Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Crvena Zvezda
Match Time & Date:
21/08/2018
03:00 PM
Prediction: 1-1
Red Bull Salzburg
Crvena Zvezda take on Salzburg in front of empty stadium in the Champions League final qualifying round, first leg. The Serbian champions set up a meeting with the Red Bulls by beating Spartaks Jurmala, Suduva and Spartak Trnava, but they do not want to stop now. Olympique Marseille target Nemanja Radonjic has been in a thrilling form of late and he is likely to prove a handful for the opposition defenders. Salzburg, on the other hand, eliminated Skhendija of Macedonia in the third qualifying round and they are now on a quest to book their place in the Champions League for the first time ever. Crvena Zvezda are a real force to be reckoned with at home, but seeing that the match will be played in front of empty stadium, we predict the two teams are going to share the spoils in Belgrade.
Highlighted Player (Hee-Chan Hwang):
Hwang Hee-Chan is a product of Pohang Steelers football academy. The Korean attacker, who was born in Chuncheon on January 26, 1996, started his senior career at FC Liefering of Austria and he scored 13 goals in 31 appearances for the club. The 177-cm tall striker currently plays for Red Bull Salzburg and you should bear in mind that he netted 12 goals for the club in the 2016/2017 season.
Hwang Hee-Chan won his second Austrian Bundesliga title with Salzburg in the 2016/2017 season, but the Red Bulls eventually failed to make it to the Champions League group stages. The Salzburg footballer made his South Korea debut in a 2-0 win over Canada on November 11, 2016.
Hee-Chan played regularly for the Korea national football team in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and he scored one goal in the process. The Koreans eventually booked their place at the showpiece tournament in Russia, meaning that the Salzburg attacker will have a chance to prove his worth on the big stage.
Highlighted Team (Red Bull 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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