In terms of quality Rapid Vienna should be far superior. They are entering the competition at this stage but have had an excellent pre-season. They won all of their five friendly matches, the most recent of which was a 2-0 win over a strong Chelsea side and they got their Austrian Bundesliga campaign off to an excellent start at the weekend with a 5-0 home win against Ried. They have a long history in European football and have performed pretty well in recent seasons. They did very well in the group stage of this competition last term winning 5 of their 6 games but were hammered by Valencia in the last 32.
All things considered there should only really be one winner in this tie. The away leg will obviously be tougher for Rapid but they are playing some excellent football at the moment and come into the game full of confidence. Including friendlies they’ve won all of their last 8 matches and they won away to Dinamo Minsk, a stronger Belarusian team, last season in this competition so they won’t fear this trip.
Torpedo Zhodino did well in the last round but this is a real step up in class and they are likely to be exposed by the Austrians here. Therefore consider backing Rapid Vienna to Win at 4/5.
The teams have never previously met.
Torpedo haven't won any of their last 4 home games in Belarusian football. Including 2 friendlies, Rapid have won their last 5 away games.
Torpedo are likely to name a similar side to the one that saw off Debrecen with much of their attacking threat coming from the 3 Ukranians Golenkov, Zagynaylov and Shapoval.
Rapid hammered in 5 goals in an hour at the weekend and the bulk of that side should start here. Maximilian Hofmann and Arnór Ingvi Traustason, who played for Iceland at Euro 2016, may come in. Watch Live stream free Click Here | Link 2#
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