Djurgarden vs Rapid Vienna Preview & Prediction

by Alex Lawes · April 7 2025, 13:20

Updated April 9 2025, 10:59

Djurgarden vs Rapid Vienna Preview & Prediction

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Djurgarden will be content to have reached a European quarter-final but the Swedish giants now have a great chance of a European semi-final as they take on Rapid Vienna this week.

Kick-off date/time: Thursday 10th April, 2025: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm

How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Key Stats

This is the first UEFA competition match between these teams.
Djurgården’s only previous UEFA competition quarter-final was in the inaugural European Cup in 1955/56, where they lost 1-4 on aggregate against Hibernian (1-3, 0-1) *Djurgården’s home leg (the first leg) was played at Firhill Park, Glasgow.
Djurgården have won five of their last six UEFA Conference League matches (L1).
Djurgården have lost only two of their last 12 UEFA competition matches (W8 D2).
Djurgården have won seven of their last nine UEFA competition two-legged ties.
Djurgården have won 12 of their last 15 UEFA competition matches at home (L3).
SK Rapid won their previous two UEFA competition two-legged ties against Swedish teams; 4-0 agg vs IFK Malmö, 1960/61 European Cup quarter-final (2-0 h, 2-0 a) and 4-1 agg vs Örgryte IS, 2000/01 UEFA Cup first round (3-0 h, 1-1 a). Those are Rapid’s only previous UEFA matches against opponents from Sweden.
SK Rapid’s last UEFA competition quarter-final tie was a 4-0 aggregate victory against Dynamo Moscow in the 1995/96 Cup Winners’ Cup. This is their ninth UEFA quarter-final tie, they have been successful in three of the previous eight.
SK Rapid have lost only two of their previous 14 UEFA competition matches this season (W9 D3).
SK Rapid have lost the first leg in only two of their last 13 UEFA competition two-legged ties (W7 D4).
Dion Beljo has scored in SK Rapid’s last four UEFA Conference League matches.

Djurgarden vs Rapid Vienna Prediction

Djurgarden, who endured a poor 2024 Allsvenskan season, have once again started unconvincingly at the start of the 2025 Allsvenskan campaign. They lost on the opening day Malmo before a slender defeat of Sirius at the weekend. In the UEFA Europa Conference League knockouts, they defeated Pafos after a top eight finish in the league phase.

They now take on a Rapid Vienna side that have continued their poor campaign with back-to-back 2-0 defeats since the March international break against Red Bull Salzburg and then Sturm Graz. Rapid have managed to reach this stage of the UEFA Europa Conference League with an unconvincing extra-time defeat of Borac Banja Luka in the Round of 16.

Neither of these sides have been at their best levels that they have shown in recent years and it is likely to be a close contest for the next two legs with a low-scoring encounter in both legs also likely.