Rapid seek speedy revenge on Hapoel

Beaten 5-1 in Israel on Matchday 3, SK Rapid Wien will look to restore wounded pride and return to the top two in UEFA Europa League Group C, with the result of their game against Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC potentially crucial to Celtic FC's future in the competition. The Scottish side will be eliminated if they lose at Hamburger SV and Rapid lose to Tel-Aviv.

Previous meetings
• The first leg on Matchday 3 was the teams' first meeting. Rapid beat Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC 1-0 in their only previous home game against Israeli opposition, while Tel-Aviv's two trips to Austria have ended in a 3-0 loss at SK Sturm Graz and a 4-0 win at FC Kärnten.

Match background
• The 5-1 victory against Rapid was Tel-Aviv's biggest home win in UEFA club competition and matched the Austrian side's heaviest margin of defeat in the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League. A 4-0 loss at Paris Saint-Germain FC (18 October 2001) was their previous worst result.

• Rapid have lost only one of their last nine European home games, and are on a five-game UEFA club competition winning streak at home. Their 3-0 Matchday 1 win against Hamburg ended a run of four straight defeats at the Ernst Happel Stadium – where the club play big European games, with smaller ones taking place at their own Gerhard Hanappi Stadium – following their 3-0 win against TSV 1860 München on 22 October 1997.

• Tel-Aviv have decent recent form outside Israel, with just two defeats in their last seven away fixtures, in which they have scored 12 goals and conceded nine. The remaining games in that sequence comprise four wins and a draw.

• Israel played their first competitive game as a UEFA member nation at the Ernst Happel Stadium (then known as Prater Stadium), losing 5-2 to Austria in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on 28 October 1992. Tel-Aviv defender Alon Harazi featured in that encounter for Israel.

Team facts
• Rapid coach Peter Pacult was a prolific scorer for his current club, FC Tirol Innsbruck and TSV 1860 München during a playing career that also brought him 24 caps for Austria. He has been Rapid coach since 2006, rejoining the club following spells in charge of 1860, FC Kärnten and 1. FC Dynamo Dresden.

• Tel-Aviv coach Eli Gutman is nicknamed 'The German' because of his reputation as a disciplinarian. He made his name by winning the 1996/97 State Cup with Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC and then the Israeli title with Hapoel Haifa FC in 1998/99.

• Founded in the 1920s, Tel-Aviv's links to the Histadrut trade union and the hammer and sickle on their club badge earned them a reputation as a club with left-wing leanings.

• Rapid were founded in 1898 as Erster Wiener Arbeiter-Fussball-Club (First Workers' Football Club of Vienna), taking on their current name the following year.

• Tel-Aviv's Serbian midfielder Nemanja Vučićević and Rapid's German captain Steffen Hofmann were team-mates at TSV 1860 München for part of the 2005/06 season.

• Tel-Aviv visit Celtic on Matchday 5, with Rapid travelling to Hamburg on the same day, 2 December.