Rapid Wien vs Djurgården

Rapid Vienna will host Djurgardens IF at the Allianz Stadion on Thursday evening for the Conference League quarter-final second match.

The hosts start the next match with a 1-0 advantage as they defeated their Swedish opponents in their previous game, forcing their visitors to recover a deficit.

Rapid Vienna enter their home match against Djurgardens IF on Thursday with a one-goal advantage following Hampus Finndell's own goal in the first fixture which secured the Green and Whites an advantageous stance.

The Robert Klauss-coached team showcases powerful home tournament performances at Allianz Stadion where they have achieved three successful league matches and won all their European matches without suffering any losses.

A first-leg 1-0 victory may prove crucial for Rapid Vienna because it ended their dropping position in the Austrian Bundesliga European qualification race which had been started by consecutive league defeats.

Rapid Vienna maintained their recent success story by beating Austria Wien 2-0 which maintained their position close to Wolfsberger AC in fourth place in the Austrian Bundesliga standings.

Jani Honkavaara's team took the lead throughout much of the first tie despite their position behind at Allianz Stadion so they will attempt to bring this performance into Thursday's match.

Djurgardens IF requires a crucial victory in this match because Jarnkaminerna have won just once out of their latest four Allsvenskan games since the season began.

The team that comes to play on Thursday has collected a win combined with two losses across three league matches before this fixture. Furthermore they arrive with two straight losses despite their 1-0 first-leg defeat.

Since losing Deniz Hummet, the top scorer from the previous season, to Gamba Osaka in March, Djurgardens has struggled to score goals; in their last four games, they have only managed one goal.
Rapid Vienna's best scorer in the league and Conference League is Dion Drena Beljo, and the home team will be hoping for the striker to win this match.

Rasmus Schuller, Piotr Johansson, Patric Aslund, and Malkolm Safqvist are all unable to be selected for Djurgardens because of injury issues.

Since Hummet's departure, Tokmac Nguen has been the starting striker; the forward, who was not present for the first leg match, should start on Thursday.