Red Bull Salzburg take on the visitors Nice in the round 3 match of Europa League group stage. The match will be played on Thursday, October 20th at Red Bull Arena.
Austria giant started the group stage with two defeats, losing to Krasnodar at home, 0-1, and to Schalke 04 on the road, 1-3. We should also remember that the team failed to advance to the group stage of the Champions League after losing matchup to quite average team Dinamo Zagreb. On top of that, Salzburg failed to win any of their recent three matches in domestic league, occupying third place in the standings after 11 matches played. All suggest the team is suffering a setback this fall. The Bulls are currently on four-match run without a single win, taking the most recent victory on September 21st.
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Nice also started the group stage with two defeats. French side lost 0-1 to Schalke and 2-5 to Krasnodar. We should note that the leaders of Ligue 1 use reserve players in this competition and focused to domestic league where they have 23 points after 9 matches played with no defeats recorded.
Upcoming match will be decisive for both teams as the loser of this game won’t have many chances to continue battling in Europa League. Games of such high importance are rarely features numerous scoring opportunities and there are small chances to see many scored goals.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 goals.