Rapid Vienna will play hosts to Sparta Prague in the first leg of the Champions League second qualifying round on Tuesday. The kick-off is at 20:30 CEST.

Preview

Rapid finished the 2020/21 season in the Austrian Bundesliga in second, behind champions RB Salzburg. Sparta, for their part, also ended their run in the previous campaign in the Czech top flight as runners-up to their city rivals Slavia Prague.

Unlike their forthcoming opponents, the Austrians have already played their first official game in the 2021/22 season as Dietmar Kuhbauer's men destroyed Wiener Viktoria 6-0 in the first round of the Austrian Cup last Friday. The Czech outfit, meanwhile, haven't played a single competitive match since losing to Slavia in their domestic cup semi-final in May.

Team news

Yusuf Demir will not help Rapid this term anymore as Vienna's starlet moved to Barcelona on a season-long loan deal earlier this month. Sparta, in turn, have no significant absentees for this clash.

Prediction

This encounter is a rather hard to call one as this two-legged tie will be decided in the return game in Prague next week. Nevertheless, the fact that both teams haven't really impressed defensively during the pre-season could potentially turn this match into a quite entertaining affair with goals at both ends at the Allianz Stadion. Hence, let's stick with BTTS in this one.

Tip

Both teams to score at 1.645 with 1XBET.