Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Salzburg will be aiming to clinch their spot in the Champions League group stages when they welcome Dynamo Kyiv to their Red Bull Arena on Tuesday evening. The Red Bulls defeated Dynamo 2-0 in the first leg, meaning that they are with one foot in the group stages, but boss Pepijn Lijnders must warn his men against complacency. Aleksa Terzic limped off with injury in the first leg, with fellow defender Ignace Van der Brempt likely to step up.
The Ukrainians, on the other hand, face an uphill task in the return leg. As Dynamo have no other option but to adopt an attack-minded approach in the reverse fixture, we predict that Salzburg are going to seal the triumph on the break. The likes of Maksym Dyachuk, Matvii Ponomarenko, and Volodymyr Shepelev have been struggling with injuries of late, speaking of the visiting team.
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).