Week 13 features a match on Saturday Oct 22nd, where Rapid Wien hosts Austria Klagenfurt at Allianz Stadion in a meeting of these two closely matched Tipico Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. 7th placed Rapid Wien is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Ried. Christoph Monschein struck first for Ried in the 50th minute on a penalty, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rapid Wien couldn’t manage to score, and Ried took the shutout win. Rapid Wien is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Austria Klagenfurt recorded a 1-3 loss against LASK Linz. Marin Ljubicic struck first for LASK Linz in the 15th minute, but Jonas Arweiler got the equalizer for Austria Klagenfurt in the 63rd minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Austria Klagenfurt should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sun Jul 31st, Austria Klagenfurt hosted Rapid Wien at the Sportplatz Kac in their last match together. Rapid Wien won by a score of 1 to 0. Guido Burgstaller struck first for Rapid Wien in the 66th minute on a penalty, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Austria Klagenfurt was frustrated by Rapid Wien’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rapid Wien ended the match with the shutout victory.
Austria Klagenfurt’s most prolific scorer has been Markus Pink. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. For Rapid Wien, their top scorers are Bernhard Zimmermann and Guido Burgstaller, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.