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The elimination of the Europa League has been a bitter reality for the first teams since last Thursday, and four teams have already bought tickets for the intermediate round in spring 2021. One team from this quartet is one of the big favorites of this year’s EL season: Arsenal London. The Gunners still have a sparkling white vest and confidently lead the table. In the last group home game this week there will be a duel between Arsenal and Rapid Vienna.
The Austrian record champions have reported back after the horror start in the form of two defeats and thanks to the two mandatory victories against Dundalk can dream of progressing again. Everything boils down to a final against Molde FK next Thursday in Hütteldorf. Basically, the game in London will be a strike result.
Should the Norwegians win against underdog Dundalk, Rapid will have to win anyway, regardless of the Arsenal game next week.
This creates an exciting starting situation for the duel at the Emirates Stadium. The home side will spin vigorously and also at Rapid Vienna it can be assumed that the players will not throw everything into the balance. Nevertheless, according to current odds, the best bookmakers see Arsenal against Rapid Vienna as clear favorites.
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Arsenal:
The Gunners were represented 19 times in a row in the premier class, meanwhile the UEFA Europa League has become the home of the English top club. For the fourth time in a row, the team is in the group stage of the Europa League and is doing justice to the role of favorites for the fourth time and survives the group stage. With a point win on Thursday evening in the home game against Rapid Vienna, the Arteta-Elf would also fix the group victory.
Doubts that the Gunners might miss this one point are not really warranted. Even if the Londoners will certainly rotate vigorously due to the enormous load and the comfortable starting situation, the team has enormous qualities. Players like Maitland-Niles, Nketiah, Willock or Nelson have enormous talent and can use such games to impose themselves.
In addition, the home strength at the Emirates Stadium is a big plus for Arsenal. In the Europa League, the Gunners have won 14 of the previous 20 games (three draws, three defeats). In the group stage the statistics are even more impressive, with Arsenal winning eight of their eleven home games.
The game on Thursday evening against the Austrian record champions is just a chore for Arsenal and the focus is already on the coming weekend. And for good reason, after all, the prestigious derby against arch rivals Tottenham is on the program on Sunday.
A win in this duel is of great relevance anyway, but because of the recent league performances, success is all the more important. Arsenal have only won one of the last six Premier League games and are therefore only in a completely disappointing 14th place. Once again, the hoped-for return to the Champions League seems to be wishful thinking for the club.
Rapid Vienna:
Rapid Wien is in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League for the eighth time, but has only made it to the knockout phase twice in seven attempts to date. Progress this year was a long way off after the Kühbauer-Elf not only lost to Arsenal, but also their first game against Molde.
The 1-0 defeat in Norway at the end of October ensured that the Green-Whites have already suffered 26 defeats (group stage to final) in the Europa League history. This set the negative record of Rosenborg Trondheim, on Thursday Rapid could now be the sole “record holder” in these statistics.
So far Rapid Vienna has conceded 95 goals in eight participations, this is the second highest value, only the Spanish representative Villarreal (97) has conceded a higher number. However, it has to be mentioned that the yellow submarine from Spain played significantly more games than Rapid.
The situation in the domestic league is much more positive for the green-whites than at Arsenal, but Rapid has recently suffered bitter setbacks. There was no victory in the last three league games, and Rapid Wien only achieved a 1-1 draw in the prestigious derby against Austria Wien. Above all, the exploitation of chances left a lot to be desired, because the Kühbauer-Elf was able to convince playfully.
Top striker Taxiarchis Fountas is still clearly handicapped after breaking his arm (playing with a splint). With him, Kühbauer will probably not take any chances and focus on the Molde game next Thursday. In addition, captain Dejan Ljubicic is still injured.
Arsenal vs Rapid Vienna head to head matches
22.10.20 EL Rapid Vienna Arsenal 1 : 2