A Capital Full of Tension
In Vienna, football carries a particular kind of weight, and few fixtures sharpen that feeling more than the clash between Austria Vienna and Rapid Vienna. These are the city’s leading clubs and the defining rivalry of Austrian football, where local pride, tactical contrast and the desire to set the pace in the Bundesliga converge. The Austrian league’s competitive landscape demands attention: Rapid Vienna sit first with 27 points from nine wins and one defeat, while Austria Vienna occupy 11th with seven points after two wins, one draw and seven losses. The gap in momentum is stark, but the setting guarantees that positional advantage will not decide the contest on its own.
Rapid arrive with everything trending in their favour. Their last five matches produced five wins, 16 goals scored and only two conceded. Austria Vienna, by contrast, have gone five games without a victory, taking two draws and enduring three defeats in a run that yielded six goals and ten conceded. That contrast creates the central matchday question: can Rapid convert their commanding form into another statement at the heart of Vienna, or can Austria Vienna use the intensity of the derby to arrest their decline? For Rapid, the target is to preserve their position at the top. For Austria Vienna, every point becomes part of a rescue effort.
Recent history confirms how closely balanced this fixture can be. Across the last 52 competitive meetings, Austria Vienna have 17 wins, Rapid Vienna 16 and the remaining 19 have been drawn. The goals are almost perfectly even at 70 to 71, with an average of 2.7 per match. Both teams scored in 60% of these games, while half featured at least three goals, indicating that tension has regularly produced attacking football rather than sterile caution. The margins are demonstrably small: Austria Vienna’s longest winning streak is three, Rapid Vienna’s is also three, and neither side has established prolonged supremacy.
The venue records underline that volatility. Austria Vienna have won seven of 27 home derbies, drawn ten and lost ten. Rapid have six wins, nine draws and ten losses from 25 home meetings. There have been emphatic results too, including a 6–1 Austria Vienna victory and a 4–0 Rapid win, but the broader pattern is one of resistance. Recent seasons have repeatedly shifted the advantage: Rapid took all three meetings in 2024, whereas Austria Vienna claimed three wins and a draw in 2025. That swing illustrates why the standings matter without determining the outcome. On derby day, form can disappear quickly, numerical gaps can narrow, and two clubs separated by reputation, history and current momentum can produce the most tightly argued contest in Austrian football.
History: A Vienna Derby defined by razor-thin margins
The recent competitive history of the Vienna Derby has produced one of Austria’s most closely balanced major fixtures. Across 52 matches, Austria Vienna and Rapid Vienna have shared an almost perfectly even record: Austria Vienna have 17 wins, Rapid Vienna 16, with 19 draws between them. The goals scored, 70 for Austria Vienna and 71 for Rapid Vienna, underline how little separates the two sides. The average match has contained 2.7 goals, while both teams have scored in 60% of encounters and half have moved beyond 2.5 goals.
The scale of the two largest recent victories is striking. Austria Vienna’s 6-1 win in December 2018 ranks as the biggest victory in the sample, while Rapid Vienna produced the equal response with a 4-0 victory in April of the same year. Both belonged to a year in which Austria Vienna ultimately held the stronger seasonal balance, winning twice without conceding a defeat in the listed meetings. Yet Rapid’s clean sheet and four-goal margin show how rapidly momentum and control can change within this rivalry.
Austria Vienna’s early edge, then Rapid’s sustained pressure
The season-by-season pattern reveals distinct phases rather than long periods of uninterrupted dominance. Austria Vienna began the 2016-17 sample with two wins in four meetings, including a two-win, one-draw advantage over Rapid Vienna. Rapid then seized control in 2017-18, winning three of five encounters and drawing twice. Austria Vienna responded emphatically in 2018-19 and 2021-22, each season ending with three wins and one defeat for Rapid Vienna across their four meetings. Those two campaigns represent Austria Vienna’s strongest sustained advantage in the recent data.
Rapid Vienna’s clearest spell of superiority came in 2023-24, when it won three of four meetings without a draw. That run included a 3-0 victory and a 2-1 win, with only a goalless stalemate preventing a clean sweep. The subsequent 2024-25 season brought another shift: Austria Vienna took three wins from four meetings, while Rapid’s only result was a draw. The sequence continued into the supplied 2025 campaign, where Austria Vienna again recorded three wins and one draw. Rapid had initially appeared to regain the upper hand, but the balance turned once more as Austria Vienna found greater consistency.
Draws have been essential to the balance
Draws have repeatedly prevented either club from running away with the rivalry. Nineteen of the 52 recent meetings have ended level, including four consecutive stalemates during the 2020-21 season and another two in 2019-20. The 1-1 scoreline is the most common result, appearing nine times, while five matches have finished 0-0 and four have ended 2-2. Those scorelines give the derby an identity beyond the occasional emphatic win: Austria Vienna and Rapid Vienna have often cancelled one another out tactically.
The last ten meetings provide an especially revealing snapshot. Austria Vienna won four, Rapid Vienna three, with three draws; each side also scored 12 goals across those encounters. Austria Vienna’s three most recent results in that sequence included victories by 2-0, 3-1 and 2-1, illustrating how the meeting has evolved into a contest of narrow margins. Rapid’s most convincing recent win was the 3-0 success in February 2024, but Austria Vienna answered with a 2-0 victory in the following February.
Home advantage has remained elusive
Neither club has made its home ground an impregnable fortress in the recent sample. In 27 matches at Austria Vienna, the hosts have won seven, drawn ten and lost ten while scoring 34 goals and conceding 39. Rapid Vienna’s home record is similarly balanced: six wins, nine draws and ten defeats in 25 meetings, with 32 goals scored and 36 conceded. Rapid’s home scoring edge is marginal, but the high draw totals at both grounds confirm how frequently the Vienna Derby has been settled by caution rather than separation.
Recent history therefore belongs to neither team exclusively. Austria Vienna’s longest winning run is three matches, with an unbeaten streak of 12, compared with Rapid Vienna’s three-win maximum and eight-match unbeaten sequence. The individual scoring lists reinforce the competitive balance. H. Tabaković led the Austria Vienna contributors with six goals, while A. Gorgon scored five. Rapid Vienna’s output was spread across P. Schobesberger, G. Burgstaller, S. Schwab, T. Murg, S. Hofmann and R. Berič, each with four or five goals. That distribution reflects a derby in which no sustained scoring monopoly has been established.
With Rapid Vienna sitting first and Austria Vienna 11th, the current table positions contrast sharply with the historical picture. The last ten meetings were almost evenly divided, and the most recent four produced one Rapid victory, one draw and two Austria Vienna wins. The broader record is similarly compact: little separates the clubs in wins, draws or goals, and every completed chapter has ended with the balance vulnerable to reversal.
Iconic Moments
Austria Vienna 6-1 Rapid Vienna — 16 December 2018
The clearest statement of Austrian dominance in the recent history of this rivalry came in a seven-goal thriller. Austria Vienna’s 6-1 victory was both their largest winning margin and the highest-scoring match in the supplied record. Rapid Vienna’s early-season defeat exposed how sharply the balance could swing between the two sides, while Austria’s emphatic home performance established the benchmark for a commanding derby win. It remains one of the defining numbers attached to the fixture: six goals for Austria Vienna, a single reply from Rapid Vienna and an outcome that transformed a contest between fierce city rivals into a showcase of superiority.
Rapid Vienna 4-0 Austria Vienna — 15 April 2018
Five months after Austria Vienna produced the highest-scoring result, Rapid Vienna delivered the response that proved an emphatic defeat need not define either side’s season. Their 4-0 victory at Austria Vienna was the club’s largest win in the recent record and completely reversed the competitive narrative. Rapid Vienna kept the scoring away while dismantling their hosts, producing a four-goal margin at the ground where Austria had recorded such a statement result earlier in the campaign. The match stands as Rapid’s definitive answer in this period and as a reminder of the volatility that makes the Vienna Derby compelling.
Rapid Vienna 3-0 Austria Vienna — 25 February 2024
After a goalless meeting in October 2023, Rapid Vienna moved decisively to the front in February 2024. Their 3-0 victory was Austria Vienna’s heaviest defeat among the more recent matches supplied and one of the strongest home wins recorded by Rapid Vienna in this period. Rapid’s clean sheet gave the result its decisive shape, while Austria’s failure to find the net highlighted the contrasting fortunes of the two teams. It was an important turning point in the recent sample: Rapid Vienna followed a derby stalemate with control, confidence and a three-goal margin.
Rapid Vienna 1-3 Austria Vienna — 28 September 2025
The most recent high-scoring contest in the data offered Austria Vienna a swift response to their 3-0 loss a year and a half earlier. A 3-1 away victory at Rapid Vienna represented Austria’s first success in the four most recent meetings listed, following draws and narrow results before the previous heavy defeat. The three Austrian goals gave them the decisive margin, yet Rapid Vienna’s consolation strike prevented the clean-sheet narrative that had defined the February 2024 encounter. This result also underlined how difficult the visitors’ task can be: Austria Vienna had to win in the hostile setting and secure a margin that reflected their growing momentum.
Rapid Vienna 0-2 Austria Vienna — 10 May 2026
The latest meeting supplied Austria Vienna with a second consecutive victory in the rivalry and another significant away success. Rapid Vienna were held scoreless while Austria Vienna claimed a controlled 2-0 win, giving the visitors a measure of revenge for their 3-0 defeat in February 2024. Across these two recent meetings, Austria Vienna have scored five goals without reply, while Rapid Vienna’s sole goal came in the earlier 3-1 fixture. The progression from a heavy Austrian loss to two victories creates a compelling build-up to the next encounter, with Austria Vienna carrying the strongest recent form and Rapid Vienna facing pressure to restore their own balance.
Key Players: The Weight of Recent Scoring
The recent scoring record for the Vienna Derby belongs to a group of former players rather than the present squads. None of the listed scorers is marked as active, so their names provide a historical benchmark rather than a guide to the current line-ups. Even so, their contributions illustrate the type of attacking pressure that can decide this match: Austria Vienna’s scoring has been concentrated around two forwards, while Rapid Vienna have offered a broader spread of threats across the last decade.
Austria Vienna: Tabaković and Gorgon Set the Benchmark
H. Tabaković leads the Austria Vienna entries with six goals, making him the most productive scorer among the club’s listed players in recent derby history. A. Gorgon adds another five, giving the Austrian side two players above the four-goal mark and establishing a clear numerical advantage over Rapid’s leading scorers. That concentration could be significant when examining Austria Vienna’s attacking history: the club’s most productive contributions came through two scoring figures rather than a long list of contributors.
For the next Vienna Derby, the challenge is to determine whether the current Austria Vienna squad can reproduce that attacking influence without relying on the historical names alone. Rapid’s defensive planning has historically had to account for an Austrian forward scoring six times in the rivalry, with Gorgon providing a similarly prominent threat on five occasions. The pressure on Austria’s current attackers will be to create their own recent record and produce the decisive moment that separates the two sides.
Rapid Vienna: A Broader Band of Former Scorers
Rapid Vienna’s recent derby record is notably more distributed. P. Schobesberger and G. Burgstaller each scored five goals, while S. Schwab, T. Murg, S. Hofmann and R. Berič contributed four apiece. Six Rapid players therefore appear in the leading group, compared with two from Austria Vienna. The pattern suggests that Rapid’s scoring strength in the last decade was not dependent on one forward, but instead reflected several former players making meaningful contributions.
That breadth creates an intriguing matchday tension. Austria can point to the greater single-player output of Tabaković, but Rapid possess the larger collective and the greater variety of historical scoring routes. The names listed here are no longer current threats, yet they show how dangerous Rapid’s attack has been when several contributors have found their level in the Vienna Derby. Rapid’s current squad must now carry that responsibility forward, seeking a breakthrough that adds a new chapter to a recent scoring record built by multiple former players.
Current Form and Season Context
Rapid Vienna arrive at the Vienna Derby on the crest of a wave, while Austria Vienna face their most urgent need to arrest a damaging slide. The leaders have won each of their last five matches, scoring 16 goals and conceding only twice. That combination of attacking productivity and defensive control points to a side whose form has steadily climbed: Rapid sit first in the Bundesliga with 27 points from 10 matches, unbeaten in nine of those fixtures. Their five consecutive victories have established a 20-point advantage over Austria Vienna and put them firmly in the championship race.
Austria’s position is far more precarious. They occupy 11th place with seven points from 10 matches, their current five-match form reading W0, D2, L3, with six goals scored and 10 conceded. The defensive shortfall is particularly concerning when compared with Rapid’s two goals conceded in five matches. Austria have also had nine days of rest, compared with Rapid’s five, but the broader workload figures show that Austria have played only one match in the last 10 days while Rapid have played two. There is therefore no major rest advantage to soften Austria’s disadvantage in form or table position. With relegation pressure sharpening around every fixture, their Vienna Derby preparation is driven by a need for points rather than momentum.
The recent season-by-season pattern offers Austria some encouragement: they enjoyed the stronger return in the 2025 meetings, while Rapid held a clear advantage across the 2024 encounters. Those fluctuations demonstrate how rapidly momentum can shift in this rivalry, yet the present landscape strongly favours the leaders. Rapid’s scoring rate, defensive record and title-chasing motivation suggest that they can approach the derby with confidence, while Austria must improve defensively and convert their urgency into a more coherent performance. Bet365 reflects that contrast with Austria Vienna priced at 4.75, the draw at 4 and Rapid Vienna at 1.65. The next Vienna Derby is scheduled for Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 16:00 GMT, London time, and Rapid will be seeking to preserve their surge as Austria attempt to escape the relegation zone.
Prediction and Betting Analysis: Rapid’s Title Chase Meets Austria’s Relegation Scramble
Rapid Vienna arrive at Sunday’s Vienna Derby with the stronger platform and the heavier price tag. Austria Vienna, by contrast, face a match driven by urgency after a difficult run. Kickoff is 16:00 GMT, London time, on Sunday, November 1, 2026, and Bet365’s 1X2 prices are Austria Vienna 4.75, the draw 4 and Rapid Vienna 1.65. Those odds position Rapid as clear favorites, although the head-to-head record offers Austria and the draw more encouragement than the market implies.
Head-to-Head probabilities point to a closer contest
Across the supplied 52 Vienna Derby meetings, Austria Vienna have won 17, Rapid Vienna 16 and 19 have ended level. That produces raw H2H probabilities of approximately 32.7% for an Austria victory, 36.5% for a draw and 30.8% for a Rapid win. The draw is therefore the largest single historical outcome, while neither side has established meaningful separation from the other over this sample.
Recent meetings reinforce that competitive balance. Austria Vienna won 2-0 away on May 10, 2026, after drawing 1-1 at home and recording a 2-0 victory in February. Rapid Vienna’s most recent success in the listed sequence came at Austria’s ground on February 16, 2025, when Rapid won 2-1. The two most recent derbies have both been won by Austria Vienna, giving them a favorable short-term narrative despite Rapid’s superior league position.
Goal trends: open enough, but not one-sided
The average of 2.7 goals per match points toward a productive contest, although the stated Over 2.5 rate of 50% sits directly on the dividing line rather than establishing over-betting as the dominant trend. The 60% BTTS rate offers a slightly firmer signal that both teams have regularly contributed to the scoring.
The most common scoreline has been 1-1, appearing nine times, followed by 2-0 on six occasions. Austria victories of 2-1 have occurred five times, while 0-0 and 2-2 have each appeared four times, as has the 0-1 scoreline. This distribution reflects several derby patterns: a significant share of draws, a meaningful number of clean sheets and enough decisive victories to prevent the fixture from becoming consistently cautious.
Timing points toward sustained second-half pressure
Goal timing is almost evenly divided between the halves. There have been 71 first-half goals and 70 after the interval, with the 31-45-minute window producing the highest total at 31. The 46-60-minute period then contributes 28 goals, and the final quarter of play adds another 26. By contrast, the opening and 16-30-minute windows have supplied 16 and 24 respectively.
That pattern makes the final 45 minutes a particularly important tactical phase. Rapid Vienna’s ability to increase pressure after halftime fits their title-chasing motivation, while Austria Vienna may need to protect themselves against a game slipping away late. Austria’s recent 2-0 and 2-1 wins show that they can impose their own rhythm, but the broader goal distribution gives Rapid several routes to intervene.
Price assessment and prediction
Rapid’s 1.65 price translates to roughly a 57% implied chance after the draw and Austria prices are normalized. That is considerably above Rapid’s 30.8% H2H probability and reflects the larger competitive stakes: Rapid sit first with 27 points from 10 matches and have won their last five listed games, whereas Austria are 11th with seven points after 10 matches and enter on a run of three defeats and two draws.
The schedules do not reveal a major fatigue advantage, with Austria having had nine days’ rest compared with Rapid’s five, although Rapid have played twice in the last 10 days. The strongest forecast is therefore Rapid victory, tempered by Austria’s recent derby record and the historical prominence of draws. At the quoted prices, Austria’s 4.75 and the draw at 4 retain more theoretical value against the raw H2H percentages than Rapid’s short price.
- Most likely 1X2 outcome: Rapid Vienna, but with Austria Vienna and the draw carrying substantial combined probability.
- Scoreline lean: 2-1 Rapid Vienna, with 1-1 the leading alternative based on the H2H scoreline pattern.
- Goals assessment: A measured lean toward Over 2.5, supported by the 2.7-goal average, though the 50% historical rate makes this a close call.
- BTTS assessment: A positive trend at 60%, particularly if Austria continue to score in their recent pattern of derby victories.
Home Ground Pressure: Where the Vienna Derby Balance Lies
Austria Vienna have held a narrow advantage in the recent home record, winning seven of 27 matches compared with Rapid Vienna’s six wins from 25. The corresponding records of seven wins, ten draws and ten losses for Austria Vienna, and six wins, nine draws and ten losses for Rapid Vienna, underline how closely balanced this derby has become at the respective home grounds. Austria Vienna also possess the greater attacking output, with 34 goals scored to Rapid Vienna’s 32, although their defensive figures are marginally weaker at 39 goals conceded against 36. Rapid’s home record therefore combines the same number of defeats as Austria Vienna’s with a slightly tighter defensive margin, while Austria Vienna have proved marginally more successful at turning home fixtures into victories.
Despite those differences, home advantage does not appear to be an overriding force in the recent competitive picture. Austria Vienna have lost ten of their 27 home matches, while Rapid Vienna have lost ten of 25, leaving both teams with win rates of roughly 36 to 44 percent and draw rates above a third of their home fixtures. For the next Vienna Derby meeting, that pattern suggests an environment in which neither side can rely on venue alone to dictate the contest: Austria Vienna bring the stronger recent home scoring record, but Rapid Vienna have conceded fewer goals and remain comparably difficult to overcome. The supplied figures do not include the corresponding away records, so they cannot establish which team has been more dangerous away or justify a firm verdict on travelling advantage. What they do show is a genuine tension at both home grounds, with inconsistent results and frequent draws offering neither club a secure platform from which to approach the coming derby with complete confidence.
H2H Trends and Betting Insights
The recent Vienna Derby record points to a competitive but closely balanced contest: Austria Vienna have won 17 of the last 52 meetings, Rapid Vienna 16, with 19 draws. The goals have been almost perfectly even at 70 for Austria Vienna and 71 for Rapid Vienna, while the average of 2.7 goals per match reflects an rivalry capable of producing either caution or volatility. Both teams to score has landed in 60% of these encounters, making that market more consistently supported than over 2.5 goals, which has occurred in exactly 50%. Rapid’s five-match winning run, combined with their first-place position on 27 points, also contrasts sharply with Austria Vienna’s run of five defeats and their 11th-place position on seven points.
Seasonal patterns underline how difficult this fixture is to handicap confidently. Austria Vienna won three times without conceding a defeat in 2025, while Rapid produced three victories in 2024. The pattern reversed again in 2022, when Austria took three wins and Rapid failed to win, but 2021 was defined by four draws, with two more scoreless stalemates following in 2020. Even when one side has appeared dominant, the head-to-head record resists a simple streak-based approach. Austria’s longest winning run is three matches and their longest unbeaten sequence is 12, compared with Rapid’s best winning streak of three and unbeaten run of eight. A long-run bet on either club would therefore have been exposed to substantial draw risk.
Goal timing offers a more revealing guide to how these matches unfold. There have been 71 first-half goals and 70 after the interval, with the 31st-to-45th minute the busiest period at 31 goals. Another 28 have arrived between 46 and 60 minutes, and 26 in the final 15 minutes. Early goals are less frequent, with 16 between minutes 16 and 30 and another 16 in the opening quarter-hour, suggesting that slow starts have not been rare enough to justify an aggressive in-play overreaction. Historically, the strongest angle is both teams scoring, while a cautious over-2.5 line can also benefit from the frequency of two-goal defeats and two-goal draws. Venue splits show why the betting market remains finely balanced: Austria Vienna’s home record is seven wins, 10 draws and 10 defeats, while Rapid’s home record stands at six wins, nine draws and 10 defeats. Neither venue has produced decisive home dominance.
Vienna Derby FAQ
Who has won more Vienna Derbies?
Austria Vienna hold the narrowest of advantages in the recent 52-match sample, with 17 wins compared with Rapid Vienna’s 16. The other 19 matches were drawn, making this one of the closest major Austrian rivalries. Austria’s additional victory is therefore meaningful, but Rapid remain within a single win and the frequency of draws adds considerable tension whenever the teams meet.
What is the biggest win in the Vienna Derby?
Austria Vienna recorded the largest victory, winning 6-1 and producing a five-goal margin. Rapid Vienna’s biggest win in the same recent period was 0-4, a four-goal advantage. These are the standout extremes of a rivalry frequently defined by narrow margins: Austria possess the largest winning margin, while Rapid can also produce emphatic results when their attacking and defensive performances align.
How many goals are scored in an average Vienna Derby?
The recent derby record contains 141 goals across 52 matches, an average of 2.7 goals per game. Both teams have also contributed regularly, with 60% of matches featuring goals from both sides. Exactly half of the fixtures have gone beyond 2.5 goals, creating a balance between the possibility of a controlled contest and a more open, attacking spectacle. That scoring profile strengthens the appeal of the next meeting.
Who is the leading scorer in the recent Vienna Derby record?
H. Tabaković is the leading scorer with six goals in the 52-match sample. His contribution places him among the central figures in the rivalry’s recent history, while also illustrating how scoring can influence a derby decided by fine margins. With Austria holding only one extra win than Rapid, an individual contribution of this kind can carry substantial weight in the buildup to another meeting.
How important is home advantage in the Vienna Derby?
Home advantage cannot be quantified precisely from the overall figures provided, which do not separate home and away results. What the recent record does show is how evenly matched the teams have been: Austria have 17 wins, Rapid 16, and there are 19 draws. Any advantage from playing at home must therefore be considered alongside Rapid’s ability to remain competitive and the persistent possibility of a stalemate.
When is the next Vienna Derby?
The next listed Vienna Derby is scheduled for 1 November 2026, with the fixture listed as Array vs Array. The recent numbers suggest several storylines for the matchup: Austria have a slight lead in victories, Rapid possess a record of emphatic wins, and 2.7 goals per game underline the attacking potential. The closeness of the overall record ensures that another chapter could be shaped by a decisive goal or a tightly fought draw.