Sturm vs Rapid Wien prediction and betting tips on May 1, 2024
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Game Prediction
As part of the Austrian Cup final, a match between Sturm and Rapid Vienna will take place on May 1, 2024. The rather unexpected leader of the national Bundesliga will play against a club that is in 5th place and has got almost 2 times fewer points in the championship.
Key statistics and trends:
The most popular score between Sturm and Rapid is a 1-1 draw (18 games).
Graz has got a winning streak of 5 matches.
The average number of goals in meetings between the teams is 2.8.
Sturm – the shape of the team and its analysis: there are chances for a “golden double”
“The Blacks” have won the championship title 3 times, but the last time was in 2011. After that, Red Bull dominated in Austria. Speaking about the previous season, Ilzer’s wards fell behind the giants from Salzburg and finished the cycle, again, in 2nd place. Now there is a chance to finally beat “the Bulls”, despite the defeat to the rival in a head-to-head match in the end of March. Still, it was the favourite who managed to get through to the cup semi-finals, taking a 4-3 victory on the away arena. At the same time, the team reached the 1/8 finals of the Conference League – it lost to Lille in March there. The second half of April was not easy: first the club played with Rapid, then with Red Bull, and the latter was tied on the native field – 2-2.
Rapid Vienna – the shape of the team and its analysis: there has been a noticeable decline this month
“The Green and Whites” are the historical giants of Austrian football. Still, the last “gold” dates back to 2008. Nowadays, it is rather a popular middle peasant, for instance, the previous season brought 4th position in the Bundesliga. This time, the team expects to surpass it by taking the 3rd final position. Still, first there were a couple of draws, and then it lost to Sturm twice in a row in the championship. Moreover, LASK devastatingly beat the team in the previous round – 0-5.
Sturm: team news
Scherpen has a broken ankle. Also, Borkovic and Sarkaria will not play.
Rapid Vienna: team news
Gale and Strunz were eliminated.
Sturm vs Rapid Vienna: possible starting line-ups
Sturm (possible line-up): Jaros – Schnegg, Lavalee, Wüthrich, Gazibegovic – Prass, Gorenc Stanković, Boving, Kiteishvili, Horvat – Biereth.
Rapid Vienna (possible line-up): Hedl – Auer, Kasanwirjo, Sattlberger, Hofmann, Oswald – Jansson, Seidl, Kaygin, Lang – Mayulu.
Previous head-to-head matches
Taking into account the regular season, there were 2 draws with the same score – 1-1. “The Blacks” won the home game in April, already in the “championship” pool – 1-0. And the guests managed to win with a 3-1 score in the capital of Austria.
Free prediction for the match Sturm vs Rapid Vienna on May 1:
“The Blacks” have already got 13 points more in the championship and have not defeated only Red Bull. They must cope with this opponent by winning in regular time (odd: 2.05).