Anderlecht vs Red Bull Salzburg - prediction, team news, lineups

Austrian outfit Red Bull Salzburg volition caput to Belgium for Thursday's Europa League clash with Anderlecht astatine the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium.

The hosts are successful 22nd presumption successful the Europa League league phase, portion Salzburg are conscionable 1 constituent amended disconnected successful 21st spot. 

Match preview

In the 1970s and 80s, Anderlecht got their hands connected 5 European trophies, including the UEFA Cup successful 1982-83, but successful the modern era, a knockout-round quality is seen arsenic the main nonsubjective adjacent if they imagination of reliving their glory years with a heavy tally successful the Europa League.

Anderlecht are presently sitting conscionable wrong the apical 24 connected extremity quality aft winning 1 and losing 2 of their archetypal 3 matches of the league phase.

After starting the main gully with constrictive defeats against Lyon and Dinamo Zagreb, Vitor Bruno's broadside yet got up and moving with a 3-0 triumph over Jagiellonia Bialystok successful Poland.

They were rapidly stopped successful their tracks by a dense 4-0 decision to Gent successful the Jupiler Pro League, earlier they bounced backmost with a 4-1 triumph successful Saturday's location gathering with Westerlo, acknowledgment to goals from Mihajlo Cvetkovic, Mario Stroeykens, Theo Aasgard and Lukas Ambros.

Despite celebrating an emphatic triumph astatine the weekend, Bruno is inactive nether unit to find consistency aft overseeing 3 defeats successful the past 5 competitory matches.

That said, astir of their struggles this play person taken spot connected their travels, truthful they volition beryllium grateful to person location vantage for Thursday's fixture, having won 7 of their 9 competitory outings astatine the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium this word (D1, L1).

Salzburg, meanwhile, person taken 4 points from their archetypal 3 league signifier games, which means they are already conscionable 2 points adrift of matching their tally from past season's main gully appearance.

However, fixed the information they finished successful 31st spot past term, they volition beryllium mounting their points extremity overmuch higher arsenic they look to scope the knockout signifier of a European contention for the archetypal clip since 2022-23. 

Danny Rohl's broadside started the 2026-27 main gully with a constrictive 1-0 distant triumph implicit Levski Sofia earlier they were fixed thing of a world cheque successful a 4-0 location nonaccomplishment against AC Milan.

Salzburg looked acceptable to respond with a triumph against Celje connected matchday three, but they were yet forced to settee for a 2-2 gully aft spurning a two-goal pb successful Slovenia. 

That effect represents the lone clip they person failed to triumph successful their past 5 competitory outings, with their astir caller show yielding a ascendant 5-1 location triumph against Austria Lustenau successful the Austrian Bundesliga.

The Red Bulls volition caput to Belgium with hopes of claiming a 4th consecutive triumph successful each competitons, and they should astatine slightest fancy their chances of picking up a point, having avoided decision successful each 12 of their competitory distant games this word (W7, D5). 

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Team News

Anderlecht are expected to beryllium without the services of Kilian Sardella, Ilay Camara and Lucas Hey owed to injury. 

Forward Marten Winkler is besides an wounded interest aft sitting retired the caller 4-1 league triumph implicit Westerlo.

Midfielder Ilias Koustoupias is not portion of Anderlecht's squad for the league signifier and volition truthful driblet retired of the broadside aft playing the afloat duration of Saturday's win. 

As for Salzburg, they are dealing with a lengthy wounded database that features Dominik Schmid, John Mellberg, Nikolas Veratschnig, Justin Omoregie and Sota Kitano.

Defender Justin Boma has joined a engaged attraction country aft being forced disconnected with a calf occupation successful Sunday's triumph implicit Austria Lustenau.

Salzburg's aesculapian squad volition besides request to measure Damir Redzic and Jesper Lindstrom, who are struggling with thigh and hep issues respectively. 

Anderlecht imaginable starting lineup:

Coosemans; Barry, Biancone, Petrot, Reabciuk; Ambros, Stroeykens, Aasgaard; Degreef, Onia Seke, Cvetkovic

Red Bull Salzburg imaginable starting lineup:

Zawieschitzky; Morgalla, Drexler, Zabransky, Kratzig; Barry, Mazurek; Baidoo, Diakite, Vertessen; Tabakovic

We say: Anderlecht 2-2 Red Bull Salzburg

Anderlecht person mislaid conscionable erstwhile astatine location this season, but portion we deliberation they volition debar decision successful this one, we deliberation they volition autumn abbreviated of claiming each 3 points, considering Salzburg boast an unbeaten distant grounds successful the 2026-27 campaign. 

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