Salzburg take on the visitors Austria Vienna in the round 1 match of Austrian Bundesliga. The match will be played on Friday, July 22th at Red Bull Arena (Salzburg).
Red Bull Salzburg unconditionally dominate the domestic arena. Which, in principle, is not surprising: the same Transfermarkt portal estimates the squad at 205 million euros, and all the other 11 representatives of the current Bundesliga together - 175. It is not surprising that 13 of their 16 league titles have been taken over the past decade and a half. And since 2014, the bulls have invariably won gold. This does not prevent either the change of mentors or the sale of leaders. The current coach, Jaissle, came in last summer. And he started with a “golden double”, winning both the championship and the cup. And he even managed to get out of the Champions League group, ahead of not only Wolfsburg, but also Sevilla itself. Even against Bayern in the 1/8 finals, the Austrians almost won, however, losing in the second leg 1-7. Now there was another summer line-up update. Gone are Christensen, Aaronson and Adeyemi. For newcomers, Gurn-Duat, Pavlovich, Fernando and Konate, they laid out significant 30 million for Austria.
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Austria were once regarded as a local grand. 24 times the championship title went to the capital. Also, "violets" is a 27-time winner of the national cup. But, on the other hand, for more than a dozen of the last years there was a single trophy - the championship of 2013. Then Red Bull was just gaining momentum, and once its dominance was interrupted. But now the wards of Manfred Schmidt, not without problems, took 3rd place last season. Moreover, the regular, 1st part of the championship finished 4th. But in the additional rounds they managed to beat Wolfsberg by 1 point. Not only the bulls, but also the Sturm were much stronger and broke away from the rest. In the off-season, they tried to strengthen, but at the same time, they basically recruited newcomers on free agents. Tabakovich, Baltacha, Ragus, Gruber - these names are unlikely to say much.
Austria last beat the Austrian football giants in 2018. Moreover, at the moment, Red Bull have won all 7 of the last matches between the clubs. Bookmakers do not expect intrigue from this pair - the hosts will win in Salzburg. The question is how exactly - perhaps it is worth stopping at the handicap "-1.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Salzburg to win with -1.5 handicap.
