Rapid hold on to maintain perfect start

Rapid Wien 3-2 Plzeň
Michal Ďuriš struck first for the in-form visitors, but another UEFA Europa League goal for Steffen Hofmann set Rapid on course for their third victory.

• Rapid win the first three games in a UEFA group stage for the first time
• Plzeň suffer just a second defeat in their last 11 matches, nine of them victories
• Steffen Hofmann makes it three UEFA Europa League goals in three outings
• Michal Ďuriš breaks deadlock with his tenth goal in last ten games for Plzeň
• The teams meet again at the Doosan Arena on 5 November

MATCH STATISTICS

Rapid Wien

Plzeň

	3 Goals scored 2
	55 Possession (%) 45
	10 Total attempts 7
	5 on target 6
	3 off target 1
	2 blocked 0
	0 against woodwork 0
	4 Corners 3
	2 Offsides 3
	1 Yellow cards 1
	0 Red Cards 0
	9 Fouls committed 17
	17 Fouls suffered 9
	513 Passes 377
	446 completed 310

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LINEUPS

	Rapid Wien		Plzen
1	Novota (GK)	1	Kozáčik (GK) (C)
5	Petsos 68	2	Hejda
8	Schwab	7	Hořava 58
10	Schaub 52 80	8	Limberský
11	S. Hofmann (C) 34 62	9	Vaněk 80
14	Kainz	10	Kopic 58
17	Dibon 87	12	Ďuriš 12
20	M. Hofmann	17	Hrošovský 76
22	Pavelic	19	Kovařík 77
23	Stangl	22	Baránek
38	Prosenik 68	27	Rajtoral
Substitutes
21	Knoflach (GK)	13	Bolek (GK)
6	Sonnleitner	3	Matějů
9	Jelić 68	11	Petržela 58
15	Grahovac 62	16	Holenda 80
18	Huspek 80	25	Mahmutović
24	Auer	26	Kolář 58
33	Alar	29	Kučera
Coaches
Zoran Barisic (AUT)		Karel Krejčí (CZE)
Referee
Craig Pawson (ENG)

STANDINGS

Group E

	P	Pts
Rapid Wien	3	9
Villarreal	3	6
Plzeň	3	3
Dinamo Minsk	3	0