Vllaznia Shkoder hosts
Rapid Wien in the second qualifying round of
UEFA Europa League (Thursday, 23.7.2009, 7:15 pm CET). The first leg in Vienna ended with a 5-0 home victory for Rapid Wien. The opponent in the 3rd qualifying round would be Cypriot cup-winner APOP Kinyras Peyias.
The Albanian club Vllaznia Shkoder has started the UEFA Europa League 2009/10 at the first qualifying round. Vllaznia eliminated Sligo Rovers with a 3-2 aggregate win. In the first leg of 2nd qualifying round followed the 0-5 defeat against Rapid Wien, where Vllaznia was up to 68th minute equally. But after the second Rapid goal the match was decided and Vllaznia collected goal by goal (final score: 0-5). Last season Vllaznia Shkoder has lost in their home stadium, Loro Boriçi, only one fixture (12 wins, 4 draws, 1 defeat).
Austrian record champion Rapid Wien finished the national championship season 2008/09 on the second place, 4 points behind Red Bull Salzburg. The forwards Hoffer and Maierhofer scored together 50 goals, all in all Rapid Wien scored last season 89 goals in 36 league matches. The squad is nearly unchanged compared to the last season. In the first leg against Vllaznia they were particularly in the second half the better team, match winner was substituted forward Nikica Jelavić with 2 goals. Hence, Jelavić could be this time in the starting eleven, as well as already last Sunday in the friendly match against FC Liverpool, which Rapid has won by a free-kick of Steffen Hofmann with 1-0.
Draw, UEFA Europa League, 3rd Qualifying Round
Data:
Vllaznia Shkoder vs. SK Rapid Wien
Fixture: Thursday, 23.7.2009, 8:00 pm CET
Stadium: Shkodra, Loro Boriçi
Referee: Bülent Yildirim (Turkey)
Tip: Rapid Wien wins also the second leg
our tip is 2
the highest odd is on Interwetten, odd 1.65
