 15 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 78% | ||
| 66% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 59% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 41% | ||
| 19% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 22% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | ||
| 31% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 406 | 235 | Total Shots | T S | 239 | 485 | ||
| 161 | 84 | Shots on Target | S O | 93 | 180 | ||
| 40% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | St. Polten | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Wattens | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Sturm Graz | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ried | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Hartberg | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | Admira | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 110 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 76 | 74 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 30 | 64 |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 21 | 58 |
| 4 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 69 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 26 | 54 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 74 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 39 | -22 | 42 |
| 6 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 46 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 29 | -14 | 35 |