RAPID VIENNA v MATTERSBURG
Saturday 18th March 2017 – Kickoff: 1600hrs
Football – Austria – Bundesliga Betting Tips
Rapid Vienna will be hoping to put an end to three straight Austrian Bundesliga defeats on Saturday afternoon when they play host to second from bottom club Mattersburg at their Allianz Stadion.
Previous losses to Wolfsberger, Salzburg and Sturm Graz have extended Rapid Vienna’s run without a win in the Austrian top flight to six matches now as the hosts now seem resigned to missing out on a top three position and the european slot that goes with it for another season.
Rapid Vienna sit in a disappointing mid-table position, but they must fancy their chances of returning to winning ways this afternoon against a Mattersburg side they beat earlier in the season 3-0 at home.
Onto Mattersburg, and their Austrian top flight status hangs by just a three point margin above bottom club SV Ried who have a total of 20 points to their name. It’s a success story in itself that Mattersburg, a village side, have managed to attain Bundesliga status at all, but they’ve tasted some valuable wins (all at home ) so far this season.
Recent wins over Sturm Graz, Wolfsberger and St.Polten were all registered at their Pappelstadion, but they do possess the worst away record in the Bundesliga this season with an appalling record of 0-2-10 8/27.
Only Ried (5 goals) have scored fewer goals on the road than Mattersburg this campaign, and along with failing to score on six occasions already, Mattersburg have also failed to keep a single clean sheet on their travels as well.
Indeed, it’s now 16 away matches since Mattersburg recorded an away win (which was a 1-0 win at relegated Grodig back in March 2016).
Pick: Rapid Vienna to win @ 1.53 William Hill
