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Aston Villa v FC Red Bull Salzburg : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

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Aston Villa and FC Red Bull Salzburg meet at the Villa Park on Thursday night, with both Unai Emery Etxegoien and Thomas Letsch aiming for victory in the Europa League. You'll find stats supporting our top of A Villa to win below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we're covering too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with Europa League performances and head-to-heads included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Aston Villa's next match is v Brighton at 19:30 on Wednesday 11th February
FC Red Bull Salzburg's next match is v GAK at 13:30 on Sunday 15th February
The last European Europa League meeting between A Villa and Salzburg was on Thursday 29th January 2026
European Europa League
January 29th 2026
A Villa 3
2 Salzburg
 
M. Rogers 64'33' (OG)K. Konaté
T. Mings 76'49' M. Yeo
J. Jimoh 87'
 
AVL
RBS
Shots On
9
7
Shots Off
4
4
Corners
4
2
Possession
65%
35%
Fouls
8
13
Yellow/red cards
1/0
 
A VillaSalzburg
 
D. Martínez
V. Nilsson Lindelöf
T. Mingsfootball icon
L. Digne
H. Elliot
E. Buendía (J. Jimoh 66')
O. Watkins (M. Rogers 35')
J. Sancho (K. Young 78')
A. Mvom Onana
L. Bogarde
G. Hemmings (M. Cash 46')
A. Schlager
(O. Lukic 88') S. Diabaté
(M. Kjaergaard 88') S. Kitano
F. Krätzig
M. Bidstrup
K. Gadou
T. Trummer
J. Schuster
(K. Onisiwo 73') E. Baidoo
K. Alajbegović
(M. Yeo 46') football iconK. Konaté

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Best Tip: A Villa to win

There looks like a strong favourite for this match, and it's A Villa. Their recent form statistics show their ability on home turf, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they know how to beat Salzburg too. The odds point towards Unai Emery Etxegoien's side winning in the win / draw / win market, and that's definitely our prediction for Thursday night too.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think A Villa are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 73% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.48.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
A Villa
73%
2/7
4%
1/20
6%
Draw
16%
21/4
7%
11/1
Salzburg
11%
15/2
11%
100/1
32%
A Villa 2-0
9%
7/111/2
15%
A Villa 2-1
9%
8/117/4
6%
A Villa 3-0
8%
8/1
5%
17/2
19%
A Villa 3-1
8%
9/19/1
9%
A Villa 1-0
7%
10/1
6%
11/2
23%
Draw 1-1
7%
11/1
5%
10/3
6%
A Villa 4-0
5%
12/1
13%
16/1
25%
A Villa 4-1
5%
14/1
12%
20/1
12%
Draw 2-2
4%
18/1
12%
4/9
21%
A Villa 3-2
4%
20/11/5
17%
Salzburg 2-1
3%
22/1
9%
8/5
19%
A Villa 5-0
3%
22/1
17%
28/1
10%
A Villa 5-1
3%
25/140/1
Draw 0-0
3%
22/110/1
36%
Salzburg 1-0
3%
28/1
9%
11/2
Over 2.5 Goals
70%
2/5
3%
2/7
12%
Under 2.5 Goals
30%
2/1
5%
5/2
16%
Home 1st Goal
59%
1/3
3%
2/5
5%
Away 1st Goal
40%
9/4
7%
23/10
19%
No 1st Goal
1%
22/19/1
30%
BTTS - Yes
58%
3/41/2
19%
BTTS - No
42%
1/113/10
21%
BTTS - Home Win
38%
6/4
5%
1/25
14%
BTTS - Draw
13%
6/1
8%
9/1
8%
BTTS - Away Win
7%
12/1
15%
66/1
37%
Home/draw
88%
1/12
3%
1/1000
5%
Away/draw
27%
5/2
4%
9/1
13%
Home/away
84%
1/8
3%
1/33
Over 1.5 Goals
88%
1/91/9
4%
Under 1.5 Goals
12%
11/25/1
21%
Over 3.5 Goals
49%
1/1
3%
10/21
16%
Under 3.5 Goals
51%
4/5
3%
6/4
11%
Over 4.5 Goals
30%
11/5
8%
13/8
17%
Under 4.5 Goals
70%
4/11
2%
4/9
6%
Over 5.5 Goals
16%
9/2
14%
10/3
22%
Under 5.5 Goals
84%
1/7
2%
1/5
3%
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/501/25
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
20/19/1
30%
Home DNB
84%
1/10
1%
1/1000
6%
Away DNB
22%
6/1
8%
60/1
31%
A Villa win to nil
35%
11/8
5%
-
Salzburg win to nil
4%
18/1
13%
-
A Villa / A Villa
44%
4/5
8%
60/1
7%
A Villa / Salzburg
2%
40/1100/1
17%
A Villa / Draw
5%
18/1
12%
100/1
13%
Draw / A Villa
18%
10/312/1
5%
Draw / Salzburg
5%
20/1
12%
33/1
20%
Draw / Draw
9%
17/2
6%
22/1
17%
Salzburg / A Villa
5%
16/1
12%
19/10
11%
Salzburg / Salzburg
6%
16/1
15%
6/4
31%
Salzburg / Draw
5%
20/1
11%
23/10
12%
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Win / draw / win Europa League table
Won
Draw
Lost
A Villa
Salzburg
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lyon87011321 
-
-
-
l
 
2-0A
2
A Villa8701821 
-
-
-
l
 
3-2F
3
Midtjylland86111019 
-
-
-
-
4
Real Betis8521617 
-
-
-
-
5
Porto8521617 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
-
6
Braga8521617 
-
-
-
-
7
Freiburg8521617 
-
-
-
l
 
1-0A
8
Roma8512716 
-
-
-
-
9
Genk8512416 
-
-
-
-
10
Bologna8431715 
w
 
1-0F
-
-
l
 
4-1A
11
Stuttgart8503615 
-
-
-
-
12
Ferencvaros8431115 
-
-
l
 
2-3F
-
13
Nottm Forest8422814 
-
-
-
-
14
Plzen8350514 
-
-
-
-
15
Red Star Bel.8422114 
-
-
-
-
16
Celta8413413 
-
-
-
-
17
PAOK8332312 
-
-
-
-
18
Lille8404312 
-
-
-
-
19
Fenerbahce8332312 
-
w
 
0-1F
-
-
20
Panathinaikos8332212 
-
-
-
-
21
Celtic8323-211 
-
-
-
-
22
Ludogorets8314-310 
-
-
-
-
23
D. Zagreb8314-410 
-
-
-
-
24
Brann8233-29 
-
-
-
-
25
Young Boys8305-69 
w
 
2-1F
-
-
-
26
Sturm Graz8215-67 
-
-
-
-
27
FCSB8215-77 
-
-
-
-
28
GA Eagles8215-87 
-
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-0F
-
29
Feyenoord8206-46 
-
w
 
0-2F
-
-
30
Basel8206-46 
-
w
 
1-2F
w
 
3-1F
-
31
Salzburg8206-56 
w
 
3-2A
-
-
-
32
Rangers8116-94 
-
-
-
-
33
Nice8107-83 
-
-
-
-
34
Utrecht8017-101 
-
-
-
-
35
Malmö8017-111 
-
-
-
-
36
M. Tel-Aviv8017-201 
w
 
2-0F
-
-
-
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Win / draw / win form
6
A Villa have won 6 consecutive home european games
4
Salzburg have lost 4 consecutive away european games
9
A Villa have not lost in 9 consecutive home european games
A Villa 3RD
20 league games
Home
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
15
D
2
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
A Villa2 - 1Young Boys
A Villa2 - 0M. Tel-Aviv
A Villa1 - 0Bologna
A Villa3 - 2PSG
A Villa3 - 0Brugge
A Villa4 - 2Celtic
A Villa0 - 0Juventus
A Villa2 - 0Bologna
A Villa1 - 0Bayern
A Villa2 - 4Olympiakos
A Villa2 - 1Lille
A Villa4 - 0Ajax
A Villa2 - 1L. Warsaw
A Villa2 - 1AZ Alkmaar
A Villa1 - 0Hsk Zrinjski Mostar
A Villa3 - 0Hibernian
A Villa2 - 3Rapid Wien
A Villa2 - 1Rapid Wien
A Villa1 - 1CSKA M
A Villa1 - 2Zilina
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
14
D
1
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AA Villa1 - 0Fenerbahce
AA Villa2 - 1Basel
HA Villa2 - 1Young Boys
HA Villa2 - 0M. Tel-Aviv
AA Villa1 - 2GA Eagles
AA Villa2 - 0Feyenoord
HA Villa1 - 0Bologna
HA Villa3 - 2PSG
AA Villa1 - 3PSG
HA Villa3 - 0Brugge
AA Villa3 - 1Brugge
HA Villa4 - 2Celtic
AA Villa0 - 1Monaco
AA Villa3 - 2RB Leipzig
HA Villa0 - 0Juventus
AA Villa0 - 1Brugge
HA Villa2 - 0Bologna
HA Villa1 - 0Bayern
AA Villa3 - 0Young Boys
AA Villa0 - 2Olympiakos
Salzburg 31ST
20 league games
Away
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
46
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Freiburg1 - 0Salzburg
Bologna4 - 1Salzburg
Lyon2 - 0Salzburg
Brugge3 - 2Salzburg
Brann1 - 4Salzburg
Real Madrid5 - 1Salzburg
Leverkusen5 - 0Salzburg
Feyenoord1 - 3Salzburg
Sparta3 - 0Salzburg
Dynamo Kyiv0 - 2Salzburg
Twente3 - 3Salzburg
R.Sociedad0 - 0Salzburg
Inter2 - 1Salzburg
Benfica0 - 2Salzburg
Roma2 - 0Salzburg
Milan4 - 0Salzburg
D. Zagreb1 - 1Salzburg
Chelsea1 - 1Salzburg
Bayern7 - 1Salzburg
Lille1 - 0Salzburg
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
46
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
4
D
2
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSalzburg3 - 1Basel
ASalzburg0 - 1Freiburg
ASalzburg1 - 4Bologna
HSalzburg2 - 0GA Eagles
HSalzburg2 - 3Ferencvaros
ASalzburg0 - 2Lyon
HSalzburg0 - 1Porto
ASalzburg2 - 3Brugge
HSalzburg0 - 1Brugge
HSalzburg1 - 1Brann
ASalzburg4 - 1Brann
HSalzburg1 - 4A.Madrid
ASalzburg1 - 5Real Madrid
HSalzburg0 - 3PSG
ASalzburg0 - 5Leverkusen
ASalzburg3 - 1Feyenoord
HSalzburg0 - 2D. Zagreb
HSalzburg0 - 4Brest
ASalzburg0 - 3Sparta
HSalzburg1 - 1Dynamo Kyiv
Goal Statistics
A Villa 3rd Salzburg 31st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.6
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
1
19%
2
25%
3
22%
4
14%
5+
20%
There is a 81% probability that A Villa will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Salzburg scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
=0
A Villa’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+1
Salzburg’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.0
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season
A Villa
PG (predicted goals)
Salzburg
2.6
1
Attack rating
9%
better
AVL
RBS
view stats
Games scored17
16
Failed to score3
4
Scored first11
11
Goals scored36
32
Avg. goals scored1.8
1.6
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for19
16
Avg. XG for1.7
1.5
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
25%
better
AVL
RBS
view stats
Games conceded13
17
Clean sheets7
3
Conceded first8
9
Goals conceded20
30
Avg. goals conceded1
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded9
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
8
Conversion rate against11%
13%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.8
KickOff rating
+25%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between A Villa v Salzburg will show here when available.

A Villa Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6122
L BogardeT MingsE BuendíaV Lindelöf
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Martínez GLK4
-
L Bogarde DEF7
1
-
V Lindelöf DEF7
2
-
T Mings DEF31
-
L Digne DEF5
1
-
G. Hemmings MID2
-
A Onana MID6
1
-
H Elliot MID2
-
E Buendía MID812
1
-
J Sancho MID71
-
O Watkins FWD8
-
Subs
M Bizot GLK4
1
-
J Wright GLK
-
M Cash DEF61
2
-
E Konsa DEF6
1
-
P Torres DEF5
-
I Maatsen DEF61
1
-
J. Jimoh MID11
-
M Rogers FWD812
1
-
K Young FWD11
-
Salzburg Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8222
S. DiabatéK. AlajbegovićE. BaidooM Yeo
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Schlager GLK7
-
T. Trummer DEF5
-
K. Gadou DEF7
1
-
J. Schuster DEF3
-
F. Krätzig DEF41
-
M Bidstrup MID5
-
S Kitano MID61
1
-
S. Diabaté MID81
-
E. Baidoo FWD812
-
K Konaté FWD41
-
K. Alajbegović FWD721
-
Subs
C. Zawieschitzky GLK1
-
S. Hamzić GLK
-
J Rasmussen DEF6
1
-
A Terzić DEF511
-
S Lainer DEF6
1
-
M Kjaergaard MID51
1
-
M Diambou MID1
1
-
O. Lukic MID3
-
M Yeo MID811
2
-
C. Bischoff FWD6
-
K Onisiwo  FWD6
-
E. Aguilar FWD2
-