Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Salzburg & Kalsdorf face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Austrian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they featured in a Tipico Bundesliga match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rapid Wien, was also a home game here at Red Bull Arena. The away team is better rested.
Salzburg form and stats
Action has already taken place for Salzburg in Austrian Cup as they have defeated Hertha to reach the 2nd Round.Salzburg have played 4 Tipico Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). Salzburg haven’t lost a league-game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Wattens, 154 days ago.
Salzburg's last game was hosting Rapid Wien and winning 2-0. Midfielder Mohamed Camara was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.14 (out of ten) in that game. Camara hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 53 successful passes (of 61 total).
A 1-1 draw away in the Champions League before that, with Sevilla the opponent.The manager M. Jaissle will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Wolfsberger AC in only three days.
It's goals goals goals for Salzburg who have scored 13 goals from 4 league home games. Salzburg have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Kalsdorf form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rheindorf Altach in order to reach 2nd round of Austrian Cup. Last season their Austrian Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Kalsdorf failed to get anything from their last game, a Regionalliga: Mitte home match vs St. Anna that ended with defeat 0-4. Kalsdorf lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wolfsberger AC II at their stadium, the result 4-0.The schedule is very tough for Kalsdorf now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Regionalliga: Mitte game at Wels is waiting in only two days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Adeyemi 7 goals |   S. Mujanovic 6 goals |  R. Kristensen 3 goals |
Salzburg missing players
Kalsdorf missing players
| Salzburg | Kalsdorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 61 | 31 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 17 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 28% | ||
| 6.7 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 17.9 | 18.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 24 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 3 | Ried | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Admira | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Rheindorf Altach | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Austria Klagenfurt | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Rapid Wien | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Austria Wien | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | LASK Linz | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Wattens | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 5 |