Salzburg vs PSG Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Both of these sides have struggled throughout and PSG are under immense pressure as the French champions head to Austria to face a Salzburg side that are in a decline.

Kick-off date/time: Tuesday 10th December, 2024: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Salzburg Preview: Pep under pressure

After giving up the Austrian Bundesliga title for the first time in nearly a decade last season, Red Bull Salzburg appointed Jurgen Klopp’s former assistant coach Pep Lijnders but things have gone badly this season as they sit fifth domestically and also struggle on the continent.

They have one win, a shock victory in Rotterdam against Feyenoord, as well as four defeats in the UEFA Champions League this season, including a 5-0 hammering at the hands of German champions Bayer Leverkusen at the BayArena a couple of weeks ago.

PSG Preview: Luis Enrique’s struggles

Luis Enrique has signed a new deal in charge of Paris Saint-Germain as they try and start a process of rebuilding the team and club with a younger and more dynamic, less celebrity-focused approach but the Parisiens have a long way to go to become effective.

The French champions remain unbeaten domestically but have recently shared back-to-back draws against Nantes and Auxerre as they sit outside of the top 24 in the UEFA Champions League with just one win in their opening five matches so far this season.

Salzburg Team News: Several issues

Salzburg are dealing with several issues for this week as Serbia international Aleksa Terzic leads a long injury list that also includes Edmund Baidoo and Maurits Kjaergaard, whilst centre-back Kamil Piatkowski is also an injury doubt.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Oelz; Capaldo, Piatkowski, Mellberg, Guindo; Clark, Gourna-Douath, Diambou; Dorgeles, Ratkov, Gloukh

Unavailable: Blaswich (Injured), Baidoo (Injured), Blank (Injured), Konate (Injured), Terzic (Injured), Morgalla (Injured), Kjaergaard (Injured)

Questionable: Piatkowski (Injured)

PSG Team News: ‘Keeper conundrum

Luis Enrique has made changes to his PSG side in pretty much every game he has taken charge of over the last year or so. Gianluigi Donnarumma was dropped against Bayern but is expected to come back, whilst Ousmane Dembele was sent off against Bayern and is out suspended.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Ruiz; Asensio, Ramos, Barcola

Unavailable: Mayulu (Injured), Dembele (Suspended)

Questionable:

Key Stats

The only previous UEFA club competition matches between these two teams were in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage. A 3-1 home win for Paris on Matchday 1 was followed by a 2-0 victory for Salzburg in Austria on Matchday 5.
Salzburg have lost their last six matches at home in the UEFA Champions League proper.
Salzburg have won only one of their last ten matches in the UEFA Champions League proper (D1 L8).
Salzburg have lost four of their previous five matches in the league phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League (W1).
Salzburg have failed to score in four of their previous five matches in the league phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League.
Only one of Salzburg’s last 62 UEFA club competition matches finished without a goal being scored.
Paris have won only one of their last seven matches in the UEFA Champions League proper (D1 L5).
Paris have lost their last three UEFA Champions League matches away from home without scoring a goal.
None of Paris’s last 87 UEFA competition matches finished without a goal being scored. Their last 0-0 was at home against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League group stage in October 2015.
Warren Zaïre-Emery is set to make his 20th appearance in the UEFA Champions League proper. At the age of 18 years and 277 days he would become the first player under the age of 19 to reach the landmark. Bojan Krkić (19y 88d) is the current youngest.

Salzburg vs PSG Prediction

Red Bull Salzburg were not really expected to challenge for the top 24, despite qualifying for the knockout stages within the last few years, but even with that expectation, it has still been an underperformance from the Austrians so far. They face a PSG side that have issues at the moment and this is an absolute must win for the Parisiens. They really should get that win, even if it is not convincing given their performance level.

Salzburg vs PSG Tip: PSG to win