Kick-off on 23.02.23 22:00.

The Wolves finished second in Group C of the Europa League with ten points. Under Mourinho's guidance, they beat HJK 3-0 and Ludogorets 3-1 at home but lost to Real Betis 1-2. Pelligrini scored six points with a goal and an assist (3+3). The Red Bulls finished third in Group E with six points. They drew with Chelsea 1-1 and Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 away but were defeated 0-4 by Milan. Okafor scored three out of five goals for the team.

Watch the Roma - Salzburg game online; the opponents have never met before. The Capitolini debuted in the 1/16 finals of the UEFA Cup in the 1975/76 season when they passed the Swedish team, Östers (2-0, 0-1). The team from the capital have a successful track record at this stage. Roma have reached this stage seventeen times, and they have continued to contend for the trophy fifteen times. Exceptions were the 1996/97 and 2009/10 seasons when the Italian team were eliminated by Karlsruher (2-1, 0-3) and Panathinaikos (2-3, 2-3) respectively.

Since the early 2000s, the Wolves have participated in the round of 16 seven times. In the 2003/04 campaign, the Romans beat Gaziantepspor (2-0, 0-1), and in the 2005/06 competition, they defeated Club Brugge (2-1, 2-1). Later, the Capitolini passed Feyenoord (2-1, 1-1), Villarreal (0-1, 4-0), Gent (1-0, 1-1), and Braga (3-1, 2-0) in the same round. Watch the Roma - Salzburg online match.

Red Bull made it to this stage for the first time in the 1976/77 season but was eliminated by Red Star Belgrade (2-1, 0-1). In the 1993/94 UEFA Cup, the Austrian team beat Antwerp (1-0, 1-0), but in the 2009/10 season, they failed to beat Standard (0-0, 2-3). In the 2011/12 Europa League, the Bulls were powerless against Metalist Kharkiv (0-4, 1-4).

In the 2013/14 campaign, the team defeated Ajax (3-0, 3-1), but the next year, they were eliminated by Villarreal (1-3, 1-2). Since then, Salzburg have reached the round of 16 four more times (continuing to participate in the tournament in two cases). Watch the Roma - Salzburg online match.