[Austrian Bundesliga 2015/16]

29.08.2015, 18:30 SK Rapid Wien (1.) vs. SV Mattersburg (5.) (5-1-0) (3-0-3) This is the 41st meeting between the sides in the Bundesliga and the head to head shows 20 victories of Rapid edging 10 of Mattersburg. At home, Rapid lost in 19 games just 2 (the last one 6 years ago: 2:3 on May 21^st, 2009) Rapid was close to qualify for the UCL with a strong performance in the yesterday´s match against Shakthar Donezk. But after the 0:1 defeat last week in the Ernst- Happel Stadium, a 2:2 wasn´t enough to be part of the royal class of European football. Against the promoted team from Mattersburg Rapid is of course the enormous favourite, because they could win all their former home games this season. (Goal difference 8:1). It will be interesting to see how Rapid can handle the absence of their defensive players Hofmann, Stangl and Schrammel and the double burden of national and international games. Both teams like to employ a 4-2-3-1, but the question is, if Rapid´s centre forward Robert Beric still joins the match on Saturday, because there are some contracts ready for signature for the Slovenian the club says. Both teams have won their last game in the Bundesliga: Rapid could beat SV Grödig with 3:0, Mattersburg celebrated a 1:0 victory against Wolfsberg. In this game I tend to bet on Rapid with Handicap 0:1 @1,66, cause their offensive squad already scored 17 this season, Mattersburg lost all their away- games (1:2, 1:5, 1:3) and the Burgenlanders have won their last game at Vienna 6 years ago (as mentioned above). Last weeks line-ups: SK Rapid Wien (4-2-3-1): Strebinger – Auer, Hofmann, Sonnleitner, Schimpelsberger – Grahovac, Schwab – Schobesberger, Alar, Huspek – Prosenik SV Mattersburg (4-2-3-1): Kuster – Farkas, Mahrer, Malic, Höller – Jano, Prietl – Onisiwo, Perlak, Röcher – Pink

[Austrian Bundesliga 2015/16]

I think we need a fresh breeze for the Austrian Bundesliga. So I´ll start to give some personal tips frequently for the games based on detailed statistics. Tuesday 11th August: SV Ried vs RB Salzburg Some would say that Salzburg currently has a big crisis, but with a squad with an average age of 22 and loads of new players it´s clear, that the team needs more time. Although they haven´t yet won a match in the Bundesliga this season, they have a positive balance against SV Ried: In 38 games of the Red Bull era they won 28, 10 ended with a draw and only 5 games could win the team of Upper Austria. The last victory of Ried against Slazburg was on the 24th november 2012. (3:1) Ried has problems with scoring goals, because the new offensive duo Gavilan and Sikorski is not yet working properly. So my opinion: Ried vs Salzburg / Tip2 (0:2) Other opinions?