Kick-off on 18.09.24 19:45.

In the first round of the Champions League group stage, a match between Sparta and Salzburg will take place at Epet ARENA in Prague. The opponents last met in the competition twenty-seven years ago. Back then, in the final qualifying round, the hosts won in the Czech Republic, 3-0. Interestingly, the teams also played a friendly in Austria this July, ending in a 2-2 draw. This season, both clubs had to go through the qualification phase. The Iron Team started in the second round and successively eliminated Shamrock Rovers (2-0, 4-2), Steaua (1-1, 3-2), and Malmö (2-0, 2-0). The Red Bulls overcame Twente (2-1, 3-3) and Dynamo Kyiv (2-0, 1-1).

The Megogo platform will broadcast the Sparta vs. Salzburg match live online on 18.09.2024.

The hosts made their Champions League debut in the 1965/66 season and have participated in twenty-nine editions of the tournament since then. The Maroons have reached the group stage for the first time since 2006. In the 2021/22 qualification, the Iron Team faced another Austrian Bundesliga representative — Rapid Vienna. In Prague, the Czech club emerged victorious, 2-0. In their last thirteen home matches in the tournament, Rudi has suffered only four defeats.

Salzburg first played in the Champions League thirty years ago. The Bulls have taken part in nineteen campaigns, but in thirteen of them, they were eliminated in the qualifying rounds. In their last seven away games in Europe's top club competition, Red Bull lost only to Inter Milan (1-2) and recorded four draws. Since their head-to-head clashes in the 1997/98 tournament, Austria’s Bundesliga runners-up have not faced Czech clubs. In six of their last seven away matches across all competitions, the team has scored at least twice.

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