Lask Linz host Rapid Vienna in the Austrian Bundesliga. Both sides have made a strong start to the season, with only a couple of points splitting them near the top of the table.
Rapid arrive as league leaders, yet the market has Lask Linz down as clear favourites for this one. That gap between the table and the price is worth working through before deciding whether either side is worth backing.
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Recent form across all competitions
Rapid Vienna's last 20 matches, spanning the league, cup and Europa Conference League, show 15 wins and just one defeat, that coming away at Red Bull Salzburg. Some of the goal tallies are inflated by weaker opposition, but the pattern of regular winning is clear.
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Lask Linz: 20 completed matches; Rapid Vienna: 20 completed matches.
Lask Linz
- Win
- 60% 12 / 20
- Draw
- 5% 1 / 20
- Loss
- 35% 7 / 20
- Scored
- 55
- Conceded
- 21
- Difference
- +34
Rapid Vienna
- Win
- 75% 15 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 5% 1 / 20
- Scored
- 58
- Conceded
- 22
- Difference
- +36
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundesliga | TSV Hartberg | Lask Linz | 20.09.2026 | 3-3 |
| Bundesliga | Sturm Graz | Lask Linz | 13.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| UEFA Champions League | AEK Athens FC | Lask Linz | 08.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Cup | Deutschlandsberger SC | Lask Linz | 05.09.2026 | 1-6 |
| Bundesliga | Wolfsberger AC | Lask Linz | 01.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| Bundesliga | Lask Linz | SCR Altach | 29.08.2026 | 3-0 |
| UEFA Champions League | Lask Linz | Celtic | 25.08.2026 | 5-1 |
| UEFA Champions League | Celtic | Lask Linz | 19.08.2026 | 3-0 |
| Bundesliga | Lask Linz | Ried | 14.08.2026 | 4-1 |
| Bundesliga | Austria Vienna | Lask Linz | 09.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundesliga | Rapid Vienna | WSG Wattens | 18.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| Bundesliga | Wolfsberger AC | Rapid Vienna | 12.09.2026 | 0-3 |
| Cup | Austria Klagenfurt | Rapid Vienna | 05.09.2026 | 2-5 |
| Bundesliga | Red Bull Salzburg | Rapid Vienna | 02.09.2026 | 5-1 |
| Bundesliga | Rapid Vienna | Sturm Graz | 30.08.2026 | 3-1 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | Rapid Vienna | Heart Of Midlothian | 26.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | Heart Of Midlothian | Rapid Vienna | 20.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Bundesliga | Rapid Vienna | Grazer AK | 16.08.2026 | 8-0 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | Rapid Vienna | Paide | 12.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Bundesliga | Ried | Rapid Vienna | 09.08.2026 | 1-2 |
Lask Linz's recent run has been more mixed. They beat Celtic 5-1 at home in the Champions League but lost 3-0 to them away, and they've also lost to Austria Vienna, Sturm Graz and AEK Athens in their last handful of games. Their most recent outing was a 3-3 draw away at Hartberg.
Lask's form in this stretch has looked less settled than their league position alone would suggest.
Comparative Team Statistics: Lask Linz vs Rapid Vienna

A fixture that swings both ways
These two have met regularly over the years and the results don't lean strongly either way. Lask Linz won 3-1 at home the last time these sides met, in May 2026, but Rapid won 4-2 at home in the meeting before that. Further back, both sides have had spells of getting the better of the other.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundesliga | Lask Linz | Rapid Vienna | 04.05.2026 | 3-1 |
| Bundesliga | Rapid Vienna | Lask Linz | 22.03.2026 | 4-2 |
| Bundesliga | Lask Linz | Rapid Vienna | 30.11.2025 | 3-0 |
| Bundesliga | Rapid Vienna | Lask Linz | 19.10.2025 | 0-2 |
| Bundesliga | Rapid Vienna | Lask Linz | 01.06.2025 | 3-0 |
| Bundesliga | Lask Linz | Rapid Vienna | 29.05.2025 | 3-1 |
| Bundesliga | Lask Linz | Rapid Vienna | 23.02.2025 | 2-1 |
| Bundesliga | Rapid Vienna | Lask Linz | 28.09.2024 | 1-1 |
| Bundesliga | Lask Linz | Rapid Vienna | 28.04.2024 | 5-0 |
| Bundesliga | Rapid Vienna | Lask Linz | 15.03.2024 | 0-0 |
A tight title race after seven rounds
Rapid Vienna sit top of the Bundesliga on 18 points from seven games, two clear of Lask Linz in third. Both sides have conceded the same number of goals, seven, but Rapid have scored two more and lost only once, against Lask's one defeat and a draw.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rapid Vienna | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21/7 | 18 |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18/4 | 17 |
| 3 | Lask Linz | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19/7 | 16 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8/9 | 11 |
Both teams are winning far more often than not, so this is a genuine clash between two sides near the summit.

Where the goals are coming from
Lask's C. Lang is the top scorer in this sample with five goals in seven appearances, and S. Adeniran has four in just four games, so their threat looks concentrated in a couple of forwards. Rapid's scoring is more spread out, with T. Adamsen leading on four goals but E. Kara and P. Dahl each contributing three.
On the disciplinary side, Lask's R. Ljubičić has already picked up a red card in five appearances in this sample, while X. Mbuyamba has three yellows.
If Lask's front two are kept quiet, they don't have as many alternative scorers lined up as Rapid do.
Match odds and squad lists
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Schöpf | Austria | 32 | Midfielder | 178 | 74 |
| A. Andrade | Panama | 27 | Defender | 187 | 78 |
| T. Schützenauer | Austria | 29 | Goalkeeper | 182 | 79 |
| R. Ljubičić | Austria | 27 | Midfielder | 178 | 75 |
| S. Kalajdzic | Austria | 29 | Attacker | 200 | 90 |
| S. Horvath | Austria | 30 | Midfielder | 165 | 60 |
| F. Flecker | Austria | 30 | Attacker | 177 | 70 |
| K. Jørgensen | Denmark | 26 | Midfielder | 185 | 80 |
| X. Mbuyamba | Netherlands | 24 | Defender | 196 | 84 |
| G. Bello | USA | 24 | Midfielder | 173 | 75 |
| S. Adeniran | USA | 28 | Attacker | 196 | 91 |
| M. Bogarde | Netherlands | 24 | Defender | 172 | 82 |
| K. Daněk | Czechia | 23 | Midfielder | 185 | 62 |
| L. Jungwirth | Austria | 22 | Goalkeeper | 177 | n/a |
| C. Lang | Austria | 24 | Attacker | 183 | 71 |
| Y. Dibango | Cameroon | 24 | Defender | 184 cm | 80 kg |
| Daniel Elfadli | Libya | 29 | Midfielder | 188 | 78 |
| A. Smakaj | Kosovo | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Alemão | Brazil | 23 | Defender | 194 | 87 |
| M. Usor | Nigeria | 24 | Attacker | 181 | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Gartler | Austria | 29 | Goalkeeper | 186 | 80 |
| J. Horn | Germany | 29 | Defender | 186 | 81 |
| L. Schaub | Austria | 31 | Midfielder | 177 | 72 |
| B. Bolla | Hungary | 26 | Defender | 180 | 72 |
| N. Cvetković | Serbia | 30 | Defender | 194 | n/a |
| J. Auer | Austria | 26 | Defender | 182 | 77 |
| M. Tilio | Australia | 25 | Attacker | 163 | 63 |
| C. M'Buyi | France | 27 | Attacker | 184 | n/a |
| E. Kara | Austria | 30 | Attacker | 192 | 88 |
| S. Raux-Yao | France | 27 | Defender | 197 | 86 |
| Y. Demir | Austria | 23 | Midfielder | 171 | 72 |
| T. Gulliksen | Norway | 23 | Midfielder | 177 | n/a |
| N. Hedl | Austria | 25 | Goalkeeper | 190 | 80 |
| M. Oswald | Austria | 24 | Midfielder | 171 | 66 |
| M. Seidl | Austria | 25 | Midfielder | 175 | 72 |
| K. Ahoussou | Côte d'Ivoire | 22 | Defender | 194 | 74 |
| L. Orgler | Austria | 21 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 72 |
| T. Adamsen | Denmark | 31 | Midfielder | 181 | 74 |
| B. Göschl | Austria | 20 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 73 |
| N. Bajlicz | Austria | 22 | Midfielder | 173 | 68 |
With Rapid on top of the table but Lask installed as strong home favourites, the numbers and the price don't quite line up. Add in Lask's uneven recent form and a head-to-head record that has gone both ways, and there's no clean angle to lean on.
We're passing on this one rather than forcing a side or a line when the picture is this mixed.
