The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League 3rd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Neftçi will try to edge Rapid Vienna in their own ballpark.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rapid Vienna, who are travelling more than 3400 kilometers to play this game.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Tipico Bundesliga. That game was also an away game, at Austria Klagenfurt. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Neftçi form and stats
Action has already taken place for Neftçi in Europa Conference League as they have defeated Aris to reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. Last season, Neftçi's Europa Conference League journey ended in the play-offs against Maccabi Haifa.Neftçi's previous fixture was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own stadium, ending 3-0 versus Aris. The home side are looking to build on that result.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Neftçi as they are travelling to their away game against Kesl FK in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lechia Gdansk in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. Vienna was sent out of Europa Conference League in the knockout round play-offs last season, when Vitesse turned out to be too strong.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Rapid Vienna playing as the away team in the Tipico Bundesliga this season.
Rapid Vienna play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Austria Klagenfurt. Burgstaller came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Austria Klagenfurt last time out, making the manager Feldhofer feel like a tactical genius. Sollbauer, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.82. Sollbauer won 3 of 6 duels.
hometeam won
A new game in only three days for Rapid Vienna, the Tipico Bundesliga home match versus Austria Lustenau. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Rapid Vienna has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Zimmermann 1 goals |  G. Burgstaller 1 goals |
Neftçi missing players
Rapid Vienna missing players
| Neftçi | Rapid Vienna | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 42 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.1 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 13.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | ||
| 8.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rapid Vienna | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Salzburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Wattens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Austria Lustenau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ried | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Austria Klagenfurt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Austria Wien | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -2 |
