Red Star vs Salzburg Champions League
Red Star-Salzburg is a very balanced match: Salzburg is favored by the turn of the round, but winning in Belgrade is never easy.
The Red Star was lucky in the draws
The Red Star has so far been very lucky in the draws. After catching and eliminating the Suduva that had knocked out Apoel Nicosia in surprise, in the next round he eliminated Spartak Trnava, but not without suffering and only in extra time of the return match.
The main reinforcements taken by the Red Star during the summer transfer have been until now the defender Srdjan Babic and the trequartisti Lorenzo Ebecilio and Dejan Meleg who was joined by the trequartista Veljko Simić on 30 July. The coach Vladan Milojevic has several good players at his disposal, among them are the young forward striker Nemanja Radonjic, the former Sampdoria midfielder Nenad Krsticic, full-back Filip Stojkovic and goalkeeper Milan Borjan. Nemanja Radonjic in particular was called up for the 2018 World Cup, was among the best in the Champions League qualifying matches and will most likely end up in Marseille for twelve million euros.
Salzburg has a great coach
Even the Red Bull Salzburg, which came on the scene only since the last qualifying round, was lucky in the draw as he faced the Shkendija, passed without problems already in the first leg thanks to a clear 3-0. The game against the Red Star will be more difficult, especially the one going for a factor at least environmental: at home this team in Europe has lost only one of the last twelve games, suffering only five goals.
Last year, however, Red Bull Salzburg put on display compared to the Red Star, already eliminated in the sixteenth, a greater competitiveness in the European field, coming up in the semi-finals of the Europa League, with the final failed by a whisker against Marseille. If it is true that two good players like Duje Caleta-Car and Valon Berisha have left, many young prospects have arrived and a midfielder of great quality and experience, the Austrian national Zlatko Junuzovic. The real blow was to retain the good coach Marco Rose: the Red Bull Salzburg last year played a great football based mainly on pressing and verticalization.
Football Prediction Red Star vs Salzburg
It will be a very balanced game: Salzburg has something more on both the technical and the tactical organization, but the Red Star at home is able to go beyond their potential. For this reason a draw can not be ruled out, probably with goals.
The probable formations
RED STAR (4-2-3-1): Borjan; Rodić, Degenek, Savić, Stojković; Jovančić, Krstičić; Radonjić, Simić, El Fardou Ben; Stojiliković.
SALZBURG (4-2-3-1): Stanković; Ulmer, Ramalho, Pongračić, Lainer; Schlager, Samassékou, Haidara; Junuzović; Dabbur, Yabo.
Betting Tips: 1-1