Thursday , 2 July 2026

AC Sparta Praha vs FC Red Bull Salzburg, Champions League 2024-25 LEAGUE STAGE

UEFA Champions League · 2024-25
AC Sparta Praha
3 – 0
Full Time
FC Red Bull Salzburg
Wed 18 Sep 2024 · 16:45 UTC Generali Arena 17,612 HT 45' · FT 45'
Kaan Kairinen 2' 1–0
Victor Olatunji 42' 2–0
Qazim Laci 58' 3–0
Y 58' Kamil Piatkowski
Y 72' Lucas Gourna-Douath
Martin Vitik 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

AC Sparta Praha vs FC Red Bull Salzburg — Champions League at Generali Arena.

Match Details

  • Referee Rade Obrenovic
  • Assistant 1 Jure Praprotnik
  • Assistant 2 Grega Kordez (Slovenia)
8 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 4.8 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Arsenal FC 8 24
2 FC Bayern München 8 21
3 Liverpool FC 8 18
4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17
5 FC Barcelona 8 16
6 Chelsea FC 8 16
7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16
8 Manchester City FC 8 16
9 Real Madrid CF 8 15
10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15
11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14
12 Newcastle United FC 8 14
13 Juventus FC 8 13
14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13
15 Atalanta BC 8 13
16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12
17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11
18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11
19 Club Brugge KV 8 10
20 Galatasaray SK 8 10
21 AS Monaco FC 8 10
22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10
23 FK Bodø/Glimt 8 9
24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9
25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9
26 Paphos FC 8 9
27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9
28 PSV 8 8
29 Athletic Club 8 8
30 SSC Napoli 8 8
31 FC København 8 8
32 AFC Ajax 8 6
33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4
34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3
35 Villarreal CF 8 1
36 FK Kairat 8 1

Head-to-Head

1
AC Sparta Praha 1 games · Avg 3.0 goals FC Red Bull Salzburg
Last 5 meetings
2024-09-18 AC Sparta Praha 3–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg

Recent Form

AC Sparta Praha
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Sep FC Red Bull Salzburg H 3–0 W
27 Aug Malmo FF H 2–0 W
21 Aug Malmo FF A 2–0 W
13 Aug FCSB Bukarest A 3–2 W
06 Aug FCSB Bukarest H 1–1 D
30 Jul Shamrock Rovers FC H 4–2 W
FC Red Bull Salzburg
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Sep AC Sparta Praha A 0–3 L
27 Aug FK Dynamo Kyiv H 1–1 D
21 Aug FK Dynamo Kyiv A 2–0 W
13 Aug FC Twente '65 A 3–3 D
06 Aug FC Twente '65 H 2–1 W
12 Dec Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 1–3 L

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. FC Red Bull Salzburg kicks off things out of here…
  • 2' Goal! Kaan Kairinen scores his 3 goal in 212 matches.
  • 7' Adam Daghim has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 12' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AC Sparta Praha needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 17' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nicolas Capaldo made 175 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 22' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Hendry Blank suffering a number of foals already.
  • 27' AC Sparta Praha started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 27.
  • 32' The travelling FC Red Bull Salzburg supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 37' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 42' What a strike from Victor Olatunji! The score is 2-0.
  • 46' Time for substitution for FC Red Bull Salzburg. John Mellberg is replaced by Mamady Diambou.
  • 51' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 51 minutes.
  • 56' It’s high time Pepijn Lijnders made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 57' The FC Red Bull Salzburg manager makes a substitution. Moussa Kounfolo Yeo departs to be replaced by Karim Konate.
  • 58' What a strike from Qazim Laci! The score is 3-0.
  • 58' Kamil Piatkowski is having his name booked by the referee on 58.
  • 63' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 64' The AC Sparta Praha manager makes a substitution. Victor Olatunji departs to be replaced by Albion Rrahmani.
  • 66' Another change for FC Red Bull Salzburg made on 66 minute. Bobby Clark leaves to be changed by Lucas Gourna-Douath.
  • 71' The AC Sparta Praha manager makes a substitution. Tomas Wiesner departs to be replaced by Matej Rynes.
  • 72' Ermal Krasniqi is replacing Lukas Haraslin for the AC Sparta Praha side.
  • 72' That looks like a foul for a card for Lucas Gourna-Douath.
  • 77' Veljko Birmancevic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
  • 82' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 83' FC Red Bull Salzburg manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Petar Ratkov is hanging Stefan Bajcetic on the field on 83 minute.
  • 84' The supporters are chanting for Lukas Sadilek. He replaces Qazim Laci on 84 minute.
  • 88' The referee shows AC Sparta Praha player a card on 88.
  • Another three points for AC Sparta Praha.

Lineups

AC Sparta Praha Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Lars Friis

FC Red Bull Salzburg Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pepijn Lijnders

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Qazim Laci 1
Kaan Kairinen 1
Victor Olatunji 1

Head to Head

2024-09-18 AC Sparta Praha 3–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg

AC Sparta Praha Form

2024-09-18 AC Sparta Praha 3–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg W 2024-08-27 AC Sparta Praha 2–0 Malmo FF W 2024-08-21 Malmo FF 0–2 AC Sparta Praha W 2024-08-13 FCSB Bukarest 2–3 AC Sparta Praha W 2024-08-06 AC Sparta Praha 1–1 FCSB Bukarest D 2024-07-30 AC Sparta Praha 4–2 Shamrock Rovers FC W

FC Red Bull Salzburg Form

2024-09-18 AC Sparta Praha 3–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg L 2024-08-27 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1–1 FK Dynamo Kyiv D 2024-08-21 FK Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 FC Red Bull Salzburg W 2024-08-13 FC Twente '65 3–3 FC Red Bull Salzburg D 2024-08-06 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 FC Twente '65 W 2023-12-12 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.98 AC Sparta Praha xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.84 FC Red Bull Salzburg xG
I would bet for: AC Sparta Praha to win 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AC Sparta Praha62% Draw23% FC Red Bull Salzburg15%
Actual: AC Sparta Praha win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes49% 0% No51%
Avg goals/match: 2.82
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 77%
23%
± 2.5 53%
47%
± 3.5 31%
69%
± 4.5 16%
84%

Double Chance

AC Sparta Praha or Draw
84%
Draw or FC Red Bull Salzburg
38%
AC Sparta Praha or FC Red Bull Salzburg
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
AC Sparta Praha44% Draw43% FC Red Bull Salzburg13%
Actual: AC Sparta Praha win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
11.5%
1 – 0
11.2%
1 – 1
10.7%
2 – 1
9.5%
0 – 0
7.7%
3 – 0
Actual
3 – 1
6.3%
0 – 1
4.2%
1 – 2
4%
2 – 2
4%
4 – 0
3.7%
4 – 1
3.2%

Asian Handicap — AC Sparta Praha

Handicap AC Sparta Praha covers Push FC Red Bull Salzburg covers
-2.5 19% — 81%
-2 19% 19% 61%
-1.5 39% — 61%
-1 39% 24% 37%
-0.5 63% — 37%
+0.5 86% — 14%
+1 86% 10% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

AC Sparta Praha keeps clean sheet
44% ✗
FC Red Bull Salzburg keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.