Austria Klagenfurt head to Red Bull Arena on Sunday for the Bundesliga tie with hosts Red Bull Salzburg.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Klagenfurt game (including the best match odds).
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Form Guide
Red Bull Salzburg
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Red Bull Salzburg will be looking for an improved result here after a 3-1 Bundesliga loss in their previous game against LASK Linz.
In that game, Red Bull Salzburg managed 67% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Red Bull Salzburg was Nene Dorgeles (84'). On the other side, LASK Linz had 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Marin Ljubičić (18', 26', 73') scored for LASK Linz.
Matches involving Red Bull Salzburg have usually been engaging ones of late with high scoring expected. Over their past six games alone, the sum of 21 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 12 of them belonging to Red Bull Salzburg.
Austria Klagenfurt
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In the game prior to this, Austria Klagenfurt drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga tie with Rapid Vienna.
In that match, Austria Klagenfurt managed 37% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Austria Klagenfurt was Max Besuschkow (54'). Rapid Wien got 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. Isak Jansson (5') scored for Rapid Vienna.
The attacking players from Austria Klagenfurt have been starved of goals in their past 6 games, recording the poor return of just 4. In those fixtures, Klagenfurt have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 10. Even so, we must now wait to see if that pattern might persist here in this game.
Going into this one, Austria Klagenfurt haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.
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Head to head
Checking on their past head to head results stretching back to 20/08/2022 tells us that these fixtures have not been good ones for Austria Klagenfurt. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins at all whereas Red Bull Salzburg have been too good for them, getting wins in 83 per cent of those ties.
An aggregate of 16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 12 of them for Die Bullen and 4 being from Klagenfurt. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.
The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 21 on 03/03/2024 when it finished Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 Austria Klagenfurt.
In that match, Red Bull Salzburg had 68% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Karim Konaté (74').
Austria Klagenfurt had 3 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Alexander Harkam.
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Team News: Red Bull Salzburg
Leandro Morgalla (heart problems), Nicolás Capaldo (Knee injury), Fernando (Hamstring injury), Andreas Ulmer (Calf problems), Samson Baidoo (Syndesmotic ligament tear), Maurits Kjaergaard (Hamstring injury) and Timo Horn (Injury to abdominal muscles) are not available for Red Bull Salzburg manager Gerhard Struber.
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Team News: Austria Klagenfurt
Austria Klagenfurt manager Peter Pacult has some current player fitness concerns. Simon Straudi (Hamstring injury), Bego Kujrakovic (Knee injury) and Anton Maglica (Achilles tendon problems) won’t be making appearances. Christopher Cvetko will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.
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Prediction
In this game, Austria Klagenfurt will do really well to find the net against a Red Bull Salzburg lineup who should win well here.
We think that it’s going to be a convincing 3-0 win for Red Bull Salzburg when the referee blows the final whistle.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
07:15 18/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Red Bull Salzburg
Formed: 1933
Stadium: Red Bull Arena (30,188)
Captain: Andreas Ulmer
Chairman: Harald Lürzer
Manager: Gerhard Struber
Competitions: Bundesliga position 1
🔑 Star Player: Karim Konaté
Generally deployed in the Striker position, Karim Konaté was born in Ivory Coast. After making a first senior appearance for FC Liefering in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has hit 11 league goals in this Bundesliga 2023 - 2024 season so far from a total of 23 appearances.