Rapid Vienna - Arsenal 10/22/2020 Free soccer tips
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Rapid Vienna - Arsenal (Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips) / 22.10.2020
Rapid Wien receives the group's favorite - Analysis
At the start of the Europa League, Rapid Vienna will face Arsenal, the strongest group opponent. But the club from the capital of Austria was in good shape recently and won the last 3 competitive games. Arsenal FC also got off to a solid start to the season, losing only to Liverpool and Manchester City. In the Europa League, the Londoners suit some important regular players. Since two strong offensives meet, we assume a game with over 2.5 goals.
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Are there any goals between the two clubs?
In Group B of the Europa League, SK Rapid Wien and FC Arsenal will meet on Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 at 6:55 pm. Both clubs are the favorites to advance to the next round. But first they have to live up to their role as favorites. The hosts from Austria are in good shape and have won the last two competitive games.
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The guests from England have lost two games so far this season, but against Liverpool FC and Manchester City. At the upcoming guest appearance in Vienna, they could send their second guard onto the field. But they will be motivated and want to prove themselves. The venue for the upcoming game is the Allianz Stadium.
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SK RAPID VIENNA
- Survived the group stage twice in the last few years
- got off to a good start to the season
- won the last 4 home games
- Scored 15 goals in the last 4 home games
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FC ARSENAL
- reached the final and semi-finals in the past 3 years
- the higher quality in the squad
- only lost to Liverpool and Manchester City this season
- in 4 of the 5 league games over 2.5 goals
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Will Rapid survive the group stage again?
Due to good national placements, SK Rapid Wien has regularly participated in the European competition in recent years. The greatest successes in the recent past at international level were surviving the Europa League group stage in the 2018/2019 season and in the 2015/2016 season. Since the "green-whites” were runner-up in the Tipico Bundesliga last season, they were allowed to take part in the Champions League qualification.
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There they were defeated by KAA Gent 1: 2 and were downgraded to the Europa League. In this competition, the team of coach Dietmar Kühbauer is now in a group with FC Arsenal, Molde and FC Dundalk. The betting providers see Rapid Wien in 2nd place at the end of the group stage. With that, the club from the capital of Austria would reach the second round.
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Rapids offensive convinced last
Rapid Wien had a successful start to the season. In the ÖFB-Cup, the team of trainer Dietmar Kühbauer had two big wins, through which Rapid is in the round of 16 of the competition. The start in the Tipico Bundesliga was similarly successful. The club from the capital of Austria got 10 points from the first 4 match days and is with this result in second place in the table, behind RB Salzburg. The offensive has so far been the team's great strength.
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In 4 games, Rapid Vienna has already scored 10 times in the opposing goal. Center forward Taxiarchis Fountas is the club's top scorer with 4 goals. In the Allianz Stadium at home, the "green-whites” recently showed strong performances. The last 4 competitive games there were all victorious. Rapid Vienna scored a total of 15 goals in these 4 games.
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Arsenal only play Europa League again
Arsenal last played in the Champions League in the 2016/2017 season. Subsequently, the club from London failed to qualify for the largest European club competition. But Arsenal was very successful in the Europa League. In the 3 seasons in which the club participated in this competition, there was a final and a semi-final. Last season, however, the "Gunners" failed in the second round.
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The first leg against Olympiacos were won 1-0, in the second leg they then suffered a defeat after extra time. Due to the high quality in the squad, coach Mikel Arteta's team will probably play an important role in the Europa League again this year. You are in a group with Molde, Rapid Vienna and FC Dundalk and of course you are the clear favorite for pole position.
2 defeats, but not a bad start to the season
Arsenal's performance has been much more stable since Mikel Arteta became the club's head coach. The "Gunners" didn't get off to a bad start to the season, even though they had already suffered two defeats in the Premier League. They conceded these defeats against Liverpool FC and Manchester City, the two best clubs in England at the moment. The remaining 3 league games could be won.
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In addition, Arsenal FC secured the FA Community Shield with a win on penalties over Liverpool and were able to make the two games against Leicester City and Liverpool in the EFL Cup victorious. As a result, all away games were won except for the two league games against Manchester City and Liverpool. Arsenal's games this season have mostly been marked by a few hits. For this reason 4 of the 5 league games ended with over 2.5 goals.
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Betting tip and forecast
Arsenal FC will likely spare most of the Premier League regulars on Thursday. But the second guard of the team is of such a high quality that we see the Gunners as favorites against SK Rapid Wien and tend to win away from home. In our opinion, a safer bet is to bet on over 2.5 goals.
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The hosts from Austria presented themselves in a goal mood, especially in their own stadium, and scored 15 goals in the last 4 games. The guests from London will probably not compete with Aubameyang and Lacazette, but the young Nketiah and Nelson have proven their offensive quality often enough.
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Arsenal will play its first European game of this season in the Austrian capital. In Vienna, Rapid Wien is the opponent of the club from London, which would have preferred to play in another European tournament.
Rapid Wien:
Rapid Wien may show its skills to Europe this season. This is the result of the second place that Die Hütteldorfer secured last year in the Austrian Bundesliga. RB Salzburg’s supremacy could not be done, but Rapid became the best of the rest in the championship pool, qualifying for the preliminary rounds of the Champions League. In the second round of this, the green and white took care of the corona-plagued Lokomotiva Zagreb (0-1). A lap later, however, Racing Genk turned out to be too strong (2-1).
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Due to the fact that Rapid managed to survive the second heat, the team from Vienna was allowed to enter the group stage of the Europa League immediately. Rapid took part in this tournament for the last time two years ago. At the time, the group stage was survived. However, Internazionale proved much too strong for Rapid in the sixteenth finals. A new game with a European superpower awaits on Thursday. Rapid doesn’t have to do without fans completely. Permission is granted to allow 3,000 spectators into the club’s stadium.
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Arsenal:
For the fourth season in a row, Arsenal will play in the Europa League from the group stage. For years The Gunners were a regular in the Champions League, but domestically the team has been overtaken by several teams in recent years. Last season, Arsenal also failed to secure the necessary top-four place. So once again one has to settle for the Europa League, a tournament that is not only sportingly but also financially much less attractive than the multi-billion dollar Champions League.
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Two years ago, the Londoners reached the final of the Europa League, in which fellow city rivals Chelsea FC proved too strong (4-1). Last season, Mikel Arteta’s team was surprised in the sixteenth finals by Olympiakos Piraeus, who eliminated Arsenal on the basis of goals. Arsenal’s form at the start of this season is decent.
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In the Premier League there were already lost twice, but these were the difficult away matches at Liverpool (3-1) and Manchester City (1-0). Last season, Arteta chose to rotate in his starting eleven in the group stage. The Spaniard probably has a similar plan for the coming European duels.
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