Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
After playing out a boring goalless draw in Wien, Debrecen and Rapid Vienna will face each other for the second time in seven days on Thursday evening, this time out at Nagyerdei Stadion. Debrecen did well to hold Rapid to a draw in the first leg and we are positive that the hosts will rely on their solid defence once again. Even though there are no fresh injury worries in the home team, Greece forward Alexandros Kyziridis should be recalled to the starting XI after scoring the winner against Zalaegerszegi at the weekend.
The Green and Whites, on the other hand, failed to impress in the first leg, which is probably the main reason why we are going to bet on draw. Both Dennis Kaygin and Aleksa Pejic have been struggling with injuries of late, speaking of the Austrian outfit.
Highlighted Team (Rapid Vienna):
Rapid Wien are considered the most successful club in the history of Austrian football. In 2008 the capital club won their 32th domestic title and in 1995 they clinched their 15th Austrian Cup trophy. Die Grun-Weissen were founded back in 1898 as Erster Wiener Arbeiter-Fussball-Club and one year later the club was renamed to Sportklub Rapid Wien.
In 1904 the club’s colours were changed to green and white and they have been wearing green and white shirts ever since. In 1985 Rapid made it to the Cup Winners Cup final and it has to be noted that they participated in the final competition in 1996 as well. Famous German footballer Lothar Matthaus was in charge of the team between September 2001 and May 2002, but he failed to record a good result with the Weststadion outfit.
Weststadion has been the home ground of Rapid Wien since 16 July, 2016 and you should bear in mind that the capacity of the stadium is 28 000. Rapid’s fiercest rivals are Austria Wien.