SK Rapid Wien - Sparta Prague

[Lucas]

20.07.2021 - 20:30

UEFA Champions League qualifiers is getting hotter. Today, the second qualifying round brings Austria versus Czech Republic, Rapid Wien versus Sparta Prague to be correct.

What I like about this match is both teams are able to produce goals, plus both are more offense-minded with less organized defense. I know this is the CL so the standard performances from home leagues are not much to compare with this. Still, I am confident their attacks will have a word in this match. What is important - there is no away goal rule from this season of Champions League! That will chill Rapid's players a little as they don't have to focus so much on not conceding a single goal. Conceded goal home is not that huge problem as it was until this season.

I also favor Sparta a little bit more to get a good result. Under experienced coach Vrba they play very, VERY attacking football and I think they will for sure be dangerous for Rapid's defense. As long as Sparta's defense is not that strong, I will still go for lower odds bets.

My tips:
Both teams to score @ 1,69 (Pinnacle)
Sparta Prague double chance @ 1,63 (local bookie)

Side tips:
Over 2,5 goals @ 1,82 (local bookie)
Sparta Prague DNB @ 2,18 (local bookie)

My local bookie has almost all bets with 0,1 better odds.

 

[Lucas]

I’m adding one more bet, as i like corner kicks to bet on, here i go for first half corners.

Before the game will get it’s tempo or some goals, defense on both sides will be more compact what i believe will lead to some corners. From what I saw from Sparta last season, their games had more of the corners in the first half - when nothing is decided.

Over 4,5 corner kicks in the first half @ 1,95 (bet365)

 

[Giovanni]

I also expect a lot of goals in this match.
If I look at Sparta's games in friendlies, there were a lot of goals, for example against another Austrian team Wolfsberger (WOL 3:2 SPA).
Rapid Vienna finished the league in second position behind Salzburg, with a score of 107:65. In 54 games, 172 goals were scored (in all matches last season), with an average of 3.5 goals per game.
Over 2.5 goals and Both Teams to Score - Yes @ 1.95 (bet365)