In this week 20 match, on Sunday Mar 5th, Rapid Wien will play host to Salzburg in a clash of the Tipico Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Rapid Wien sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Wolfsberger AC. Patrick Greil struck first for Rapid Wien in the 24th minute, then Bernhard Zimmermann added another in the 43rd minute on a feed from Ante Bajic. Rapid Wien is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while salzburg sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Ried. Nicolás Capaldo struck first for Salzburg in the 19th minute on a feed from Noah Okafor, then Sekou Koita added another in the 88th minute In the end, Ried couldn’t muster any offence and Salzburg ran away with the shutout win. Salzburg looks to continue their winning ways, having won 8 of their last 10.
Rapid Wien and Salzburg last played eachother at the Red Bull Arena on Sun Sep 18th. Salzburg and Rapid Wien battled to a 1-1 draw. Sesko struck first for Salzburg in the 1st minute, then Leopold Querfeld tied it up for Rapid Wien in the 21st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Rapid Wien.
Salzburg’s most prolific scorer has been Nicolás Capaldo. The Argentinian midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Both Guido Burgstaller and Oliver Strunz have been the hottest scorers for Rapid Wien in the last five each having scored 3 goals each.