Djurgarden vs SK Rapid prediction: EUROPE: Conference League – Play Offs betting tips on match 2025-04-09 19:00.
[p]DjurgĂĄrden navigated past Cypriot club Pafos (3-1 on aggregate) to make it to their first European quarter-final since 1955/56. They lost to Hibernian then, but will be hoping for a better outcome this time in the UEFA Conference League where they face Rapid Vienna. With eight wins from their last 11 Conference League fixtures (D1, L2), the Iron Stoves have shown enough to suggest they could make history by reaching the last four.[/p]
[p]The Swedes started their new domestic league season with a 1-0 home defeat to Malmö towards the end of March, but their European journey has largely been based on winning in front of their own fans. Djurgården have won their last three home Conference League games, and with each match seeing them net multiple goals, taking a comfortable margin into next week’s second leg can’t be ruled out.[/p]
[p]Rapid finished above DjurgĂĄrden in the league phase due to better goal difference, but needed extra time to edge past Borac Banja Luka (3-2 on aggregate) in the last 16. The Green-whites will have to rediscover that form in double-quick time after suffering consecutive defeats in the Austrian Bundesliga Championship Group, both by a 2-0 scoreline.[/p]
[p]It’s only the third time that Rapid are playing in this country (W1, D1) with their sole win coming way back in 1961 against Malmö, and that victory was part of their best-ever run in UEFA competition – they reached the semi-finals of the European Cup. Recent form would suggest replicating that run to the last four will be tricky, as the visitors are winless in their last eight competitive trips (D3, L5), with all defeats seeing them concede multiple goals.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: DjurgĂĄrden’s Tokmac Chol Nguen has three goals in this Conference League campaign, with two serving as the last strike of the match. Rapid’s Louis Schaub has three goals in this Conference League campaign – both scoring appearances saw him net the decisive goal in victory.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: In six of Djurgården’s last nine Conference League home games, exactly three goals were scored.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]