In this week 5 match on the 26th of October, Hartberg and Rapid Wien will play a match in Wien in a meeting of these two closely matched Tipico Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. 8th placed Rapid Wien is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Austria Klagenfurt. Markus Pink struck first for Austria Klagenfurt in the 6th minute on a feed from Sinan Karweina, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Rapid Wien couldn’t muster any offence and Austria Klagenfurt ran away with the shutout win. Rapid Wien looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 12th placed Hartberg, recorded a 1-5 loss against Wattens. Lukas Fadinger scored the first goal for Hartberg in the 8th minute, then in the 34th minute, Thomas Sabitzer sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Nik Prelec But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 36th minute on a goal by Lukas Sulzbacher. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Hartberg won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Hartberg’s most prolific scorer has been Dario Tadić. The Austrian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Rapid Wien’s top weapon lately has been Guido Burgstaller, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.