SKN ST. Polten vs SalzburgPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

A one-off cup tie with no table to lean on. SKN ST. Polten arrive from a difficult stretch: four 0-1 defeats in their last five outings, against Wacker Innsbruck, FC BW Linz, Austria Vienna (Am) and Floridsdorfer AC, with the only bright note the 1-0 over Austria Salzburg, the most recent of the results. Red Bull Salzburg present a very different run: 4-1 over Austria Vienna, 3-0 and 1-0 across the double meeting with Mjallby AIF, 3-0 away at WSG Wattens and a 3-3 at Pafos, the only one of the five without a win. Four victories in five and fourteen goals scored in that spell. The five previous meetings all went Red Bull Salzburg's way bar one: 3-0 in October 2021, 4-1 in March of the same year, 8-2 and 3-0 in 2020, with only the 2-2 of November 2019 breaking the sequence. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.