Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Sparta Prague
Match Time & Date:
18/09/2024
18:45
Prediction: 2-1
Salzburg
Sparta Prague welcome Salzburg at their epet Arena in the opening match of their Champions League campaign. Sparta qualified for the league phase thanks to splendid back-to-back wins over Malmo and they must be high on confidence following a 2-0 triumph over Hradec Kralove. All Garcia, Mokrovics, and Rynes are out of contention with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team ahead of the visit of Salzburg.
The Red Bulls, on the other hand, suffered a 3-2 loss to SK Rapid in their last league match and seeing that Sparta Prague are a real force to be reckoned with at home, we are tempted to place our bets on the Czech outfit. To make things even worse for the Austrian Bundesliga side, all Clark, Fernando, Guindo, Kawamura, Konate, Morgalla, and Kjaergaard continue to miss out with injuries Pepijn Lijnders is likely to stick to the 4-3-3 formation, with Petar Ratkov up front as a lone centre-forward.
Highlighted Team (Salzburg):
Salzburg are a professional football club that compete in Austrian Bundesliga. The club’s main sponsors are Red Bull and, as a result, they are well known under the name of the Red Bulls. The club was founded on 13 September, 1933 and they won their first Austrian Bundesliga trophy in 1994.
Salzburg quickly established themselves as the dominant force in the national championship and they are the most successful Austrian club in the 21st century. It has to be noted that they won their tenth Austrian Premier League trophy in 2016, finishing the season nine points clear of second-placed Rapid Wien.
The Red Bulls welcome their rivals at Red Bull Arena, the stadium that was opened on 8 March, 2008. The capacity of the venue is 31 895. Salzburg participated in the 1993/1994 UEFA Cup final, but Italian side proved to be a big catch for the Austrian outfit. Inter recorded a 2-0 win over Salzburg in the final (on aggregate).
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