Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Rapid Vienna
Match Time & Date:
19/08/2021
03:00 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Zorya
Rapid Wien play host to Zorya Luhansk in the Europa League play-offs, first leg on Thursday evening. The Austrians eliminated Anorthosis of Cyprus in the third qualifying round, and they are seen to win the upcoming double-header as well. You should bear in mind that Rapid Wien have won each of the previous two home games in European competitions. Attacker Philipp Schobesberger remains in the recovery room, while both Petrovic and Stojkovic are rated doubtful for the game.
Zorya Luhansk, on the other hand, have been having their ups and downs in the new Ukrainian Premier League campaign. Viktor Skrypnuk’s troops face a difficult task in Thursday’s football match, and seeing that Rapid Wien have been impressive at home ground this season, we predict that the Ukrainians are going to return home empty-handed from the trip to Austria.
Highlighted Player (Filip Stojkovic ):
Following a successful spell with Serbian giants Crvena Zvezda, Montenegro full-back Filip Stojkovic joined Rapid Wien in 2019. Stojkovic was part of the Crvena Zvezda team that defeated Liverpool in the 2018/19 Champions League campaign, and, no doubt, that is considered one of the biggest successes of his career.
The Montenegro footballer is a product of the Bukovik Razanj youth team, and, in 2006 he was spotted by Crvena Zvezda’s scouts. From 2009 to 2017 Filip played for the likes of Sopot (loan), Banat (loan), Cukaricki, and 1860 Munchen before returning to Stadion Rajko Mitic. Nowadays the pacey full-back plays for both Rapid Wien and the Montenegro national team.
He made his debut for the national team in a 1-0 loss to Turkey in 2016. Since Stojkovic is a footballer of Serbian descent, he has eight caps for the Serbia U21 team. The Rapid Wien defender wears the No. 22 shirt at the Austrian club.
Highlighted Team (Zorya):
Zorya are a professional football club that compete in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club was founded in 1923 and in 1972 they won Soviet Top League. Speaking of competitions in Ukraine, Zorya made it to the cup final in the 2015/2016 season, with the team losing to Shakhtar Donetsk (0-2) in the title game.
Despite suffering the loss to the Miners in the Ukrainian Cup final, Zorya made it to the Europa League group stages. It has to be noted that the Ukrainian team played out a 1-1 draw with Fenerbahce on their debut in the group stages of the European competition. Slavutych Arena has been the home ground of the club since 2014 and you should bear in mind that they played at Avanhard Stadium from 1951 to 2014.
Before the World War II Zorya played their home games at Lenin Stadium. The club’s home colours are black and white. Anatoliy Kuksov is the club’s most capped players, making 517 appearances for Zorya in all competitions.
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