Red Bull Salzburg vs LASK Prediction: This will be a close contest

Salzburg and LASK will square off against one another in this round of the Austria Bundesliga Championship Group match at the Red Bull Arena. Prior to this meeting, Red Bull Salzburg salvaged a late draw against Austria Vienna, while LASK earned a win over Sturm Graz.

After a 3-3 draw with Austria Vienna in the Bundesliga, Red Bull Salzburg come into this encounter looking to break their tie. During that game, Red Bull Salzburg held possession of the ball for fifty percent of the time and had fifteen shots on goal, six of which were on target. Oscar Gloukh in the 22nd minute and Benjamin Seko in the 39th and 92nd minutes were the goal scorers for Red Bull Salzburg. On the other hand, Austria Wien had 16 shots on goal, but they only managed to get 8 of them on target. Austria Vienna's goals were scored by Haris Tabakovi in the 47th minute, Reinhold Ranftl in the 77th minute, and Nikola Dovedan in the 80th minute. In recent times, games that feature Red Bull Salzburg have typically been highly entertaining affairs, with a high number of goals being a consistent feature of these contests. Both teams have scored a combined total of 21 goals in the last six matches they've played against one another, which works out to an average of 3.5 goals per game, with Red Bull Salzburg accounting for 15 of those tallies.

The most recent match that LASK competed in resulted in a victory for them in the Bundesliga against Sturm Graz by a score of 2-1. During that game, LASK controlled 51 percent of the ball and had 11 shots on goal, with three of them finding the back of the net. Both of LASK's goals came from Ibrahim Mustapha in the 71st minute and Keito Nakamura in the 79th minute. Sturm Graz, their rivals, had 14 shots on goal, with five of them landing in the target area. Alexander Prass scored the game-winning goal for Sturm Graz in the 48th minute. When looking at their recent matchups, LASK have allowed their opponents to score in six of their matches, for a total of ten goals scored against them. A review of their past performances reveals that LASK have not been victorious on the road against Red Bull Salzburg in any of the five most recent league matches they have played against them.

In the past seasons, Salzburg and LASK have played each other a total of forty times, with Salzburg coming out on top 25 times and LASK only four times. There were 11 games that were decided by a tie. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Salzburg scored 76 goals while LASK were only able to score 33 goals.

After having their 2-0 lead overturned the previous weekend, the club playing at home will be hoping for a better result this time around. Despite this, LASK performed very well to avenge their exit from the Austria Cup at the hands of Sturm Graz with a victory. However, we anticipate that there will be at least one goal scored by each club in this encounter. In the meantime, given that the team playing at home is the stronger of the two, we anticipate that they will prevail after a tough battle.