Jaissle’s men participate for the first time in the knockout stage of the Champions League. While Nagelsmann’s team is unbeaten in the last 21 away games
The Champions League is back. In the first leg of the round of 16, Salzburg hosts Bayern Munich: kick-off on Wednesday at 12. The Austrians won the last league match against Rapid Vienna, the Bavarians were defeated 4-2 by Bochum.
LATEST RESULTS
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Salzburg are first in the Austrian Bundesliga with 48 points from nineteen games. The balance of the results in the league counts fifteen wins, three draws and one defeat. Arrived on January 22 against Admira. Three games remain at the end of the regular season, then the first six will participate in the playoffs for the award of the title. The reigning Austrian champions finished second in Group G of the Champions League behind Lille. Bayern lead the league with 52 points. So far he has racked up seventeen wins, one draw and four defeats. In group E of the Champions League he scored six wins out of six (like Liverpool and Ajax): 22 goals scored and just three conceded.
PREVIOUS
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The only two previous matches between Salzburg and Bayern in European competition were last season’s two matches in CL. The Bavarians won both matches in the group stage (6-2 away and 3-1 at home). It is the fourth time that Bayern have faced an Austrian team in the knockout stage in Europe, having passed the round on each of the previous three occasions (against Rapid Vienna in 66-67 and Austria Vienna in 85/86 and 86 / 87). Salzburg have only won one of their last six games against German clubs between Champions and Europe (1N, 4P): the most recent against Wolfsburg (3-1) in the group stage. Fun fact: the Austrian club have conceded 18 goals in these six matches, an exact average of three per game. Jaissle’s men participate for the first time in the knockout stage of the Champions League. While Nagelsmann’s team is unbeaten in the last 21 CL away matches (17W, 4N): the last knockout even came in 2017 at PSG. It is the longest streak of straight away games without a defeat for a club in the history of Europe’s top competition.
February 14, 2022 (change February 14, 2022 | 16:27)
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