start of Austrian Bundesliga today

The Austrian Bundesliga gets started tonight with a premier match of Sturm Graz vs. Rapid Wien today with the Green-Whites (Rapid) expected to get off to an impressive start.

Defending champions Rapid Wien have a host of players that are key to national team development and should be carefully watched including Andreas Dober and Veli Kavlak of the U21 squad, national team members Martin Hiden and Erwin “Jimmy” Hoffer (national team) as well as imposing Striker Stefan Maierhofer who was a surprising late cut from the Euro squad. Jürgen Säumel was Sturm Graz’s lone member on the recent Euro squad for Austria. I’ll be watching this match closely and post relevant information.

Tomorrow we have four great matches on the bill:

Red Bull Salzburg v Mattersburg
Austria Wien v SK Kärnten
Kapfenberg v LASK Linz
SV Ried v SCR Altach