Europa League preview and statistics: Rapid Vienna vs Dinamo Zagreb full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 21.October
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Stadion (28345 seats)

Dinamo Zagreb have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Rapid Vienna. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Rapid Vienna form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.

The complete Tipico Bundesliga stats at home this season for Rapid Vienna are 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses in this competition.

Rapid Vienna shared the glory with Austria Klagenfurt in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Taxiarchis Fountas got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, the max score being 10. Fountas scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

Previous to that game, a Tipico Bundesliga home match hosting Wattens in a game that was won 5-2.

Vienna are traveling soon after this match as the Tipico Bundesliga match at Hartberg awaits in three days.

Goals decide football matches and Rapid Vienna are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Dinamo Zagreb form and stats

They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Villarreal drew the shortest straw.

The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. HNL travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Osijek game have they lost an away game, meaning Dinamo has taken points from 16 away matches in a row.

Dinamo are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Rijeka. The match against Rijeka looked like a defeat for Dinamo, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. Komnen Andrić equalized in the 82nd minute. A bonkers game with heaps of goals last time out for Dinamo, as mentioned above. 6 goals in total, will this match be as exciting? As mentioned above, Dinamo drew the match against Rijeka. Manager D. Krznar brought on Komnen Andrić to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Attacker Bruno Petković got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Petković scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Genk at their stadium, the result 3-0.

A quick return to home after this game, as Dinamo are hosting Istra 1961 in the 1. HNL only three days away.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Dinamo Zagreb alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (13 from 4 played). Dinamo have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Rapid Vienna missing players

Dinamo Zagreb missing players

Rapid Vienna Dinamo Zagreb
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   12 25
11 8   Won W   9 17
5 2   Drew D   1 4
9 4   Lost L   2 4
42 29   Scored S   32 60
29 13   Conceded C   11 24
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
88% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 76%
60% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 48%
16% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 40%
12% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 32%
44% 29%   BTTS BTTS   33% 32%
32% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   58% 56%
28% 29%   Failed to Score F T   8% 16%
 
5.7 6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 7
4.9 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.2
2.3 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.3
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.8 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 13.7
5.4 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 6
29% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 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 West Ham United 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Dinamo Zagreb 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 3
3 Genk 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
4 Rapid Vienna 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 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 Salzburg 11 10 1 0 27 6 5 5 0 0 16 3 6 5 1 0 11 3 21 31
2 Sturm Graz 10 6 2 2 26 13 5 3 1 1 13 7 5 3 1 1 13 6 13 20
3 Austria Klagenfurt 11 3 5 3 17 18 5 2 3 0 9 7 6 1 2 3 8 11 -1 14
4 Admira 11 3 4 4 15 15 5 2 2 1 8 3 6 1 2 3 7 12 0 13
5 Ried 10 3 4 3 14 22 5 3 2 0 9 6 5 0 2 3 5 16 -8 13
6 Hartberg 10 3 3 4 18 17 5 1 1 3 8 10 5 2 2 1 10 7 1 12
7 Rapid Vienna 11 3 3 5 16 16 6 3 0 3 12 9 5 0 3 2 4 7 0 12
8 Austria Wien 11 2 6 3 14 14 5 0 5 0 5 5 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 12
9 Wolfsberger AC 10 3 3 4 14 19 6 2 1 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 6 8 -5 12
10 LASK Linz 10 2 4 4 10 14 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 1 2 2 4 6 -4 10
11 Rheindorf Altach 11 2 4 5 8 16 6 1 2 3 5 10 5 1 2 2 3 6 -8 10
12 Wattens 10 1 5 4 13 22 5 1 3 1 7 7 5 0 2 3 6 15 -9 8
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rijeka 11 7 3 1 28 18 5 4 1 0 11 5 6 3 2 1 17 13 10 24
2 Dinamo Zagreb 10 7 2 1 28 9 6 4 1 1 15 5 4 3 1 0 13 4 19 23
3 Osijek 11 6 3 2 15 10 6 3 2 1 8 5 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 21
4 Hajduk Split 10 6 2 2 16 9 5 3 0 2 6 4 5 3 2 0 10 5 7 20
5 Gorica 12 5 2 5 17 18 6 2 2 2 10 10 6 3 0 3 7 8 -1 17
6 Lokomotiva Zagreb 11 4 3 4 18 13 6 3 2 1 13 6 5 1 1 3 5 7 5 15
7 Istra 1961 11 3 2 6 14 23 5 2 0 3 10 12 6 1 2 3 4 11 -9 11
8 Sibenik 11 3 1 7 15 20 5 3 0 2 12 8 6 0 1 5 3 12 -5 10
9 Slaven Koprivnica 11 1 3 7 7 17 5 0 2 3 4 9 6 1 1 4 3 8 -10 6
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 12 1 3 8 12 33 6 0 2 4 5 12 6 1 1 4 7 21 -21 6

Read more about Europa League

The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.