The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League Knockout Round Play-offs, as the hometeam Rapid Vienna will try to edge Vitesse in their own ballpark.
It's quite the trip for Vitesse when visiting Vienna as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
This has all the signs of an action-packed game with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's start!
Rapid Vienna form and stats
Rapid Vienna have played 10 Tipico Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Rapid Vienna's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Salzburg. Stojković, defender, was given a rating of 7.34/10 in that game, top of the team. Stojković scored one goal and won 3 of 4 duels.
This is expected to be a close game, with Rapid Vienna perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rapid Vienna as a small favourite), we find four games. Rapid Vienna has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.
The Vienna fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Rapid Vienna have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Vitesse form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Anderlecht, Rennes, Tottenham Hotspur, Dundalk and Mura in order to reach knockout round play-offs of Europa Conference League.Vitesse's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Vitesse collect 22 points from their 11 away matches in the Eredivisie. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats). When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 5W-3D-2L. This is both home and away.
Vitesse have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 194 minutes ago. Oroz was the goal scorer.
Vitesse might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. PSV proved too strong as Vitesse slumped to a 0-5 defeat in front of their own fans at GelreDome. Midfielder Wittek was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.24. Wittek hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Vitesse in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Vitesse, one draw and zero defeats.
Vitesse find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Vitesse have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 11 goals |   T. Fountas 7 goals |  N. Frederiksen 7 goals |
Rapid Vienna missing players
Vitesse missing players
| Rapid Vienna | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14.8 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 15.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 44 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 31 | 48 |
| 2 | Wolfsberger AC | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Rapid Vienna | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Ried | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -11 | 24 |
| 8 | Hartberg | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | LASK Linz | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Wattens | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -10 | 20 |
| 11 | Admira | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -20 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 69 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 64 | 54 |
| 2 | PSV | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 26 | 49 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 48 |
| 4 | AZ | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 42 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -9 | 36 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 35 |
| 8 | NEC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 30 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -9 | 30 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -11 | 25 |
| 12 | Heracles | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -7 | 23 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 22 |
| 15 | Willem II | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 19 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 17 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -19 | 16 |
