Rapid Vienna vs WSG Swarovski Tirol Live Stream, Predictions

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Rapid Vienna

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Rapid Vienna will be hoping for a better result after the 2-4 Bundesliga defeat last time out to Red Bull Salzburg.

In that game, Rapid Vienna managed 50% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Rapid Vienna, the goalscorers were Bernhard Zimmermann (44') and Guido Burgstaller (95'). On the other side, Red Bull Salzburg got 8 shots on goal with 5 on target. Nicolas Seiwald (4') and Benjamin Šeško (80', 84', 87') scored for Red Bull Salzburg.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Rapid Vienna have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Rapid Vienna have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals during that time. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this next game, though.

Heading into this fixture, Rapid Vienna are unbeaten in the league by WSG Swarovski Tirol in their previous 6 matches.

WSG Swarovski Tirol

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to LASK Linz in Bundesliga action, WSG Swarovski Tirol and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, WSG Swarovski Tirol had 34% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For WSG Swarovski Tirol, the goals were scored by Julian Forst (45') and Valentino Müller (46'). LASK Linz got 23 shots on goal with 9 on target. Ibrahim Mustapha (22'), Keito Nakamura (34') and Robert Žulj (91') scored for LASK Linz.

In the course of their 6 latest matches, Thomas Silberberger's WSG Swarovski Tirol have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 7 times thus yielding them a goals per game average of 1.17.

Pre-game facts show that WSG Swarovski Tirol:

• are winless against Rapid Vienna when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Delving into past results between these clubs stretching back to 03/10/2021 shows that these fixtures have been disappointments for WSG Swarovski Tirol. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins at all whereas Rapid Vienna have been superior, winning in 100% of those matches.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 24 in all which averages out at 4 goals per meeting.

📰 Team News: Rapid Vienna

Oliver Strunz (Muscular problems), Ferdy Druijf (Hamstring Injury), Paul Gartler (Meniscal Injury), Thorsten Schick (Pubitis), Martin Koscelnik (Ligament Injury), Nicolas Kühn (Muscular problems) and Maximilian Hofmann (Hip Injury) aren’t available for Rapid Vienna gaffer Zoran Barišić. Suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Aleksa Pejic and Jonas Auer.

In our view, Die Grün-Weißen should go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Niklas Hedl, Denso Kasius, Leopold Querfeld, Michael Sollbauer, Kevin Wimmer, C. Knasmüllner, Roman Kerschbaum, Bernhard Zimmermann, Patrick Greil, Marco Grüll and Guido Burgstaller.

ℹ️ Team News: WSG Swarovski Tirol

Due to a fully healthy squad available for selection, the WSG Swarovski Tirol boss Thomas Silberberger has zero fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash.

We reckon that WSG Swarovski Tirol could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-1-2 system using Ferdinand Oswald, Alexander Ranacher, David Jaunegg, Dominik Stumberger, Kofi Schulz, Lukas Sulzbacher, Valentino Müller, Julius Ertlthaler, Sandi Ogrinec, Justin Forst and Zan Rogelj.

💭 Prediction

We envisage that WSG Swarovski Tirol will manage to get a goal against this Rapid Vienna outfit, but it probably won’t quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We think that it’s going to be a narrow 2-1 advantage for Rapid Vienna after 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Peter Guest, 02:37 08/03/2023