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Salzburg and Lokomotiv Moscow meet at Red Bull Arena, in a match for this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Group Stage). This will be the first direct confrontation between these two teams, as they have never met before.
Salzburg :
The home team comes to this group stage after having eliminated Maccabi Tel Aviv, with a home win by (3‑1) and an away win by (1‑2). In their last match, for the Cup, they beat St. Pölten away by (0‑3). In their last 10 home games, Salzburg has recorded 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The team allowed the opponent goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, so their defense needs to improve, but their offense has scored regularly, as they always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, as 27 of their last 28 matches have ended with Over 1.5 goals and 22 out of 28 have ended with Over 2.5 goals.
The RB Salzburg team comes to this match motivated, after a 3-0 win at the St. Pölten stadium visit, in a match for the Austrian Cup. It should be remembered that the Austrians reach this group stage of the Champions League after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the play-offs. In this match against Lokomotiv Moscow, coach Jesse Marsch is expected to act 4-3-3, favoring the defensive organization and counterattacks from the flanks: Dominik Szoboszlai and Noah Okafor are very fast and strong in the counterattack. On the other hand, Patson Daka and Sekou Koita are the arrows of this team, both being very fast and strong when it comes to scoring. For this game the coach cannot count on Oumar Solet and Antoine Bernede, players who are recovering from injury.
Lokomotiv Moskva :
The visiting team will make its debut in this edition of the competition, since it did not have to play any of the qualifying rounds prior to this group stage. The team comes to this match after a home win against Ufa by (1‑0). In the last 10 away matches for all competitions, Lokomotiv Moscow won 5, drew 3 and lost 2. Their attack has scored regularly, scoring goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. In 15 games, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 12 home matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 6 of their 13 goals between minutes (31′ ‑ 45 ‘); they have conceded 3 of their 7 goals between minutes (61’ ‑ 75 ‘).
The Lokomotiv Moscow team comes to this match after a 1×0 victory at the reception at Ufa, adding their fourth consecutive victory in official matches: Grzegorz Krychowiak was the great hero, scoring the team’s only goal. It should be noted that the Russians reach the group stage of the Champions League due to second place in the 19/20 Russian championship. In this match against RB Salzburg, coach Marko Nikolic will have to adopt a tactical system similar to that of the last game, namely in 4-4-2, favoring the defensive organization and counterattacks on the flanks. The midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak is the main organizer of the game and owns great passing quality and vision of the game. Dmitri Barinov is the only one absent for this game, due to a knee injury.
Salzburg vs Lokomotiv Moscow head to head matches
27.06.09 CF Salzburg Lokomotiv Moscow 0 : 2