In a weekend match on Sat Oct 15th, in week 12, Ried hosts Rapid Wien in a clash of these two closely matched Tipico Bundesliga teams. In their last match, 12th placed Ried, recorded a 2-1 win against Wolfsberger AC. Leo Mikić struck first for Ried in the 17th minute on a feed from Julian Wiessmeier, then Tin Plavotic added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Stefan Nutz. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while rapid Wien sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Austria Wien. Muharem Huskovic struck first for Austria Wien in the 4th minute, then Dominik Fitz added another in the 16th minute from the penalty spot. Rapid Wien is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
Ried and Rapid Wien last played eachother at the Allianz Stadion on Jul 24th. Rapid Wien was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Zimmermann scored the first goal for Rapid Wien in the 77th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ried couldn’t manage to score, and Rapid Wien took the shutout win.
Both Bernhard Zimmermann and Guido Burgstaller have been the hottest scorers for Rapid Wien in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Ried is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Philipp Pomer and Leo Mikić each having 2 goals in their last 5.