Rapid Wien II vs Austria Lustenau Prediction

Right then, let's fire up the braai and get stuck into this one! Rapid Wien II might be sitting in 12th spot with only 9 points, but these boys have shown some fight recently. They pulled off a decent 1-0 win against SV Kapfenberg and even managed a 1-0 away victory at Floridsdorfer AC. Sure, they just lost 3-2 to bottom-dwellers WSPG Wels, but that shows they can at least find the net.

Austria Lustenau are sitting pretty in 5th place with 16 points, but don't let that fool you completely. They've gone winless in their last two games, including a 1-0 loss to league leaders SKN ST. Polten. The big worry for them is their away form - they're scoring a pathetic 0.75 goals per game on the road! That's worse than my attempts at cooking vegetables... which I never do anyway!

Here's the juicy bit though - these two teams love a goal fest when they meet. In their last 6 encounters, both teams have scored in 5 of them! Both sides are leaking goals like a faulty tap, with Rapid conceding 1.80 per game and Lustenau letting in 1.40. Rapid might be struggling at home with only 0.80 goals scored per game, but they're also conceding 1.40, so there's definitely space for both teams to get on the scoresheet.

The stats don't lie - both teams score in 60% of their matches, and when you look at the head-to-head, it's 83%! With both defenses looking about as solid as a paper beer cup, I'm backing both teams to find the net here.