Rapid Vienna vs Austria Lustenau

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Match result (1X2)

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Team	Last 6	W	D	L	Goals
Rapid Vienna	WLWWWW	5	0	1	15:7
Austria Lustenau	DLLWLL	1	1	4	7:15

Oldest on the left, most recent on the right. League matches only.

Head to head

Last 4 meetings: Rapid Vienna 1, Austria Lustenau 0, 3 drawn, averaging 3.75 goals a game.

Scores, most recent first: 1-1, 5-0, 3-3, 1-1.

Analyst write-up

Rapid are heavy favourites at home against a struggling, defensively minded Lustenau likely to sit in a 5-4-1. Expect Rapid to control and score once or twice while the visitors offer little going forward, which is the case for Under 3.5: the goals should come mostly from one side, not both. Risk is Rapid's high venue scoring and a 3.8-goal H2H history tipping it over. Lineups unconfirmed until ~1h before kickoff.

Most likely final scores: 2-0 12%, 1-0 10%, 2-1 10% (a 32% chance one of these lands). This is the scoreline read behind the call.

Main risk: Rapid's venue scoring rate (3.57) is high enough that one extra goal, or an early Lustenau concession forcing them out of their shell, pushes the game to 3-1 or 4-0 and over 3.5. The H2H average of 3.8 goals is a live warning that these fixtures can open up.

Unknowns: Injuries and suspensions are not in the feed, so squad availability for both sides is unknown and not a clean bill of health; confirmed XIs are not yet published (probable lineups are each side's last actual XI and may change ~1h before kickoff). Both lower confidence.