Crvena zvezda v Salzburg facts
Crvena zvezda or Salzburg will acquire a long-awaited prerogative when a span accommodate in a UEFA Champions League play-offs with a place in a organisation theatre a esteem for a winners.
• European champions in 1991, Crvena zvezda have never reached a organisation theatre of a UEFA Champions League and survived into a open of a UEFA foe for a initial time given 1991/92 final season, reaching a UEFA Europa League turn of 32 – a foe in that Salzburg went all a approach to a semi-finals.
Previous meetings
• The teams’ tie in a 1976/77 UEFA Cup second turn is also any side’s usually prior knowledge opposite a bar from a hostile country. Crvena zvezda had a improved of that contest, going by on divided goals after a 2-1 divided detriment was followed by a 1-0 feat in Belgrade.
Form guide
Crvena zvezda
• Champions of Serbia in 2017/18, Crvena zvezda kicked off this deteriorate in a UEFA Champions League initial subordinate round, where they got a improved of Latvia’s Spartaks JÅ«rmala 2-0 on aggregate. Lithuania’s SÅ«duva were beaten 5-0 over dual legs in a second subordinate round, before additional time cumulative a 2-1 divided win during Slovakia’s Spartak Trnava in a third subordinate turn second leg to finish a 3-2 total victory.
• Crvena zvezda have mislaid usually dual of their final 15 European games (W7 D6).
• The Belgrade bar are 5 European home matches dominant (W3 D2) given a 1-0 retreat opposite Arsenal in final season’s UEFA Europa League organisation stage. That is their usually better in their final 12 European home matches (W7 D4). They have conceded usually 5 goals in those dozen fixtures – and never some-more than one in any game.
• This is Crvena zvzeda’s initial UEFA Champions League play-off; their record during this theatre of a UEFA Europa League is W1 L4, a unique success entrance on divided goals opposite Russian side Krasnodar in 2017/18.
• Crvena zvezda have played in 6 prior UEFA Champions League subordinate campaigns.
Salzburg
• The Austrian bar won a fifth unbroken Bundesliga pretension in 2017/18 – their 12th overall.
• Salzburg have mislaid usually dual of their final 25 European games (W15 D8).
• Salzburg’s unique prior UEFA Champions League organisation theatre entrance came in 1994/95, their European Cup debut. They entered this season’s UEFA Champions League in a third subordinate round, where they degraded Shkëndija of FYR Macedonia 4-0 on total (3-0 home, 1-0 away).
• Salzburg have mislaid in a UEFA Champions League subordinate rounds in any of a final 6 seasons – and have done 12 catastrophic attempts to strech a organisation theatre given their entrance 24 years ago.
• In 2017/18, they were separated on divided goals by Croatia’s Rijeka in a third subordinate round. However, that led to a noted UEFA Europa League campaign, with Real Sociedad, Borussia Dortmund and Lazio all overcome en track to a semi-final detriment opposite Marseille after additional time.
• Salzburg’s record in UEFA Champions League play-offs is W0 L4. At a same theatre of a UEFA Europa League, it is W3 L1, their unique better entrance on penalties opposite Dinamo Minsk in 2015/16.
Links and trivia
• Crvena zvezda defender Filip Stojković and Marin PongraÄić of Salzburg were team-mates during 1860 München in 2016/17.