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Red Bull Salzburg

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Red Bull Salzburg will be hoping to bounce back here after the 2-1 Bundesliga loss in their previous game against Wolfsberger AC.

In that match, Red Bull Salzburg had 76% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Red Bull Salzburg was Dorgeles Nene (94'). For their opponents, Wolfsberger AC had 13 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Chibuike Nwaiwu (15') and Erik Kojzek (54') scored for Wolfsberger AC.

It has not been often in recent games where Red Bull Salzburg have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Red Bull Salzburg have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 7 goals along the way. That pattern won’t necessarily be sustained here, of course.

Leading up to this clash, Red Bull Salzburg:

• are unbeaten in the league by Austria Vienna in their previous 21 games. What a record.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.

Austria Vienna

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Austria Vienna will come into the match following on from a 0-1 Bundesliga win with the defeat of Sturm Graz in their most recent match.

In that match, Austria Vienna had 61% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Austria Vienna was Nik Prelec (80'). For their opponents, Sturm Graz got 16 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

The attacking players from Austria Vienna have suffered from a shortage of goals in their past six encounters, contributing the disappointing return of only 4. In those matches, Die Veilchen have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 7.

Coming into this meeting, Austria Vienna have not registered a win against Red Bull Salzburg in games played away from home for the previous 17 matches in the league. What a horrible run of results.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head results going back to 03/06/2023 reveals that these encounters have been disappointments for Austria Vienna. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all whereas Red Bull Salzburg have maintained the edge over them, getting wins in 67% of those ties.

A combined sum of 11 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 9 from Die Bullen and 2 belonging to Die Veilchen. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.83.

The last league match featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 4 on 20/04/2025 when it ended Austria Vienna 1-3 Red Bull Salzburg.

On that day, Austria Vienna managed 49% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Maurice Malone (17').

For their opponents, Red Bull Salzburg got 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Yorbe Vertessen (8') and Dorgeles Nene (11', 64') scored.

The referee was Christian-Petru Ciochirca.

🗞️ Team News: Red Bull Salzburg

Karim Onisiwo (Ligament injury), Takumu Kawamura (Broken collarbone), Maurits Kjaergaard (Ankle injury), Nicolás Capaldo (Broken toe), Samson Tijani (unknown injury), Karim Konaté (Cruciate ligament tear) and Moussa Yeo (Knee injury) won’t be available for Red Bull Salzburg boss Thomas Letsch.

We think that Die Bullen will possibly go for a 4-2-3-1 system and select Alexander Schlager, Leandro Morgalla, Joane Gadou, Hendry Blank, Aleksa Terzic, Mads Bidstrup, Mamady Diambou, Dorgeles Nene, Oscar Gloukh, Adam Daghim and Yorbe Vertessen.

📰 Team News: Austria Vienna

Austria Vienna manager Stephan Helm has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Florian Wustinger (Cruciate ligament tear), Ziad El Sheiwi (Cruciate ligament tear) and Abdoulaye Kanté (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.

We’re of the thinking that Die Veilchen seem most likely to elect for a 5-3-2 formation, settling for Samuel Radlinger, Reinhold Ranftl, Philipp Wiesinger, Alexander Dragovic, Tin Plavotic, Hakim Guenouche, Abubakr Barry, Dominik Fitz, Manfred Fischer, Nik Prelec and Konstantin Aleksa.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Red Bull Salzburg can and should be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

Conversely, Austria Vienna may well struggle to make a breakthrough although we do see them hitting back at some stage here, too.

We’re tipping a 3-1 winning score for Red Bull Salzburg come full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 14:10 04/05/2025