Rapid Vienna and Sturm Graz meet at Allianz Stadion, in a match for the 13th round of the Bundesliga. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, on 19‑09‑2020, the two teams tied (1‑1). The record of direct confrontations at this stadium is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 8 matches won 3, tied 3 and lost 2. But the last time they met at this stadium was on 07‑06‑2020, for the Bundesliga , which ended with the victory of Rapid Wien by (4‑0). S. Schwab (70 ‘), K. Arase (28’ and 25 ‘) and T. Fountas (78’) scored the goals for Rapid Vienna.
Rapid :
The home team is currently in 4th position, with 24 points won, after 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Swarovski Tirol by (0‑3). In the last match, they won away against Admira by (0‑1). In the last match they played, for the Friendlies, they beat Admira at home by (3‑1). In their last 6 home games for the championship Rapid Vienna won 3, drew 2 and lost 1, winning 11 points out of 18 possible. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive strength, but its attack has scored regularly, since it has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 57 of the last 61 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 12 games in this competition, he only managed 1 comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Rapid Vienna come to this match after a 0x1 victory at the visit to Admira, thus adding their seventh victory in the Bundesliga: the only goal of the match was scored by Ercan Kara. In this match against Sturm Graz, coach Dietmar Kohbauer must present the team in a 4-2-3-1, favoring the maintenance of possession and positional attacks, however, in some moments of the game he must play only in counterattack : Ercan Kara will be the most advanced man on the team. For this game the visiting coach cannot count on Taxiarchis Fountas and Filip Stojkovic, both suspended, as well as Philipp Schobesberger, Dalibor Velimirovic and Christopher Dibon, due to injury.
Sturm:
After 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, the visiting team is currently in 2nd position, with 25 points won. In their last match, they tied in an away match against Wolfsberger AC by (0‑0), after having won at home in the previous match, in a match against St. Pölten, by (3‑0). In their last match, for the Friendlies, they beat Kapfenberger SV at home by (3‑0).
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 6 away matches. The defense has been strong and has only conceded goals in 3 of the last 10 matches, and their offense has scored regularly, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that does not usually have difficulties to open the scoring: they scored the first goal in 9 of the last 12 games for the Bundesliga, of these 9 they came at half-time ahead in 6 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90s ‘at 7.
Sturm Graz comes to this game after a draw, at zero, in the visit to the WAC stadium, thus registering the sixth consecutive game without losing in this competition. Usually, coach Christian Ilzer plays 4-4-2, favoring tactical organization and counterattacks, especially through the right: Stefan Hierländer is very fast and competent in transporting the ball for attack. Jakob Jantscher is one of Sturm Graz’s top scorers, with four goals scored. For this game the visiting coach cannot count on Amadou Dante, suspended, as well as Vincent Trummer, injured.
