Dietmar Kuhbauer at Rapid Wien 2019/20 – tactical analysis

Rapid Wien have been performing very well in this 2019/20 Austrian Bundesliga season. Theyre currently sitting third in the table with 32 points, 10 points away from second-placed LASK and 12 away from table-toppers Red Bull Salzburg.

Dietmar Kühbauers side have been both prolific and solid at the back this season. And most importantly, they have been pretty consistent  which is definitely something that they were lacking last season.

In this tactical analysis, we will take a closer look at Kühbauers tactical tendencies at Rapid Wien and how he manages to bring a team that struggled with mediocre performances in the previous season to an impressive title-challenging campaign.

Formations

Kühbauer has been quite flexible in terms of the systems used thus far this season. As you can see above, his most-favoured system (and seemingly his most successful formation) to use is 3-5-2 (31%), meanwhile, his second most-used formation is 4-2-3-1 (19%). Occasionally, Kühbauer sometimes also chooses to tweak his tactics and formations and play in a 4-4-2, 3-4-1-2, 3-4-2-1 (3-4-3) or even a 5-3-2 formation on some occasions.

Kühbauer would often alter his team’s system in a match, either in the first or second half. He can be seen often trying to go from 4-2-3-1 to 3-5-2, or 3-5-2 to 4-2-3-1, or 3-5-2 to 3-4-3. However, despite the change of formation, their original philosophy of playing the game is still the same. We will take a better look at that later in this tactical analysis.

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