Rapid Vienna vs Arsenal – Prediction (Europa League – 22.10.2020)

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Mario Sonnleitner is the only survivor from the last Rapid starting XI to host English opposition in 2010. Including qualifying rounds, his four prior UEL goals have come during matches seeing both teams score and combine for over 2.5 match goals. Aiming for his 20th all-time goal in the UEL proper, striker Alexandre Lacazette has scored the decisive goal in two of his three prior goalscoring UEL away wins with Arsenal (both 1-0 wins), doing so inside the final 15 minutes of regular time in either half both times. Arsenal have conceded just once inside the opening half-hour of play across their last 17 UEL away matches – excluding neutral venues.

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Rapid Vienna Insights.

Rapid Vienna kick-off their UEFA Europa League (UEL) campaign hoping to progress from the group stage for a third time in four appearances. They ended up second in their last UEL group stage campaign, with every home match – along with the Round-of-32 home leg – seeing at least one team fail to score in matches producing under 2.5 goals. In fact, the theme of one team failing to score applies to five (W1, D1, L3) of Rapid’s last six UEL games across all venues, with the Austrian outfit averaging 1.33 goals conceded beyond the hour mark across those three defeats and losing both halves by a 2+ goal margin twice.

Arsenal Insights.

Excluding matches played on neutral turf, Arsenal are unbeaten across their last six UEL away games (W4, D2). The two draws averaged 2.5 total goals per match beyond the hour mark. Meanwhile, three of the four victories saw Arsenal keep a clean sheet, and score exclusively within the final 15 minutes of regular time in either half. Teams entering a new UEL group stage campaign with the competition’s highest coefficient have an all-time record of: W8, D2, L1, from their opening group stage away games, averaging a win margin of 1.88 across the victories. Notably, none of the three English teams with that trait (W1, D2) scored a single second-half goal from open play.

Match Info and Live Scores.