Austria Vienna vs Rapid Vienna Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Austria Vienna

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Austria Vienna head into this match after a 1-1 Bundesliga drawn game against Wolfsberger AC.

In that game, Austria Vienna had 49% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. The scorer for Austria Vienna was Aleksandar Jukic (51'). Wolfsberger AC got 5 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Dario Vizinger (64') was the scorer for Wolfsberger AC.

It has not been often in recent times that Austria Vienna have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Austria Vienna have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 11 goals during that time. Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether that trend might be maintained in this match.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Austria Vienna:

• are unbeaten in the league by Rapid Vienna in their last 6 matches.
• have left without a victory over Rapid Vienna in their last 7 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Rapid Vienna

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Last time out, Rapid Vienna drew 2-2 in the Bundesliga match with Austria Klagenfurt.

In that match, Rapid Vienna had 68% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The only player to score for Rapid Vienna was Ferdy Druijf (78', 88'). For their opponents, Austria Klagenfurt had 11 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Florian Jaritz (70') and Turgay Gemicibaşi (84') scored for Austria Klagenfurt.

The numbers tell their own story, and Rapid Vienna have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals overall. In defence, Rapid Vienna just haven’t been too solid at all.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Rapid Vienna:

• have left without a victory over Austria Vienna when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• remain undefeated by Austria Vienna when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 08/12/2019, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Austria Vienna winning 0 of those games, Rapid Vienna 0 and 6 being drawn in regulation time.

An aggregate of 12 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 6 from Die Veilchen and 6 created by Die Grün-Weißen. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 2 on 20/03/2022 when it finished Rapid Vienna 1-1 Austria Vienna.

On that occasion, Rapid Vienna managed 50% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Robert Ljubičić (14').

For their opponents, Austria Vienna got 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Marco Djuricin (28') scored.

The match was refereed by Manuel Schüttengruber.

📋 Team News: Austria Vienna

Esad Bejic (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Georg Teigl (Fractured Jaw), Ziad El Sheiwi (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Muharem Huskovic (Unknown Injury), Filip Antovski (Pubitis), Anouar El Moukhantir (Back trouble), Florian Wustinger (Ligament Injury) and Matthias Braunöder (Ruptured ankle aigament) won’t be able to feature for Austria Vienna manager Manfred Schmid. Eric Martel will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🗞️ Team News: Rapid Vienna

Rapid Vienna manager Ferdinand Feldhofer has to currently contend with reduced team options. Jonas Auer (Knock), Ferdy Druijf (Bruise), Denis Bosnjak (Knee Injury), Srdjan Grahovac (Calf Injury), Leo Greiml (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Lion Schuster (Edema in the knee), Kelvin Arase (Unknown Injury), Paul Gartler (Hamstring Injury), Marko Dijakovic (Bruise) and Christopher Dibon (Sideband tear in the knee) can’t be considered. Niklas Hedl will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🔮 Prediction

We’re envisaging that Rapid Vienna will have a tough ask to be putting a goal past this Austria Vienna team who we reckon will get the vital goal that wins it.

That’s why our selection here is for a 1-0 victory for Austria Vienna at the end of this one.

It should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 00:55 04/05/2022