Rapid Vienna take on the visitors Lechia Gdansk in the first leg of quarterfinals of UEFA Conference League qualification. The match will be played on Thursday, July 21th at Allianz Stadion (Vienna).
Rapid Vienna are local football legend, which even at home they are on the sidelines now. The Greens are out of luck. They were at their peak in the first half of the last century, when there were no European competitions in their current form. Although the Mitropa Cup, the main predecessor of the Champions League, the Austrians took twice. And so they have a couple of appearances in Cup Winners' Cup finals in their assets. Yes, trophies were stamped at home, but the championship was last taken in 2008, and the cup - in 1995. By the way, after the Anschluss, it was possible to take the "gold" of Germany - a unique achievement, albeit associated with the darkest time. Now Rapid is almost the middle peasant in Austrian football. For example, last season brought them only 5th place, and even the historical grand made it to the Conference League through an additional playoff.
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Lechia Gdansk have already passed the 1st opponents. The White-Greens have made their way to European competition before. But in 1983, they were immediately knocked out by Juventus, and in 2020, having won minimally at home, as a result, the Poles lost to Brondby. It seems that now the team is not at its peak - in the last Ekstraklasa draw, it took only 4th place. And only this time it was possible to pass at least 1 opponent. By and large, everything with Akademija Pandev was decided in the starting, home match. There, Flavio Paischau scored a hat-trick, and his team in Gdansk won 4-1. In North Macedonia, after that, it also turned out to take the victory. Petshak in the 82nd minute scored the final 2-1 in favor of the visitors. But now there will be a much more status and experienced opponent.
This is only Lechia's 4th eurocups opponent ever - of course they have never played in Vienna before. But Rapid played with the Poles, Vidzev. They exchanged victories, but the rival from Łódź scored more. Vienna Rapid is not at its peak, but still it is a strong team that plays at home. Let's take a closer look at the bet on their victory with a handicap of "-1".
Prediction for the match: Rapid Vienna to win with -1.0 handicap.
