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Roma have been drawn to face Austrian opposition in UEFA competitions on just one previous occasion. The Giallorossi took on FC Wacker Innsbruck in a two-legged tie in the first round of the 1992-93 UEFA Cup, winning 4-1 in Austria courtesy of a Giuseppe Giannini brace and goals from Roberto Muzzi and Claudio Caniggia before a Thomas Hassler goal back at the Stadio Olimpico secured a 1-0 win and qualification for the next round.
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Austria Wien have won just one of their ten matches against Italian teams in Europe, losing five and drawing the other four. In terms of away matches in Italy, the Austrians have drawn two and lost three, failing to find the net in four of those five games.
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Connections between Roma and Austria Wien are few and far between, but there are a couple of links worthy of mention. Alfred Schaffer and Herbert Prohaska are both title winners with Roma, having helped the Giallorossi to the 1942 and 1983 Scudetti respectively. Schaffer was the manager of the Giallorossi for their first Scudetto win, while Prohaska was a key midfielder for Nils Liedholm’s champions in 1982-83. Both men represented Austria Wien as players, with both later returning to the club as coach.
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Austria Wien midfielders Ismael Tajouri-Shradi and Lucas Venuto are two of four players to have scored at least three goals and provided at least three assists in the Austrian Bundesliga 2016-17.
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Three of Mohamed Salah’s four Europa League goals have been scored at home, including his latest strike against Astra Giurgiu.
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Austria Wien have won six of the eight matches they have played in this season’s Europa League, including the qualification rounds and the group stage, where their record reads one draw and one defeat. The Austrian side have won all four of their away matches in Europe this season.
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Diego Perotti completed 10 dribbles in the first two Europa League group-stage matches. Only Ajax’s Amin Younes has a better record, with 11.
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Along with Sassuolo, Roma are Italy’s highest-scoring team so far this season, having found the net 25 times from 12 games in all competitions.
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No side won more tackles than Roma (37) in the first two Europa League matchdays.
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Austria Wien have won more fouls than any another side in the Europa League group stages so far, with 42.
2002
The last time Roma and Austria Wien met on a football pitch was back on 26 July 2002. It was a friendly game during the Giallorossi’s pre-season training camp in Kapfenberg, Austria, with Fabio Capello’s Roma side running out 3-0 winners courtesy of goals from Gabriel Omar Batistuta, Ivan Tomic and Davide Bombardini.
2010
Roma will be looking to secure a second successive Europa League win when they play Austria Wien on Thursday night, having defeated Astra Giurgiu 4-0 last time out. The Giallorossi haven’t won two consecutive games in Europe since November 2010, when they beat Basel 3-2 away on 3 November before following it up with a 3-2 win over Bayern Munich 20 days later. Both games were in the Champions League group stages.
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