Rapid Vienna have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Molde. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Molde and Rapid Vienna.
These teams have little in common geographically as Rapid Vienna have to travel 2100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Molde form and stats
Last season, Molde's Europa League journey ended in the play-offs.27 points is a decent return from 11 Eliteserien games here at Aker Stadion for Molde. The data says 9 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Molde has recorded two wins in a row here at Aker Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Molde supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Strømsgodset in Eliteserien and win 2-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Dundalk and winning 2-1.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of E. Moe when Leke James scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Molde as they are travelling to their away game against Mjøndalen in the Eliteserien. That match is three days after this one.
Molde are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (30 goals in 11 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Molde have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
Vienna was sent out of Europa League in the 16th finals last season, when Inter turned out to be too strong.The seven points Rapid Vienna have gathered from their first three away trips in the Tipico Bundesliga is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues. Vienna has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Vienna play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-3 victory visiting Wolfsberger AC. The game before that, in the Europa League, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Arsenal.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Vienna, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? The end of the last match, against Wolfsberger AC, was very satisfying as Ercan Kara scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rapid Vienna playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one Rapid Vienna win, one draw and one defeat.
A new game in only three days for Vienna, the Tipico Bundesliga home match versus Rheindorf Altach. Busy days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Vienna are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Vienna rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. James 8 goals |  O. Omoijuanfo 7 goals |  E. Hussain 6 goals |
Molde missing players
Rapid Vienna missing players
| Molde | Rapid Vienna | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 58 | 37 | Scored | S | 26 | 61 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 58% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 349 | 190 | Total Shots | T S | 157 | 307 | ||
| 122 | 72 | Shots on Target | S O | 70 | 136 | ||
| 48% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Molde | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Rapid Vienna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 48 | 59 |
| 2 | Molde | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 27 | 43 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 42 |
| 4 | Vålerenga | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Odd | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 36 |
| 7 | Viking | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 29 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg 08 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 26 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -10 | 24 |
| 13 | Brann | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 24 |
| 14 | Start | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -16 | 19 |
| 15 | Mjøndalen | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 17 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 31 | -39 | 7 |
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Rapid Vienna | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | St. Polten | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Wattens | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 9 | Admira | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 4 |
| 10 | Wolfsberger AC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 11 | Ried | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Hartberg | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 3 |
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