At home against league leaders

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·2 May 2025

At home against league leaders

Austria Vienna visit on Sunday

Our boys face a tough challenge this weekend against FK Austria Vienna - but at the same time they have a golden opportunity to wrestle some momentum their way with the end of the season looming large on the horizon. The Violets have reacted well to losing 1-3 against us (with Dorgeles Nene scoring a match-winning brace) with two wins on the bounce against SK Sturm Graz taking them to the top of the ADMIRAL Bundesliga table. We are four points behind the leaders from the capital at the moment.

For us, it will be about making good for our defeat last week with a victory - we took just one point in our last two matches against freshly crowned UNIQA ÖFB Cup winners WAC. We had an injury blow resulting from those encounters too, with Moussa Yeo suffering a knee injury when making a challenge in our most recent fixture - he will be out for several weeks. Stephan Helm's side will be without the suspended Reinhold Ranftl, who saw a red card in the final phase of their 1-0 win against Sturm Graz.

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There is one thing clearly in our Red Bulls' favour - Austria Vienna are one of our favourite opponents, going by the stats. We are unbeaten in 21 Bundesliga clashes against the Violets (17 wins and four draws) and lost just one of our past 36 Bundesliga encounters (with 26 wins and 9 draws) – and that was all the way back in May 2018! No other team in league history have managed such an impressive run against Austria.

Can we take that one step further? Come along to the Red Bull Arena to find out in person on Sunday! All the key info on coming to the stadium can be found in our latest matchday info, with tickets for the clash still available online.

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Anyone not able to make it can follow all the latest from the Red Bull Arena via our live text updates on this website. The match can be watched on TV with a Sky Sport Austria subscription or for free on OneFootball internationally.

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Injury news

Not available for the match are Nicolas Capaldo (toe), Daouda Guindo (knee), Maurits Kjaergaard (ankle), Karim Konate (knee), Karim Onisiwo (knee) and Moussa Yeo (knee). Takumu Kawamura (collarbone) and Leandro Morgalla (broken hand) could possibly return to the squad following injuries. Samson Baidoo is suspended after his red card against WAC.

Views

It was definitely to be expected that Austria would be in the mix at the top to the end of the season. They are coming here in a confident mood, but that doesn't mean that we should be in awe of them. We are in the situation we are in, and it would do us well to focus on playing differently than we did against WAC. We have done well in our last two matches against Austria Vienna. On Sunday we will again have to give our all as a team and be at it right from the word go.

Thomas Letsch

Two teams are facing one another on Sunday that have a very attacking style. We definitely want to attack at home - also as we know from our last two matches against WAC that we want to set a few things straight as a team. That's the approach we want from the first second on in this game in order to take the game by the scruff of the neck. We did well the last two times against Austria. We want to show that again on Sunday, so that everyone else can feel that we are giving our all for the fans and that it's a good game.

Alex Schlager

Wings for Life World Run

On Sunday 4 May it is that time again - the Wings for Life World Run is taking place. Our boys will be doing their bit for a good cause too - on the pitch of the Red Bull Arena in our home match against FK Austria Vienna. For every kilometre our boys run in the big match against the Violets, we will donate 100 Euro to the Wings for Life Foundation. Last year our Red Bulls raised 11,500 for the good cause in this way.

You can also still join the Wings for Life App Run and run for a good cause, with the event starting at 13:00 Austrian time. With the match kicking off at 17:00, you will still make it to the stadium on time to support our boys! The participation fee for the App Run is 25 Euro.

All details on the Wings for Life World Run can be found on the official website:

Wings for Life World Run