First Vienna vs Rapid Vienna Prediction

Recent form: two very different samples

Rapid Vienna have won 15 of their last 20 matches, drawing four and losing just once, with 58 goals scored in that spell. That run takes in Bundesliga games, cup ties, European fixtures and a few friendlies, so it's a varied set of opposition rather than one clean league sample.

First Vienna: 20 completed matches; Rapid Vienna: 20 completed matches.

First Vienna

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

44

Conceded

23

Difference

+21

Rapid Vienna

20 matches

Win

85% 17 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

5% 1 / 20

Scored

61

Conceded

21

Difference

+40

First Vienna's record over the same length of time reads 11 wins, six draws and three losses, with 41 goals for and 23 against. Most of that comes from their 2. Liga campaign, with cup and friendly matches mixed in as well.

Rapid's numbers look stronger on the surface, but a good chunk of that form comes against lower-tier or friendly opposition, so it doesn't automatically carry over to a cup tie at First Vienna's ground.

Comparative Team Statistics: First Vienna vs Rapid Vienna

Head-to-head: mostly friendly affairs

The two sides have met four times in the record we've got, and three of those were friendlies rather than competitive fixtures. Rapid Vienna won three of the four, including a 1-0 friendly win as recently as January this year.

First Vienna's win came back in October 2023, also a friendly, when they beat Rapid 4-1 at home. There's no recorded meeting between the two in a competitive cup setting.

With so much of this history built from friendlies, it isn't a strong guide to how an actual cup tie between the two sides might unfold.

What might shape this cup tie

Rapid Vienna play in the Bundesliga while First Vienna sit a division below in the 2. Liga, so there's a gap in level on paper. Domestic cups can throw up different dynamics though, with the home underdog sometimes raising their game for a one-off tie.

First Vienna's home form this season has included wins and draws against domestic sides, while Rapid's away trips have produced some big score-lines in both directions, including an 8-0 win but also matches where they've conceded freely. That suggests Rapid can be exposed at the back even against weaker opposition.

Cup ties like this can go either way, especially with a month still to go before kickoff and plenty of room for team changes.