📊 Form Guide

TSV Hartberg

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TSV Hartberg will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 1-0 Bundesliga defeat in their last game at the hands of Austria Vienna.

In that match, TSV Hartberg had 43% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Austria Vienna got 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Tin Plavotić (78') was the scorer for Austria Vienna.

It has been seldom in recent games where TSV Hartberg haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that TSV Hartberg have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 7 goals during that time. Let’s see if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Red Bull Salzburg

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen in Champions League action, Red Bull Salzburg and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Red Bull Salzburg managed 38% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Bayer Leverkusen had 29 shots at goal with 13 on target. Florian Wirtz (8', 30'), Álex Grimaldo (11'), Patrik Schick (61') and Aleix García (72') scored for Bayer Leverkusen.

Pepijn Lijnders's Red Bull Salzburg have fired home 7 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during that same period comes to 5.

Ahead of this clash, Red Bull Salzburg are without an away win for the past 5 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head results going back to 29/10/2022 tells us that these encounters have been a source of anguish for TSV Hartberg. They’ve not managed to come away with any victories at all while Red Bull Salzburg have dominated them, running out winners in 83% of those games played.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 26 in total which averages out at 4.33 goals per match.

The previous league match between these clubs was Bundesliga match day 9 on 12/05/2024 which finished with the scoreline of TSV Hartberg 1-5 Red Bull Salzburg.

That time, TSV Hartberg managed 54% possession and 20 shots at goal with 2 on target. The scorer was Donis Avdijaj (41').

At the other end, Red Bull Salzburg had 20 shots at goal with 9 on target. Roko Šimić (11'), Karim Konaté (27', 50', 79') and Sékou Koïta (45') scored.

The match was refereed by Alan Kijas.

📋 Team News: TSV Hartberg

Elias Havel (Syndesmosis ligament tear) and Justin Omoregie (Hamstring injury) will be missing for TSV Hartberg gaffer Manfred Schmid.

We are thinking that TSV Hartberg look set to kick off with a 4-3-3 system this time, handing starts to Raphael Sallinger, Jürgen Heil, Fabian Wilfinger, Paul Komposch, Manuel Pfeifer, Tobias Kainz, Benjamin Markus, Youba Diarra, Marco Hoffmann, Patrik Mijic and Donis Avdijaj.

ℹ️ Team News: Red Bull Salzburg

Red Bull Salzburg manager Pepijn Lijnders has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Karim Konaté (Cruciate ligament tear), Janis Blaswich (Calf injury), Aleksa Terzic (Adductor injury), Fernando (Hamstring injury), Maurits Kjaergaard (Ankle injury) and Leandro Morgalla (Hamstring injury) will not be playing here.

From our viewpoint, Die Bullen could decide to elect for a 4-3-3 system, going with Alexander Schlager, Amar Dedić, Kamil Piatkowski, Samson Baidoo, Daouda Guindo, Bobby Clark, Lucas Gourna-Douath, Nicolás Capaldo, Mads Bidstrup, Petar Ratkov and Oscar Gloukh.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that TSV Hartberg should have enough to find the back of the net against this Red Bull Salzburg team, but one goal possibly won’t quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re therefore tipping a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 victory for Red Bull Salzburg when all is said and done. Let’s just see how this one goes.

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Lucas Pereira, 15:06 30/11/2024