Match facts: SKN St. Pölten v SK Rapid Wien | OneFootball

The duel for a spot in the quarter-finals will take place on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, (8:30 PM) in the completely sold-out NV Arena.

📈 Form and Preliminary Rounds

SKN St. Pölten, despite their first defeat of the season last Friday, remains the dominant leader of the Admiral 2. Liga, having won 11 of 13 competitive matches.

Rapid enters the match with a 2-0 victory in the Bundesliga against SV Ried under their belt.

St. Pölten's path to the round of 16:

Round: 5-0 victory (A) against the regional league team SC Kalsdorf.

Round: 7-6 after penalties (A) against the second division team FC Hertha Wels.

Rapid's path to the round of 16:

Round: 1-0 victory (A) against the regional league team FC Wacker Innsbruck (Goal: Bendegúz Bolla).

Round: 2-1 victory (A) against the regional league team SV Oberwart (Goals: Tobias Gulliksen (2)).

🏟 Historical Record in St. Pölten

Rapid is unbeaten in cup games at the NV Arena (St. Pölten) and has won five of the eight encounters there so far.

The last meeting in St. Pölten (September 2020) ended with a 2-1 away victory for Rapid (decisive goal: Ercan Kara via penalty in the 17th minute).

The very first goal in the NV Arena was scored by Rapid legend Steffen Hofmann during the stadium's opening in July 2012.

🤝 ÖFB Cup Head-to-Head

This is the third cup duel in recent history. Rapid won the previous two each with a score of 3-1:

February 2024: 3-1 (A) (Goals: Marco Grüll (penalty), own goal Ramsebner, Matthias Seidl).

April 2017: 3-1 (A) (Goals: Maximilian Wöber, Mario Pavelić, Stefan Schwab).

The last competitive match duel was Rapid's 3-1 victory in the Cup quarter-finals 2024.

🎯 Goal Scorers Against St. Pölten (Championship & Cup)

5 goals: Joelinton

4 goals: Stefan Schwab

2 goals: Taxiarchis Fountas, Christoph Knasmüllner, Ercan Kara

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