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Rapid Vienna vs Arsenal Prediction & Betting tips
Arsenal will play its first European game of this season in the Austrian capital. In Vienna, Rapid Wien is the opponent of the club from London, which would have preferred to play in another European tournament.
Rapid Wien:
Rapid Wien may show its skills to Europe this season. This is the result of the second place that Die Hütteldorfer secured last year in the Austrian Bundesliga. RB Salzburg’s supremacy could not be done, but Rapid became the best of the rest in the championship pool, qualifying for the preliminary rounds of the Champions League. In the second round of this, the green and white took care of the corona-plagued Lokomotiva Zagreb (0-1). A lap later, however, Racing Genk turned out to be too strong (2-1).
Due to the fact that Rapid managed to survive the second heat, the team from Vienna was allowed to enter the group stage of the Europa League immediately. Rapid took part in this tournament for the last time two years ago. At the time, the group stage was survived. However, Internazionale proved much too strong for Rapid in the sixteenth finals. A new game with a European superpower awaits on Thursday. Rapid doesn’t have to do without fans completely. Permission is granted to allow 3,000 spectators into the club’s stadium.
Arsenal:
For the fourth season in a row, Arsenal will play in the Europa League from the group stage. For years The Gunners were a regular in the Champions League, but domestically the team has been overtaken by several teams in recent years. Last season, Arsenal also failed to secure the necessary top-four place. So once again one has to settle for the Europa League, a tournament that is not only sportingly but also financially much less attractive than the multi-billion dollar Champions League.
Two years ago, the Londoners reached the final of the Europa League, in which fellow city rivals Chelsea FC proved too strong (4-1). Last season, Mikel Arteta’s team was surprised in the sixteenth finals by Olympiakos Piraeus, who eliminated Arsenal on the basis of goals. Arsenal’s form at the start of this season is decent. In the Premier League there were already lost twice, but these were the difficult away matches at Liverpool (3-1) and Manchester City (1-0). Last season, Arteta chose to rotate in his starting eleven in the group stage. The Spaniard probably has a similar plan for the coming European duels.