Rapid Vienna vs Sturm Graz Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

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Rapid Vienna

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Rapid Vienna are hoping to win again following a 1-2 Bundesliga success vs Austria Vienna.

In that match, Rapid Vienna had 36% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Rapid Vienna, the scorers were Guido Burgstaller (32') and Ercan Kara (84'). On the other side, Austria Vienna had 14 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Dominik Fitz (80') was the scorer for Austria Vienna.

It has been seldom in recent games that Rapid Vienna have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Rapid Vienna have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 13 goals along the way.

Pre-game facts show that Rapid Vienna:

• have not won against Sturm Graz in their last 2 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Sturm Graz

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Sturm Graz go into this game following on from a 4-2 Bundesliga win as they beat Red Bull Salzburg in their last fixture.

In that match, Sturm Graz managed 41% possession and 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Sturm Graz, the scorers were William Bøving (20'), Gregory Wüthrich (48'), Emanuel Aiwu (59' Own goal) and Tochi Chukwuani (72'). Red Bull Salzburg had 20 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Aleksa Terzić (18' Own goal) and Dorgeles Nene (45') scored for Red Bull Salzburg.

Throughout their 6 most recent matches, Jürgen Säumel's Sturm Graz have converted a total of 10 times, yielding them the goals scored per game average of 1.67.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 19/04/2024 tells us that Rapid Vienna have won 1 of these and Sturm Graz 4, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 13 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for Die Grün-Weißen and 9 netted by die Schwoazn. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was Bundesliga match day 2 on 04/04/2025 which ended up with the score at Sturm Graz 2-0 Rapid Vienna.

That time, Sturm Graz managed 44% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorers were William Bøving (18') and Leon Grgic (90').

For their opponents, Rapid Vienna had 10 shots at goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Stefan Ebner.

🗞️ Team News: Rapid Vienna

Jakob Schöller (Muscle injury), Nenad Cvetkovic (Adductor injury), Tobias Børkeeiet (Cartilage damage), Laurenz Orgler (Knee injury), Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao (Knee injury), Amin-Elias Gröller (unknown injury) and Nikolaus Wurmbrand (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing for Rapid Vienna gaffer Stefan Kulovits.

It seems likely that Die Grün-Weißen should kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system this time featuring Niklas Hedl, Bendegúz Bolla, Dominic Vincze, Ange Ahoussou, Moritz Oswald, Lukas Grgic, Romeo Amane, Mamadou Sangare, Matthias Seidl, Isak Jansson and Dion Beljo.

🗞️ Team News: Sturm Graz

Sturm Graz manager Jürgen Säumel has to currently contend with reduced team options. Alexandar Borkovic (Cruciate ligament tear), Niklas Geyrhofer (Knee surgery), Seedy Jatta (Ankle injury) and Fally Mayulu (Muscle injury) will miss out on this game.

We are inclined to think that die Schwoazn seem likely to play in a 4-3-3 lineup with a starting lineup of Kjell Scherpen, Emanuel Aiwu, Dimitri Lavalée, Gregory Wüthrich, Max Johnston, Otar Kiteishvili, Malick Yalcouye, Jon Gorenc-Stankovic, Leon Grgic, William Böving and Tomi Horvat.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Rapid Vienna will have to perform well to score against this Sturm Graz outfit who we think will likely score & stay on top.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 advantage for Sturm Graz after 90 minutes.

There should be little in it.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the 90 minute result market, backing Rapid Vienna can be had for 3, a bet on the draw is 3.5 & selecting victory for Sturm Graz can be had at 2.25. They’re the best of the prices that can be secured at this very moment.

Peter Guest, 21:06 16/05/2025