Rapid Wien v Valencia background

Valencia CF will have little to fear as they travel to Austria to face SK Rapid Wien looking to secure their passage to the UEFA Europa League round of 16 following a commanding first-leg triumph.

• Santi Mina was involved in five goals, scoring two and serving up a trio of assists as Valencia prevailed 6-0 at home on coach Gary Neville's 41st birthday, the Spanish side equalling the record margin of victory for a UEFA Europa League match.

• Rapid's defeat was their 17th in the UEFA Europa League, and they have now conceded 62 goals – both unwanted new competition records.

Previous meetings
• The teams are meeting for the second time in UEFA competition.

• Rapid's record in 12 encounters with Spanish teams is now W3 D2 L7 (W3 D0 L2 in Vienna).

• Valencia's record in nine UEFA fixtures against Austrian sides is W7 D1 L1 (W2 D1 L1 in Austria).

Form guide
• Rapid won all three of their home games in the group stage without keeping a clean sheet.

• Valencia have lost their last two continental away fixtures without scoring.

• Rapid have not featured in the spring phase of a UEFA competition since they made it to the final of the 1995/96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, losing 1-0 to Paris Saint-Germain in Brussels. They successfully negotiated the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage for the first time at the fifth attempt this season.

• Valencia ventured from the group stage to the semi-finals in their most recent UEFA Europa League campaign, in 2013/14. They won the UEFA Cup in 2004, beating Olympique de Marseille 2-0 in the final in Gothenburg.

Trivia and links
• The journey from Valencia to Vienna is around 1,650km.

• Rapid boast Spanish talent in the form of Canary Islands-born striker Tomi Correa, who played for CD Tenerife, CF Badalona, CD Logroñes and UD Tegueste before moving to Austria in 2009.

The coaches
• A midfielder of Croatian descent, Vienna-born Zoran Barisic played for Rapid from 1993 to 1995 and has been on the coaching staff since 2006. He has been in sole command at the club since 2013 and led them to a runners-up finish in the Austrian Bundesliga last term.

• Hired as Valencia coach in December, Neville was working as a pundit and as an assistant coach with the England national team. He lifted the UEFA Champions League trophy twice and won eight Premier League titles during his time as a Manchester United FC defender.

• Neville never played in a UEFA Europa League game. The last of his two UEFA Cup appearances came in September 1995 – a 0-0 draw at SC Rotor Volgograd. He made his continental debut in another UEFA Cup tie, playing three minutes of United's 0-0 draw against FC Torpedo Moskva in September 1992.

• Neville and Barisic met as players when United beat Rapid 2-0 home and away in the 1996/97 UEFA Champions League group stage. Neville featured in both games, while Barisic came on for the final 26 minutes of the first meeting, at Old Trafford.

Penalty shoot-outs
• Rapid have yet to feature in a UEFA penalty shoot-out.

• Valencia's record in three UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W1 L2:
L 5-4 N v FC Bayern München (2000/01 UEFA Champions League final)
W 5-4 A v Celtic FC (2001/02 UEFA Cup third round)
L 4-3 A v FC Steaua Bucureşti (2004/05 UEFA Cup round of 32)