Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Villarreal
Match Time & Date:
25/10/2018
20:00 GMT
Prediction: 2-1
Rapid Vienna
After sharing the spoils with Glasgow Rangers and Spartak Moscow, Villarreal will be looking to record their first win of the process when they host Rapid Wien at their Estadio de la Ceramica. The Yellow Submarine are on a five-game winless run in the Europa League, but we believe that the time has come for the La Liga side to prove their worth. A man to watch in the home team will be Carlos Bacca, who is likely to be recalled to the starting line-up. Rapid Wien produce much better showings at home than on the travels and seeing that they experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-1 loss to Rangers in Glasgow, we predict that the visitors are going to return home empty-handed. In their last meeting at Estadio de la Ceramica Villarreal recorded a hard-fought 1-0 victory over the Austrian side.
Highlighted Player (Carlos Bacca):
One of the most talented strikers of this generation, the 29-year-old Carlos Bacca began his senior professional career at Atletico Junior. He caught attention with his exploits and ended up as top scorer in the league in 2010. Bacca signed with Club Brigge in 2012 where he was the league’s top scorer in the only full season he played for them. It was his move to Spanish club Sevilla that brought the best out of Bacca. The striker was an integral part of the team that won the UEFA Europa League in his first two years with the club. Having been courted by many top sides across the world, Bacca signed with Serie A side Milan in 2015 for a reported fee of €30 million. Bacca is well known for his pace and aggression which has won him 27 caps and 11 goals on international duty with Colombia, since 2012.
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.
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