Rapid Vienna vs Arsenal Predictions

• Arsenal have won nine of their last 14 games in the Europa League.
• Rapid Vienna have lost five of their last ten matches in the Europa League.
• Arsenal have only kept one clean sheet in their last six outings in this competition.

Gunners to get off to a winning start in Austria

Arsenal come into this Europa League opener on the back of a narrow defeat to Manchester City at the weekend, but the Gunners should bounce back put themselves in good stead in Group B.

Rapid Vienna, returning to the Europa League after a European hiatus last season, will be expecting to challenge for qualification from the group, but they’re a long way behind Arsenal in terms of quality and could struggle on Thursday.

The hosts have lost four of their last seven matches in the Europa League and their last outing was a 5-0 aggregate thrashing against Inter Milan in the 2018/19 round of 32. They lost three of their six group stage matches that season and face a Gunners side that have won nine of their last 14 in the competition.

All signs point towards a positive start for Arteta and Arsenal, and we’re backing an away win. However, with just one clean sheet in their last six Europa League games, a 2-1 correct score prediction looks a good choice.