2:2 - Rapid rally from behind
Following four games without a win, the match against Mattersburg unquestionably needed to yield 3 points for Rapid. Any other result was, prior to kick off, unthinkable. With this in mind Coach Peter Schöttel shuffled his pack: Heikkinen moved to centre back, Wydra came into the vacated defensive midfield position and Sabitzer started the game on the left wing. A positive start saw Rapid take the game to their opponents, the first chance arriving when Steffen Hofmann tested Mattersburg...