Ace Football previews the Europa League round 3 match between NK Celje and Salzburg and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Salzburg head over to the Stadion Z’dezele this coming Thursday to face title favourites NK Celje in a round 3 match in the Europa League.
Form: NK Celje vs Salzburg
NK Celje Form
A single point is all NK Celje can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 1-1 draw with Slovan Bratislava, before getting trounced 2-0 against Bayer Leverkusen while Omonia Nicosia won 0-3. NK Celje are without a win in their last six Europa League matches on home soil, which produced a record of one draws and one defeats, in which they conceded five and scored two goals.
Salzburg Form
Salzburg claimed a single victory in their last three matches. They started with a 0-0 draw against Grazer AK. Afterwards, a 0-4 defeat against AC Milan followed, before beating Altach 3-0. Salzburg managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Europa League. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 12 time and letting in four.
Betting stats and facts for NK Celje and Salzburg
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between NK Celje and Salzburg. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 13 of the last 15 NK Celje matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 7 NK Celje home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 NK Celje matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 NK Celje home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- NK Celje have lost 3 of the last 4 home matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Salzburg have lost 8 of the last 10 away matches in the Europa League while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In the last 6 Salzburg away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Salzburg matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Salzburg away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Salzburg matches in the Europa League, the sum of goals was over 3.5
Players in form: NK Celje vs Salzburg
As the new Europa League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for NK Celje and Salzburg this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
Popular betting markets: NK Celje vs Salzburg
Full-time result
NK Celje claimed three wins, drew three and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Salzburg won six, drew four and lost zero of their last 10 games away. Salzburg are on a great streak of 10 away matches without losing.
Both teams to score
NK Celje scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Salzburg scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten games. NK Celje managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for NK Celje, who scored an average of 0.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Salzburg, who scored 2.1 times on average in these matches.
