SK Rapid Wien plays against PFK Beroe from Bulgaria on Thursday 29^th of July 2010 in Sofia. Kickoff is at 19:45 CET Referee will be Hubert Siejewicz from Hungary.

Rapid Wien took a terrible start in the tipp3 Bundesliga. After two games Rapid Wien stands on the 9^th place in the championship with 0 points. After the defeat against in their opening game against Wacker Innsbruck they also lost their first home game against Magna Wr. Neustadt with 2:1. Now 4 days after this defeat Rapid Wien hast to play in Sofia against PFK Beroe in the third round of the UEFA Europe League. And Rapid Wien needs at least one point to have a good starting position for the second leg.

PFK Beroe faces Rapid Wien for the first time in club history, but it´s not the first game against a team from Austria. In the UEFA-Cup 1972/73 they played against Austria Wien and beat them surprising with 7:0 and 3:1. The Coach from PFK Beroe, Ilian Iliew would love to have an equal result this time.

PFK Beroe vs. SK Rapid Wien
Date: 29^th of July 2010, 19:45 CET
Stadium: Georgi Asparoukhov Stadium, Sofia
Referee: Hubert Siejewicz (HUN)

PFK Beroe Sagora:
Keeper: Teodor Skorchev
Defenders: Sdrawko Iliew, Iwo Iwanow, Todor Todorow, Stanislav Bachev
Midfielders: Petar Kostadinow, Iskren Pisaraov, Dian Genchev, Doncho Atanasov
Forwards: Slavi Zhekov, Atanas Apostolov
Coach: Ilian Iliew
Injured: -
Booked: -

SK Rapid Wien:
Keeper: Raimund Hedl
Defenders: Markus Katzer, Tanju Kayhan, Jürgen Patocka, Hannes Eder
Midfielders: Steffen Hofmann, Markus Keikkinen, Yasin Pehlivan, Christopher Drazan
Forwards: Nikica Jelavic, Rene Gartler
Coach: Peter Pacult
Injured: Ragnvald Soma, Veli Kavlak
Booked: -

The heat won't be a problem this time because their won´t be more than 25 degrees. But it will be interesting to see how Rapid Wien can handle the pressure after their bad benefits in the last weeks.

Referee: Hubert Siejewicz (HUN)

I think that, Rapid Wien will win the game against PFK Beroe after a tight match.