Match Report
1 points and 3 places separated them: Salzburg 31st with 6, Go Ahead Eagles 28th with 7. The last five rounds placed Salzburg 21st in the league for form — higher than their 31st in the standings. Per game in the league, Salzburg were scoring 1.25 and conceding 1.88, Go Ahead Eagles 0.75 and 1.75, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Salzburg arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
Red Bull Arena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,188. G. Kruashvili officiated: 100 games logged, averaging 1.7 yellow cards each. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
Salzburg: Yorbe Vertessen (59'), Aleksa Terzic (80')
Key stats
Possession: Salzburg 43% · Go Ahead Eagles 57% · Total shots: 17-10 · On target: 8-2 · Corners: 3-4