It's time for episode two of the Brøndby - Salzburg Play-offs battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 25.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brøndby Stadion (29000 seats)

The first leg ended Salzburg-Brøndby 2-1. All is set for the decider in this Champions League Play-offs fixture!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Brøndby form and stats

Brøndby participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round.

Brøndby have less points than they have played home games in the Superliga so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.

Brøndby shared the glory with OB in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The attacker Mikael Uhre was "man of the match" for Brøndby with a rating of 9.3/10. Uhre scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times. A disappointing finish for Brøndby in their match versus OB as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.

Heartbreak before that as Brøndby lost 1-2 at Salzburg's place.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Midtjylland are coming to town in four days.

Brøndby has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Salzburg form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

Salzburg are yet to lose a point on their Tipico Bundesliga travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Things are running smoothly for Salzburg who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Wattens.

Impressive finishing from Rasmus Kristensen, Karim Adeyemi and Mergim Berisha secured the home win 3-1 against Austria Klagenfurt in their previous game. Kamil Piątkowski, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.02. Piątkowski served one assist, hit two key passes and won 8 of 10 duels.

Before that, Salzburg secured a home win against Brøndby with the score 2-1.

The schedule is very tough for Salzburg now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Tipico Bundesliga game at Hartberg is waiting in only three days.

It's early days yet, but Salzburg has scored 4 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Salzburg - Brøndby 2-1 was the end result in these teams' last h2h match, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

SalzburgK. Adeyemi
K. Adeyemi
6 goals
BrøndbyM. Uhre
M. Uhre
3 goals
SalzburgR. Kristensen
R. Kristensen
3 goals

Brøndby missing players

Salzburg missing players

Brøndby Salzburg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   10 25
9 5   Won W   9 22
9 4   Drew D   0 1
7 2   Lost L   1 2
44 18   Scored S   27 65
32 11   Conceded C   9 20
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 84%
60% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   80% 72%
36% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 48%
16% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   30% 16%
68% 64%   BTTS BTTS   60% 60%
24% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 40%
12% 18%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
5.4 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   7.4 6.6
4.5 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4 3.4
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.4
3 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
11.5 9.3   Shots (avg) S (   16.4 17.8
4.2 2.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.7 6.4
43% 56%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Midtjylland 6 5 0 1 13 3 3 2 0 1 8 3 3 3 0 0 5 0 10 15
2 Randers 5 4 1 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 6 2 5 13
3 København 5 3 2 0 11 5 3 1 2 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 11
4 Nordsjælland 5 3 1 1 7 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 10
5 AaB 5 2 2 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 8
6 Silkeborg 6 1 4 1 5 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 0 7
7 OB 6 1 3 2 7 10 3 0 2 1 3 5 3 1 1 1 4 5 -3 6
8 Brøndby 6 0 4 2 8 11 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 3 1 7 9 -3 4
9 SønderjyskE 5 1 1 3 1 5 3 1 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 -4 4
10 Viborg 5 1 1 3 5 10 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 6 -5 4
11 AGF 5 0 2 3 3 8 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 -5 2
12 Vejle 5 0 1 4 3 10 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 -7 1
  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 5 5 0 0 15 3 3 3 0 0 11 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 12 15
2 Sturm Graz 4 3 0 1 11 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 7 2 5 9
3 Rheindorf Altach 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 7
4 Ried 4 2 1 1 6 10 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 8 -4 7
5 Wattens 5 0 5 0 5 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 5
6 LASK Linz 4 1 2 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 5
7 Wolfsberger AC 5 1 2 2 7 10 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 5
8 Austria Klagenfurt 5 1 2 2 7 12 2 1 1 0 5 4 3 0 1 2 2 8 -5 5
9 Hartberg 4 1 1 2 7 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 5 4 0 4
10 Rapid Wien 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
11 Admira 5 1 1 3 6 7 2 1 0 1 4 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -1 4
12 Austria Wien 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 2

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.