Champions League betting and spectator preview: Salzburg and Milan meet at Red Bull Arena to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
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.
Salzburg form and stats
Salzburg was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Champions League. Bayern München was too strong.4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Salzburg have to build on here at Red Bull Arena in the Tipico Bundesliga.
Salzburg are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Salzburg club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Wattens and win 2-0. Midfield player Seiwald got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Seiwald hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 47 successful passes (of 56 total).
In the game before, a strong away victory at Gurten. A Austrian Cup match.
There will be little rest for Salzburg after this match as they are travelling to Ried for a Tipico Bundesliga game in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Salzburg's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Salzburg have only let in 1 goal at home.
Milan form and stats
Milan's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.Milan are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Milan had fun at their own home (Red Bull Arena) last time out, beating Inter 3-2. Leão (2) and Giroud scored. Midfield player Leão was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.83/10. Leão scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Before that, Milan travelled to Sassuolo and returned home with a draw after the Serie A game finished 0-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Sampdoria.
1 goal so far away for Milan, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Okafor 4 goals |  F. Dos Santos Pedro 4 goals |   R. Leão 3 goals |
Salzburg missing players
Milan missing players
| Salzburg | Milan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 63 | 38 | Scored | S | 30 | 46 | ||
| 22 | 17 | Conceded | C | 13 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 56% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16.1 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.6 | 16.1 | ||
| 7.6 | 8.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 8.6 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Milan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Salzburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Salzburg | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Austria Lustenau | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Hartberg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 7 | Wattens | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 8 | Austria Wien | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Austria Klagenfurt | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | Ried | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2 | Milan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Roma | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Juventus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Inter | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Lazio | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Torino | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Udinese | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Salernitana | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Spezia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Empoli | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Lecce | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Bologna | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 17 | Hellas Verona | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Sampdoria | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
| 20 | Monza | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 0 |
