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April 15 2025, 13:36 · Alex Lawes

Rapid Vienna vs Djurgarden Preview: Team News & Prediction

Rapid Vienna vs Djurgarden Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Rapid Vienna and Djurgarden will both sense a massive opportunity to reach a rare European semi-final this week as they meet in a potentially thrilling encounter in Vienna this week.`

Kick-off date/time: Thursday 17th April, 2025: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Key Stats

  • SK Rapid are unbeaten in their last nine UEFA competition matches at home (W6 D3).
  • SK Rapid have lost only two of their previous 15 UEFA competition matches this season (W10 D3).
  • SK Rapid won their previous two UEFA competition two-legged ties against Swedish teams; 4-0 agg vs IFK Malmö, 1960/61 European Cup quarter-final (2-0 h, 2-0 a) and 4-1 agg vs Örgryte IS, 2000/01 UEFA Cup first round (3-0 h, 1-1 a).
  • SK Rapid’s last UEFA competition quarter-final tie was a 4-0 aggregate victory against Dynamo Moscow in the 1995/96 Cup Winners’ Cup. This is their ninth UEFA quarter-final tie, they have been successful in three of the previous eight.
  • SK Rapid have not failed to score in their previous 15 UEFA competition matches this season.
  • Dion Beljo has scored in three of SK Rapid’s last four UEFA Conference League home matches.
  • Djurgården are aiming to be the first Swedish team to reach the semi-finals of a major UEFA competition since IFK Göteborg in the 1986/87 UEFA Cup. Note: Örebro SK and Halmstads BK did reach the Intertoto Cup semi-finals in 1996 and 1997 respectively.
  • Djurgården’s only previous UEFA competition quarter-final was in the inaugural European Cup in 1955/56, where they lost 1-4 on aggregate against Hibernian (1-3, 0-1) *Djurgården’s home leg (the first leg) was played at Firhill Park, Glasgow.
  • Djurgården have won seven of their last nine UEFA competition two-legged ties.
  • Djurgården have lost only one of their last six UEFA competition matches away from home (W3 D2). The sole defeat was in their most recent such fixture (L 0-1 v Pafos, 2024/25 UECL R16 2nd leg).

Rapid Vienna vs Djurgarden Prediction

The first-leg of this UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final tie last week saw Rapid Vienna pull off a 1-0 win in Sweden at 3Arena, courtesy of a 62nd minute own goal scored by Djurgarden midfielder Hampus Finndell.

Since then, after what has been a disappointing campaign, Rapid Vienna backed that victory up with a 2-0 defeat of arch-rivals Austria Vienna thanks to goals from Matthias Seidl and Mamadou Sangare. They now face a Djurgarden side that were very poor in the 2024 Allsvenskan season and they have also started slowly in the 2025 Allsvenskan with a win and two defeats in their opening three matches.

Rapid Vienna look to finally be turning a corner this season at the right time and with home advantage against a poor Djurgarden side, a semi-final berth awaits for the Austrians.

Rapid Vienna vs Djurgarden Tip: Rapid Vienna to win & under 3.5 goals

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