It’s the first road trip of the season for Red Bull Salzburg as they make the trip eastbound across the country to near the Austria-Hungary border to face Mattesburg at the Pappelstadion on Matchday two.
The last meeting between the two came on a day of coronation for Salzburg having secured a fifth consecutive title two weeks prior, but their guests had plans to rain on their pride as they sat back and absorbed pressure for the entirety of the match, making life extremely difficult. Fortunately, with the last touch of the game, Gulbrandsen popped up to tap home the winner, then hell broke loose at the Red Bull Arena as everyone proceeded to chase the Norweigan to the corner flag.
Hannes Wolf returns to the squad following a three-match suspension he picked up with a straight red card in the previous meeting between the two last season. Patrick Farkas, Fredrik Gulbrandsen, Alexander Walke and Kilian Ludewig will miss the game due to injury.
Match Information
Date: Saturday, August 4, 2018
Kick-off: 17:00 (CEST)
Venue: Pappelstadion (capacity: 15,700)
Referee: Julian Weinberger
Broadcasting: Sky Sport 10 (Austria)
Previous Meetings
17.09.17: Mattersburg 1-2 Red Bull Salzburg
29.11.17: Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 Mattersburg
11.03.18: Mattersburg 2-2 Red Bull Salzburg
18.04.18: Mattersburg 0-0 (0-3) Red Bull Salzburg
20.05.18: Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 Mattersburg
Current Form
Mattersburg
Znojmo 2-3 (H) | Mura 0-1 (H) | Kapfenberg 3-1 (H) | Allerheiligen 1-3 (A) | Rheindorf Altach 2-3 (A)
Red Bull Salzburg
Utrecht 1-0 (H) | Stade Rennes 3-0 (H) | Oedt 0-6 (A) | Çaykur Rizespor 5-2 (H) | LASK 3-1 (H)
Team News
Mattersburg
Injured: Andreas Kuen | Mario Grgić
Red Bull Salzburg
Injured: Patrick Farkas | Fredrik Gulbrandsen | Alexander Walke | Kilian Ludewig
Predicted Line-ups
Mattersburg
Kuster
Kerschbaumer – Malić – Ortiz – Renner
Jano
Höller – Salomon – Ertlhaler – Gruber
Kvasina
Red Bull Salzburg
Stanković
Lainer – Ramalho – Pongračić – Ulmer
Haidara – Samassékou – Junuzović
Wolf
Daka – Dabbur
Score Prediction
Mattersberg 1-1 Red Bull Salzburg