Rapid Vienna host FC Zorya Luhansk in the first leg of the Europa League qualification final. The match will be played on Thursday, August 19th at Allianz Stadion (Vienna)
The season is in full swing for Rapid Vienna. The team played nine official matches in four different tournaments. During this time, the Green-Whites managed to go through one stage of the Austrian Cup, leave the Champions League qualification, start in the national championship, and play two matches in the Europa League qualifiers. Such a busy schedule leads to the fact that the team sometimes fails. The streak without defeats did not last long. After a draw with LASK (1-1) and two victories over Anorthosis (3-0) and Wolfsberg (3-0), Rapid Vienna suffered two defeats from Anorthosis and Rheindorf Altach with the same score of 1-2. Interestingly, three goals were scored in the last four matches with the participation of Rapid. Beyond that, goals were scored in both halves in each of the last five games.
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Zorya Luhansk started the new season unconvincingly. After four rounds, the Men take the ninth place in the Ukrainian championship with only four points scored. And the club conceded in each official match. In the last friendly game against Dnipro-1, the Luhansk club celebrated the victory (1-0), but all four games of the championship ended with goals conceded. Beyond that, both sides scored in three consecutive matches with Zorya's participation. Bookmakers give the coefficient of 1.80 that both teams will score in the upcoming game. I will also note that Zorya was able to score more than one goal in only one out of five matches (5-1 against Inhulets Petrove). In the last three games, the Men scored seven goals, and five of them flew into the opponents’ nets in the second half.
Rapid Vienna showed a good start in recent matches. The players of the Austrian club scored first in four out of five previous games. There is a high probability that the same will happen in the upcoming game, as Zorya managed to open the scoring in only two of the last five matches. Beyond that, the Men have consistently conceded in four matches in a row.
Prediction for the match: Rapid Vienna to open the scoring
