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

Thu 22nd Jan, 20:00 BST, Red Bull Arena Salzburg, Wals-Siezenheim

FC Red Bull Salzburg and their boss Thomas Letsch will be looking to get one over on Ludovic Magnin and his FC Basel side on Thursday night, as the pair clash at the Red Bull Arena Salzburg in the Europa League. The predictions for all the markets are calculated using the past 20 games for each team (home, away and overall) with extra weighting given to top teams. All the stats and infographics are designed specifically for the betting market in question. Head-to-head stats for this fixture are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Salzburg may feel optimistic ahead of this match and, funnily enough, so might Basel. The bookies see them as well matched and so do we – there's no clear victor in this fixture. So we look to the both teams to score market, where there's far more reason to be certain. The form statistics, past head-to-head (H2H) records and bookies odds below are all pointing towards both sides scoring, and that's the bet we'd recommend you go with.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Salzburg are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 41% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.40.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Salzburg 41%	7/5 4%	11/8 3%
Draw 23%	14/5 9%	11/4 1%
Basel 36%	17/10 2%	17/10 4%
Draw 1-1 10%	13/2 7%	6/1
Salzburg 2-1 9%	17/2	8/1 6%
Basel 2-1 8%	9/1 9%	17/2
Draw 2-2 7%	11/1	10/1
Salzburg 1-0 7%	11/1 9%	9/1 5%
Basel 1-0 6%	12/1 8%	10/1 10%
Salzburg 2-0 6%	14/1 15%	12/1 8%
Salzburg 3-1 5%	16/1	14/1
Basel 2-0 5%	16/1	12/1
Basel 3-1 4%	18/1 10%	14/1 12%
Salzburg 3-2 4%	20/1	16/1 11%
Draw 0-0 4%	16/1 13%	14/1 15%
Basel 3-2 4%	22/1	18/1 10%
Salzburg 3-0 3%	22/1	18/1
Basel 3-0 2%	28/1	20/1 9%
Over 2.5 Goals 63%	4/7 6%	4/7 5%
Under 2.5 Goals 37%	11/8 8%	5/4 5%
Home 1st Goal 50%	5/6	17/20
Away 1st Goal 48%	20/21 3%	1/1 2%
No 1st Goal 2%	16/1 13%	12/1 8%
BTTS - Yes 65%	1/2 2%	1/2 4%
BTTS - No 35%	6/4 5%	7/5 7%
BTTS - Home Win 24%	3/1	14/5 3%
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 21%	10/3 9%	16/5 9%
Home/draw 64%	4/9 3%	4/9 3%
Away/draw 59%	8/15 3%	11/20 3%
Home/away 77%	1/4 3%	1/4 3%
Over 1.5 Goals 84%	1/6 3%	1/6 3%
Under 1.5 Goals 16%	4/1 11%	18/5 10%
Over 3.5 Goals 41%	11/8 10%	7/5 8%
Under 3.5 Goals 59%	4/7 5%	1/2 4%
Over 4.5 Goals 23%	10/3 4%	16/5 9%
Under 4.5 Goals 77%	2/9 2%	1/5 3%
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	7/1 11%	7/1 6%
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/12 1%	1/18
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/33	1/40
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	16/1 13%	12/1 8%
Home DNB 58%	8/11	3/4 3%
Away DNB 52%	1/1	19/20 5%
Salzburg win to nil 17%	4/1 11%	-
Basel win to nil 14%	5/1	-
Salzburg / Salzburg 22%	11/4	13/5 3%
Salzburg / Basel 4%	22/1 12%	18/1 10%
Salzburg / Draw 7%	12/1	10/1
Draw / Salzburg 13%	5/1	5/1 4%
Draw / Basel 12%	6/1	11/2
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2 8%	5/1 4%
Basel / Salzburg 4%	20/1 9%	18/1
Basel / Basel 19%	10/3 4%	3/1 5%
Basel / Draw 7%	12/1	10/1

Win / draw / win Europa League table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Salzburg Basel
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lyon	6	5	0	1	10	15	-	l 2-0A	-	l 2-0A
2	Midtjylland	6	5	0	1	8	15	-	-	-	-
3	A Villa	6	5	0	1	6	15	-	Jan 29	l 1-2A	-
4	Real Betis	6	4	2	0	7	14	-	-	-	-
5	Freiburg	6	4	2	0	6	14	-	l 1-0A	-	l 2-1A
6	Ferencvaros	6	4	2	0	5	14	l 2-3F	-	-	-
7	Braga	6	4	1	1	5	13	-	-	-	-
8	Porto	6	4	1	1	4	13	l 0-1A	-	-	-
9	Stuttgart	6	4	0	2	7	12	-	-	w 2-0F	-
10	Roma	6	4	0	2	5	12	-	-	-	-
11	Nottm Forest	6	3	2	1	5	11	-	-	-	-
12	Fenerbahce	6	3	2	1	4	11	-	-	-	-
13	Bologna	6	3	2	1	4	11	-	l 4-1A	-	-
14	Plzen	6	2	4	0	4	10	-	-	Jan 29	-
15	Panathinaikos	6	3	1	2	2	10	-	-	-	-
16	Genk	6	3	1	2	1	10	-	-	-	l 2-1A
17	Red Star Bel.	6	3	1	2	0	10	-	-	-	-
18	PAOK	6	2	3	1	3	9	-	-	-	-
19	Celta	6	3	0	3	3	9	-	-	-	-
20	Lille	6	3	0	3	3	9	-	-	-	-
21	Young Boys	6	3	0	3	-4	9	-	-	-	-
22	Brann	6	2	2	2	-1	8	-	-	-	-
23	Ludogorets	6	2	1	3	-3	7	-	-	-	-
24	Celtic	6	2	1	3	-4	7	-	-	-	-
25	D. Zagreb	6	2	1	3	-5	7	-	-	-	-
26	Basel	6	2	0	4	-1	6	Jan 22	-	-	-
27	FCSB	6	2	0	4	-4	6	-	-	w 3-1F	-
28	GA Eagles	6	2	0	4	-6	6	w 2-0F	-	-	-
29	Sturm Graz	6	1	1	4	-4	4	-	-	-	-
30	Feyenoord	6	1	0	5	-6	3	-	-	-	-
31	Salzburg	6	1	0	5	-6	3	-	-	-	Jan 22
32	Utrecht	6	0	1	5	-6	1	-	-	-	-
33	Rangers	6	0	1	5	-8	1	-	-	-	-
34	Malmö	6	0	1	5	-9	1	-	-	-	-
35	M. Tel-Aviv	6	0	1	5	-16	1	-	-	-	-
36	Nice	6	0	0	6	-9	0	-	-	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Basel have lost 4 consecutive away european games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Salzburg	2 - 0	GA Eagles
Salzburg	2 - 3	Ferencvaros
Salzburg	0 - 1	Porto
Salzburg	0 - 1	Brugge
Salzburg	1 - 1	Brann
Salzburg	1 - 4	A.Madrid
Salzburg	0 - 3	PSG
Salzburg	0 - 2	D. Zagreb
Salzburg	0 - 4	Brest
Salzburg	1 - 1	Dynamo Kyiv
Salzburg	2 - 1	Twente
Salzburg	1 - 3	Benfica
Salzburg	0 - 1	Inter
Salzburg	0 - 2	R.Sociedad
Salzburg	1 - 0	Roma
Salzburg	1 - 2	Chelsea
Salzburg	1 - 0	D. Zagreb
Salzburg	1 - 1	Milan
Salzburg	1 - 1	Bayern
Salzburg	1 - 0	Sevilla

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Salzburg	0 - 1	Freiburg
A	Salzburg	1 - 4	Bologna
H	Salzburg	2 - 0	GA Eagles
H	Salzburg	2 - 3	Ferencvaros
A	Salzburg	0 - 2	Lyon
H	Salzburg	0 - 1	Porto
A	Salzburg	2 - 3	Brugge
H	Salzburg	0 - 1	Brugge
H	Salzburg	1 - 1	Brann
A	Salzburg	4 - 1	Brann
H	Salzburg	1 - 4	A.Madrid
A	Salzburg	1 - 5	Real Madrid
H	Salzburg	0 - 3	PSG
A	Salzburg	0 - 5	Leverkusen
A	Salzburg	3 - 1	Feyenoord
H	Salzburg	0 - 2	D. Zagreb
H	Salzburg	0 - 4	Brest
A	Salzburg	0 - 3	Sparta
H	Salzburg	1 - 1	Dynamo Kyiv
A	Salzburg	2 - 0	Dynamo Kyiv

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Genk	2 - 1	Basel
Lyon	2 - 0	Basel
Freiburg	2 - 1	Basel
Kobenhavn	2 - 0	Basel
Tobol Kostanay	1 - 2	Basel
Fiorentina	1 - 2	Basel
Nice	1 - 1	Basel
S. Bratislava	2 - 2	Basel
Trabzonspor	1 - 0	Basel
Pyunik Yerevan	1 - 2	Basel
S. Bratislava	3 - 3	Basel
VMFD Zalgiris	0 - 1	Basel
CSK Sofia	1 - 0	Basel
Brondby	1 - 0	Basel
Crusaders	1 - 1	Basel
Marseille	2 - 1	Basel
Kairat Almaty	2 - 3	Basel
Omnia Nicosia	1 - 1	Basel
Qarabag	0 - 0	Basel
Hammarby	2 - 0	Basel

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Basel	1 - 2	A Villa
A	Basel	1 - 2	Genk
H	Basel	3 - 1	FCSB
A	Basel	0 - 2	Lyon
H	Basel	2 - 0	Stuttgart
A	Basel	1 - 2	Freiburg
A	Basel	0 - 2	Kobenhavn
H	Basel	1 - 1	Kobenhavn
A	Basel	2 - 1	Tobol Kostanay
H	Basel	1 - 3	Tobol Kostanay
H	Basel	1 - 2	Fiorentina
A	Basel	2 - 1	Fiorentina
A	Basel	1 - 1	Nice
H	Basel	2 - 2	Nice
A	Basel	2 - 2	S. Bratislava
H	Basel	2 - 2	S. Bratislava
H	Basel	2 - 0	Trabzonspor
A	Basel	0 - 1	Trabzonspor
A	Basel	2 - 1	Pyunik Yerevan
H	Basel	2 - 2	VMFD Zalgiris

Goal Statistics

FC Red Bull Salzburg have been reliable in front of goal of late, finding the net in 10 consecutive Europa League games. Their PG of 1.7 against FC Basel on Thursday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Salzburg 31st	Basel 26th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 82% probability that Salzburg will score 1 or more goals	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ 7% There is a 79% probability that Basel will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-46 Salzburg have scored 46% fewer goals at home than predicted	=0 Basel’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	0.8 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season

22%

better

RBS

BSL

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Games scored	16		14
Failed to score	4		5
Scored first	11		7
Goals scored	32		24
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.2
Avg. shots per game	10		11
Avg. shots per goal	6		9
Conversion rate for	17		11
Avg. XG for	1.6		1.9
KickOff rating		+22%

RBS

BSL

21%

better

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Games conceded	16		12
Clean sheets	4		7
Conceded first	9		9
Goals conceded	29		21
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	12		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		10
Conversion rate against	12%		10%
Avg. XG against	1.8		1.6
KickOff rating		+21%

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

Salzburg Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
6	3	1	2
S Lainer	Y Vertessen	M Yeo	M Yeo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Lainer DEF	6			1 -
J Rasmussen DEF	6			1 -
S. Diabaté MID	6			-
P Ratkov FWD	6			1
M Yeo FWD	6		1	2 -
E. Baidoo FWD	6	1	1	-
Y Vertessen FWD	6	3		2 -
A Schlager GLK	5			-
K. Gadou DEF	5			-
A Terzić DEF	5	1	1	-
K. Alajbegović FWD	5			-
S Kitano MID	4		1	-
M Kjaergaard MID	4		1	1 -
C. Bischoff FWD	4			-
K Onisiwo FWD	4			-
T. Trummer DEF	3			-
M Bidstrup MID	3			-
F. Krätzig DEF	2			-
K Konaté FWD	2			-
E. Aguilar FWD	2			-
C. Zawieschitzky GLK	1			-
J. Schuster DEF	1			-
L Gourna-Douath MID	1			-
M Diambou MID	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	6	1	3
Y Vertessen	E. Baidoo	M Yeo	Y Vertessen

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Y Vertessen FWD	3	5		3
E. Baidoo FWD	1	6	1	1
A Terzić DEF	1	2	1	3
S Lainer DEF		1		1
S. Diabaté MID		1
P Ratkov FWD		2
M Yeo FWD			1	1
K. Gadou DEF				1
K. Alajbegović FWD		3
S Kitano MID		2	1	2
M Kjaergaard MID		1	1
C. Bischoff FWD		1
K Onisiwo FWD		1
T. Trummer DEF		2
M Bidstrup MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
315	18	30
J Rasmussen	S. Diabaté	S. Diabaté

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Rasmussen DEF	315	3	22
K. Gadou DEF	215	9	17
S. Diabaté MID	214	18	30
S Lainer DEF	209	9	18
A Terzić DEF	193	9	18
A Schlager GLK	180		1
M Bidstrup MID	133	12	13
M Yeo FWD	97	11	21
E. Baidoo FWD	88	5	23
M Kjaergaard MID	79	3	6
C. Bischoff FWD	74	4	12
Y Vertessen FWD	70	4	11
K. Alajbegović FWD	66	2	15
J. Schuster DEF	65		2
P Ratkov FWD	56	4	16
S Kitano MID	54	3	5
C. Zawieschitzky GLK	33
F. Krätzig DEF	28	1	1
M Diambou MID	25	2	3
K Onisiwo FWD	19		4
E. Aguilar FWD	13		1
T. Trummer DEF	11	1	1
K Konaté FWD	5		2
L Gourna-Douath MID	1

Basel Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
6	3	3	2
L Leroy	X Shaqiri	X Shaqiri	L Leroy

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Leroy MID	6		1	2 -
X Shaqiri MID	6	3	3	-
P Otele FWD	6	2		1 -
M Broschinski FWD	6	1		-
M Hitz GLK	5			-
F Daniliuc DEF	5	1		-
D Schmid DEF	5			1 -
K Koindredi MID	5			-
Metinho MID	5			-
A Ajeti FWD	5	1		2 -
I Salah FWD	5	1		1 -
M. Soticek FWD	5		1	-
A Barisic DEF	4			1 -
N Vouilloz DEF	4			1 -
J Adjetey DEF	4			-
A. Bačanin MID	4			-
B Traoré FWD	4		1	1 -
K Rüegg DEF	3			-
K Tsunemoto DEF	3			1 -
J. Agbonifo FWD	3			-
M Salvi GLK	1			-
M. Cissé DEF	1			-
A. Junior Zé FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	6	3	4
X Shaqiri	L Leroy	X Shaqiri	X Shaqiri

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
X Shaqiri MID	3	6	3	4
P Otele FWD	2	3
M Broschinski FWD	1	2
F Daniliuc DEF	1	1
A Ajeti FWD	1	2
I Salah FWD	1	2
L Leroy MID		6	1
D Schmid DEF		1
Metinho MID		1
M. Soticek FWD			1
J Adjetey DEF		2
B Traoré FWD		1	1
J. Agbonifo FWD		1
A. Junior Zé FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
314	18	31
F Daniliuc	L Leroy	L Leroy

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
F Daniliuc DEF	314	6	21
Metinho MID	284	13	21
L Leroy MID	226	18	31
D Schmid DEF	208	12	27
X Shaqiri MID	200		17
J Adjetey DEF	200	3	15
A Barisic DEF	152	9	26
M Hitz GLK	139		3
P Otele FWD	137	8	23
N Vouilloz DEF	113	2	8
K Tsunemoto DEF	99	10	18
B Traoré FWD	86	5	15
A. Bačanin MID	74	4	8
K Koindredi MID	71	1	7
I Salah FWD	52		3
M. Cissé DEF	49	5	7
A Ajeti FWD	42	2	9
M. Soticek FWD	42	2	11
M Broschinski FWD	35	1	7
J. Agbonifo FWD	30	6	12
K Rüegg DEF	28	4	5
M Salvi GLK	18		1
A. Junior Zé FWD	10		2