In a weekend match in week 19, on Friday Feb 11th, Rapid Wien will host Salzburg in a clash of these two closely matched Tipico Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Rapid Wien is fresh off their 2-1 win against Admira. Taxiarchis Fountas struck first for Rapid Wien in the 14th minute, then Stephan Zwierschitz tied it up for Admira in the 18th minute on a feed from Roman Kerschbaum. Rapid Wien is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while salzburg sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 5-0 blowout win against Wattens. Nicolás Capaldo struck first for Salzburg in the 30th minute on a feed from Junior Chikwubuike Adamu, then Karim Adeyemi added another in the 49th minute In the end, Wattens was frustrated by Salzburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Salzburg ended the match with the shutout victory. Salzburg should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 19th of September, Salzburg hosted Rapid Wien at the Red Bull Arena in their last match together. Salzburg won by a score of 2 to 0. Karim Adeyemi scored the first goal for Salzburg in the 79th minute on a penalty shot, then Brenden Aaronson added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Noah Okafor At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rapid Wien couldn’t manage to score, and Salzburg took the shutout win.
Karim Adeyemi has been the most prolific scorer on Salzburg in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Ercan Kara has been the most effective weapon for Rapid Wien lately. The Austrian attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches.