Club Brugge vs Salzburg Prediction, 00:30 August 13: The sadness of regular guests

TPO - Football analysis Club Brugge vs Salzburg, European Cup 1 qualifying round - Team information, expected lineup, form, history of confrontation. Salzburg is a regular visitor of the European Cup 1. But it seems that after tonight, this will no longer appear.

Pre-match comments Club Brugge vs Salzburg

Club Brugge hold a slim advantage ahead of their Champions League third qualifying round second leg against RB Salzburg. The 1-0 scoreline in favour of Club Brugge leaves the Austrian side with plenty of work to do in their quest to progress to the main draw.

Salzburg have been in the group stage/classification of the European Cup for 6 consecutive seasons. That is why, despite not winning the championship or even reaching the semi-finals, this club still has a ticket to represent Europe at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025. What Salzburg has over the big European clubs is stability. And they are facing their 7th consecutive season appearing in the most attractive arena of the continent.

However, Salzburg are facing many difficulties when in the first leg at home, they lost 1-0 to Club Brugge. This was a match that reflected the poor performance of Salzburg's attack when they shot 20 times but none of the chances were considered "clear", and the Austrian club also did not score any goals. Club Brugge only shot 12 times, but 4 of them were clear chances and they scored 1 goal.

Form, head-to-head history Club Brugge vs Salzburg

The big reason for Salzburg's struggles in the early stages is that they are missing a series of key players. In recent times, the Austrian team has often lost almost an entire squad. Today is no exception as nine of their players are absent, including Karim Konate, a key striker who has scored 35 goals in 65 appearances for Salzburg in the past three seasons.

Salzburg have lost just one of their last four games without a star player, and thrashed Grazer AK 5-0 on Saturday. That victory ended a three-game winless streak for the Austrian side and was their first win of the season.

On the other side of the front line, Club Brugge are confident after an exciting 2-0 victory over Cercle Brugge in the capital derby. They have extended their winning streak to 3 wins in the last 4 appearances. In addition, this club has won 3 out of the last 4 official matches at home (1 draw). This is the luggage for them to be completely confident in advancing to the next round.

Expected lineup Club Brugge vs Salzburg

Club Brugge (4-3-3): Jackers; Spileers, Seys, Onyedika, Mechele ; Romero, Reis, Vanaken; Vermant, Vetlesen, Tzolis.

Salzburg (4-4-2): Schlager; Lainer, Gadou, Diabate, Kratzig; Kjaergaard, Bidstrup, Baidoo, Rasmussen; Onisiwo, Kitano.

Score prediction: Club Brugge 1-1 Salzburg

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