It's game one of two in the Champions League as Salzburg host Maccabi Tel Aviv. This is a Play-offs fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Tipico Bundesliga. That game was an away game at Ried, so at least Salzburg are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Maccabi Tel Aviv have to travel 3500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Salzburg form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Tipico Bundesliga numbers at home for Salzburg so far this season. Salzburg haven’t lost a league-game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Rheindorf Altach, 212 days ago. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Salzburg, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Happy days for Salzburg in their previous game, a Tipico Bundesliga match away at Ried that ended with a 3-1 victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv and winning 2-1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Salzburg as they have a new game in only four days, a Tipico Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Hartberg are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Salzburg at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Dinamo Brest, Riga and Sūduva in order to reach Play-offs of Champions League. Maccabi Tel Aviv was sent out of Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligat ha'Al travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Total Champions League statistics for Maccabi Tel Aviv: 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
The manager G. Donis was unhappy after their last game, a Champions League match played at their home ground Winner Stadium. Maccabi suffered a 1-2 loss to Salzburg. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Dinamo Brest in the Champions League.
It's a bit worrying for Maccabi Tel Aviv that their goalkeeper Daniel Tenenbaum made eight saves in the Salzburg game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Maccabi manager G. Donis as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Maccabi Haifa.
2 goals so far away for Maccabi Tel Aviv, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Maccabi Tel Aviv - Salzburg 1-2 earlier this season.Salzburg missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
| Salzburg | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 81 | 42 | Scored | S | 16 | 43 | ||
| 22 | 16 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 60% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 64% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 417 | 232 | Total Shots | T S | 82 | 250 | ||
| 180 | 106 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 120 | ||
| 44% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Pölten | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Wattens | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | LASK Linz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Wolfsberger AC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ried | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Sturm Graz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Hartberg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | Admira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Ashdod | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Hapoel Haifa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Hapoel Hadera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -10 | 0 |