Yahoo Sports Full of energy ahead of Klassiker away at Rapid
Final three matches to tackle
Is the destiny of the title race still in our own hands? No. Will we let that affect our confidence? Absolutely not! We have a clear aim in mind - winning all three of our remaining ADMIRAL Bundesliga matches in order to preserve our chance of retaining the league title. We are just three points behind the leaders, waiting to pounce on any slip-up!
Our boys showed in the second half of their big match against SK Sturm Graz just what they are capable of, battling back from 0-2 down to get a draw (and almost claim a win). That is the kind of mentality we have to show against Rapid over the full 90 minutes in order to claim three points.
The Viennese outfit might have heavy legs on Sunday after being beaten 1-2 by Sturm on Wednesday in the UNIQA ÖFB Cup final.
The defeat for the Green and Whites in the final should motivate them even more to take as many points as they can in their remaining league matches, however, so that they remain in the battle for a European qualifying spot. Rapid coach Robert Klauß said after the cup final in Klagenfurt: "We battled to the very last minute. It was a war of attrition with nothing at all between the teams. We have to get over the defeat, stand up again and take on the next challenges."
In our last match against SK Rapid, we came within a last-minute equaliser of a win, with Marco Grüll converting clinically from the penalty spot. As disappointing as that was, we have a very proud record against Rapid to keep up - 19 Bundesliga matches unbeaten against the Viennese, 15 of which we have won. We will give our all together on Sunday to continue that run!
Tickets for the away sector are still available at the away ticket point. All the information on those travelling to support us can be found here:
The game can be followed from home in Austria via a Sky X monthly subscription.
Wings for Life: Every kilometre against Rapid counts
When the Wings for Life World Rund is held this Sunday 5 May, our Red Bulls will be running for a good cause too. For every kilometre our boys run out on the pitch in Vienna, we are going to donate 100 Euro to the Wings for Life foundation.
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Injury news
Not available for the match are Nicolas Capaldo (knee), Amar Dedic (calf), Fernando (thigh), Maurits Kjaergaard (thigh), Leandro Morgalla (recovering) and Andreas Ulmer (calf).
Luka Sucic (calf) is a doubt.
The suspended Strahinja Pavlovic is available again.
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We are going into the match with a clear situation. We want to take three points at Rapid in order to keep the pressure on Sturm Graz and maintain our title chances. We have to build on the second half of our home match against Sturm for that. We want to keep the tempo and energy towards the opposing goal like we had then.
Clashes against Rapid tend to be intensive and emotional. That makes it even more important that we focus on ourselves and our own performance. We want to create as much pressure as possible, play our intensive style of football and give them barely any time to breathe.
Most recent Bundesliga clashes v SK Rapid Vienna
07.04.2024 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1–1 Rapid Vienna (H/T:0-0)
09.12.2023 Rapid Vienna 0–1 FC Red Bull Salzburg (0-1)
03.09.2023 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 Rapid Vienna (2-0)
07.05.2023 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Rapid Vienna (1-0)
26.04.2023 Rapid Vienna 1–1 FC Red Bull Salzburg (1-1)
05.03.2023 Rapid Vienna 2–4 FC Red Bull Salzburg (1-1)
18.09.2022 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1–1 Rapid Vienna (1-1)
15.05.2022 Rapid Vienna 0–1 FC Red Bull Salzburg (0-0)
03.04.2022 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Rapid Vienna (1-0)
11.02.2022 Rapid Vienna 1–2 FC Red Bull Salzburg (1-0)
19.09.2021 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 Rapid Vienna (0-0)
12.05.2021 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 Rapid Vienna (1-0)
11.04.2021 Rapid Vienna 0–3 FC Red Bull Salzburg (0-1)
21.02.2021 FC Red Bull Salzburg 4–2 Rapid Vienna (1-0)
Matchday overview
ALUSC Austria Lustenau |  | -:- |  | FAKFK Austria Wien |
ALTCASHPOINT SCR Altach |  | -:- |  | WACRZ Pellets WAC |
BWLFC Blau Weiß Linz |  | -:- |  | WSGWSG Tirol |
SKASK Austria Klagenfurt |  | -:- |  | ASKLASK |
STUSK Puntigamer Sturm Graz |  | -:- |  | HTBTSV Egger Glas Hartberg |
SCRSK Rapid Wien |  | -:- |  | RBSFC Red Bull Salzburg |
Position | Team | Matches | Goals | Points |
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1 | | STUSK Puntigamer Sturm Graz | 29 | 51:20 | 39 |
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2 | | RBSFC Red Bull Salzburg | 29 | 62:25 | 36 |
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3 | | ASKLASK | 29 | 38:24 | 30 |
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4 | | HTBTSV Egger Glas Hartberg | 29 | 44:46 | 24 |
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5 | | SCRSK Rapid Wien | 29 | 44:32 | 22 |
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6 | | SKASK Austria Klagenfurt | 29 | 40:45 | 22 |
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1 | | FAKFK Austria Wien | 29 | 33:27 | 26 |
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2 | | WACRZ Pellets WAC | 29 | 33:38 | 22 |
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3 | | BWLFC Blau Weiß Linz | 29 | 29:43 | 19 |
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4 | | WSGWSG Tirol | 29 | 26:48 | 19 |
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5 | | ALTCASHPOINT SCR Altach | 29 | 24:37 | 17 |
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6 | | ALUSC Austria Lustenau | 29 | 17:56 | 9 |
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