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The absolute top match of the 14th round of the Austrian Bundesliga does not take place on Sunday as usual, but on Saturday afternoon. Responsible for this are the Eurofighter Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Vienna, who were in action in the Europa League on Thursday. The Graz started furious in the season and lead the table with 31 points. The record champion from the capital started less well in the season, but the Rapidler have been able to consolidate in recent weeks and together with Sturm Graz count to the team of the hour in Austria. With a win, Rapid Wien could shorten the gap to the Blackies to three points and would make the race for the title for the time being a three-way battle with the clear title favorite Red Bull Salzburg. Kick-off of the big game is at 4 pm in the Merkur Arena in Graz.
Sturm Graz :
The great and probably somewhat unexpected start of the season of Sturm Graz has been moved by some other topic in the background for some days. The speech is, of course, of the team chief announcement of the ÖFB, which officially introduced the current Sturm coach as a new strong man. Franco Foda will stay with Sturm Graz until the end of the year, but at the same time he will take on the duties of national coach for the upcoming friendly in mid-November against Uruguay. The squad for the international match week has already been nominated by Franco Foda, who among other things, three storm players belong, while previously not a single counted the permanent staff. Goalkeeper Jörg Siebenhandl, midfielder Stefan Hierländer and striker Deni Alar now enjoy the confidence of the 51-year-old German twice. Questions about how well Franco Foda will handle the temporary double function come naturally in this situation. Of course, Franco Foda will continue to do his best for Sturm Graz, but that the additional duties of the national coach will take some time, which would otherwise have been used exclusively for the club, is an inevitable fact.
In the current season it ran for the Grazer like clockwork. With six victories in a row, including against all three “big” competitors in the league with Austria Vienna, Rapid Vienna and Red Bull Salzburg, the Blackies started the season with the perfect point yield. There was a brief breather in the next three games, in which only one point could be taken. However, this dry spell did not last long and Sturm was able to start a new winning streak. For four games, the Styrians are again without loss of points and are with 31 points after 13 rounds at the top of the table, with three points ahead of the big title favorite Red Bull Salzburg. Also in the Cup, the league leaders were no nakedness and threw the SCR Altach with a clear 4: 1 from the competition. In the last game, the Wolfsberg AC could be beaten 2-0 in a very windy affair away. With this victory, the team wrote history, because never had the SK storm at this time as many points in the account as this season.
Rapid Vienna :
The Rapidler are currently rushing from one victory to the next. Since mid-September, Rapid Wien only has the feeling of leaving the field as the winner at the end of a match. The winning streak of the Green-White has grown including cup games to seven. In the league, there are five full successes in a row. The start of the season was still very mixed. Although the offensive department played out a lot of chances, as in the past, the defense was initially very vulnerable. So the record champions could only get two wins from the first eight games, although with 15 goals almost two goals per game were scored. With the commitment of the Brazilian Lucas Galvao, who immediately became an indispensable part in the central defense, the defensive weaknesses were largely eliminated. In the last four league games the Rapidler shone in the defense and did not concede a goal.
Although the results in recent weeks due to the stable defense fit, the shortcoming opportunity exploitation is still a big topic. In some games Rapid had chances for three or more goals, but the last four league games all ended with the most minimalist of all results, 1-0. Even Rapid coach Goran Djuricin is the pitiful opportunity exploitation a thorn in the eye: “We have let the ball go, have worked out opportunities. I never felt that the game could topple. On the other hand, the odds analysis today was of course very bad. There you have to score a lot more goals and then it probably looks different. “Before the 1-0 win over Admira on the last matchday green days were announced in Vienna, as Rapid twice in a week (once in the league, once in the Cup) could win the derby against Austria Vienna.
Sturm Graz vs Rapid Vienna head to head matches
19.08.17 BUN Rapid Vienna Sturm Graz 1 : 2
21.05.17 BUN Rapid Vienna Sturm Graz 1 : 0
12.03.17 BUN Sturm Graz Rapid Vienna 2 : 1
27.11.16 BUN Rapid Vienna Sturm Graz 1 : 2
10.09.16 BUN Sturm Graz Rapid Vienna 1 : 1