Rapid Vienna vs Trabzonspor Match Analysis and Prediction

Rapid Vienna vs Trabzonspor Match Analysis & Prediction

Rapid Vienna

15/08/2024 7:00 pm

Trabzonspor

by Vincent

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Seeking to overturn a one-goal first-leg deficit, Trabzonspor travel to Austria to face Rapid Vienna in the second leg of their Europa League third-qualifying-round tie on Thursday night.

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Rapid Vienna are on course to reach the Europa League proper for the third time in five seasons after Lukas Grgic’s second-half goal secured a hard-fought 1-0 first-leg win over Trabzonspor in Turkey last Thursday.

Success in Turkey made it five wins from five for Rapid Vienna across all competitions at the start of the new season, but their 100% record has since come to an end as they were forced to play out a 1-1 away draw with Asustria Klagenfurt in their second game of the Austrian Bundesliga on Sunday.

Moritz Oswald cancelled out a third-minute opener from Ben Bobzien, but a match-winning goal ultimately eluded Robert Klauss’ side, despite the hosts going down to 10 men shortly after halftime.

Their attention now shift to Thursday’s second-leg tie with Trabzonspor, with the Green-Whites aware that they require at least a draw to progress to the playoff round and move one step closer to securing their spot in the newly-expanded 2024-25 Europa League.

Trabzonspor’s disappointing defeat to Rapid Vienna last week was followed by a frustrating goalless draw with Sivasspor in their opening Turkish Super Lig match of the 2024-25 campaign on Sunday, a game in which they registered just two of their 16 attempts on target.

Abdullah Avci’s side face an uphill task to reach the main stage of a European competition for just the fifth time in the last 14 years, last doing so in 2022-23 when they competed in the Europa League group stage before dropping into the playoff round of the Conference League.

Rapid Vienna vs. Trabzonspor Head to head

Rapid Vienna won the only previous encounter between these two teams 1-0.

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Rapid Vienna Team News

Rapid Vienna are still unable to call upon the services of Thierry Gale, Ismail Seydi, Ferdy Druijf and Bernhard Zimmermann as they all continue to recover from knee injuries.

Oswald scored as a midfielder last time out but could move back into his favoured right-back role at the expense of Bendeguz Bolla, with Mamadou Sangare handed a recall in the middle of the pitch.

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Trabzonspor Team News

Bozok, Maxi Gomez, Mislav Orsic, Taxiarchis Fountas and Huseyin Turkmen are among a number of ineligible players who have not been selected for Trabzonspor’s Europa League qualifying squad.

John Lundstram and Ozan Tufan both began as substitutes last time out but could be recalled at the expense of Okay Yokuslu and Enis Bardhi respectively.