This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Rapid Vienna at Allianz Stadion when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Genk with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pro League.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Rapid Vienna form and stats
Rapid Vienna was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.The story so far in the Tipico Bundesliga for Rapid Vienna at their home stadium (Allianz Stadion) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
Vienna's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Admira. Maximilian Hofmann, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Hofmann won 12 of 18 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Austria Wien that finished 1-1.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. Vienna has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.
The manager D. Kühbauer will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Salzburg in only three days.
A decent goal production from Vienna in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. On the other hand, Vienna have conceded 4 goals.
Genk form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.Four points from two away games for Genk, meaning one draw and one victory in the Pro League so far.
There were no winners in Genk's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 1-1 vs Union Saint-Gilloise. Daniel Muñoz, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.01. Muñoz hit two key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.
Before that, Genk secured a home win against Anderlecht with the score 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Genk in our archives, and the results are: one win for Genk, one draw and four defeats.
Genk have another fixture that requires travelling in just three nights, a Pro League match against Sint-Truiden. A demanding fixture list for the guests!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Genk has managed 3 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Vienna victory, two draws and one Genk win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Fountas 4 goals |   T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 4 goals |  M. Grüll 3 goals |
Rapid Vienna missing players
Genk missing players
| Rapid Vienna | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 51 | 32 | Scored | S | 28 | 60 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 15.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Genk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Rapid Vienna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 21 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Ried | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 4 | Rapid Vienna | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Admira | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Rheindorf Altach | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 9 | Austria Klagenfurt | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 10 | Austria Wien | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | LASK Linz | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Wattens | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Standard Liege | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
| 5 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | AS Eupen | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | RFC Seraing | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | Antwerp | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Cercle Brugge | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Zulte-Waregem | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Gent | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | OH Leuven | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Mechelen | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 1 |