Champions League betting and spectator preview: Salzburg and Lille meet at Red Bull Arena to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It's no vacation for neither Salzburg nor Lille as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Lille have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Salzburg form and stats
Last season, Salzburg's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.When playing at home in the Tipico Bundesliga, Salzburg have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. 2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Salzburg. The Salzburg fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Red Bull Arena and will expect new points from this game. Salzburg has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Philipp Köhn not having conceded a league goal in 216 minutes.
Happy days for Salzburg in their previous game, a Tipico Bundesliga match away at Wolfsberger AC that ended with a 2-0 victory. Luka Sučić (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.85/10. Sučić signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Previous to that game, a Austrian Cup home match hosting Kalsdorf in a game that was won 8-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Salzburg handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and zero defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Tipico Bundesliga game versus LASK Linz in only four days. This game is also played here at Red Bull Arena.
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.
Lille form and stats
Lille was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.Playing away, Lille have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.
Lille play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Strasbourg. Timothy Weah, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.1. Weah served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Reims.We have checked recent matches where Lille have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were four victories, one draw and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Lille are hosting Olympique Marseille in the Ligue 1 only four days away.
The visiting Lille have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Lille struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Adeyemi 7 goals |   J. David 4 goals |  R. Kristensen 3 goals |
Salzburg missing players
Lille missing players
| Salzburg | Lille | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 67 | 37 | Scored | S | 21 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 18.7 | 20.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Lille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 3 | Austria Klagenfurt | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Ried | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 12 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Admira | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 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 | Wattens | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | LASK Linz | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Nice | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 4 | Lorient | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Angers SCO | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Lens | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Lille | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Nantes | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Clermont | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Rennes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Monaco | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Reims | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Troyes | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Brest | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 19 | Metz | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 3 |