UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, September 18, 2024
RB Salzburg DWWDL 0
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Sparta Prague WDWWW 3
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Match Report

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Sparta Prague beat RB Salzburg on Champions League return

Sparta Prague made a strong return to the Champions League on Wednesday with a 3-0 win over RB Salzburg in their first game in Europe's top club competition in 19 years.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
1
70.9
Possession
29.1
11
SHOTS
11
1
ON GOAL
6
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
554
Accurate Passes
169
636
Passes
253
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
0
Accurate Crosses
1
5
Crosses
9
0.0
Cross %
0.1
41
Long Balls
55
15
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
0
15
Effective Tackles
12
24
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
4
Interceptions
10
22
Effective Clearances
13
22
Clearances
13

Head to Head

SLZ leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

SPP · 3-4-3

  1. 1Peter Vindahl JensenG
  2. 27Filip PanakCD
  3. 30Jaroslav ZelenýCD-L
  4. 41Martin VitíkCD-R
  5. 20Qazim LaçiCM-L
  6. 6Kaan KairinenCM-R
  7. 28Tomas WiesnerLM
  8. 17Ángelo PreciadoRM
  9. 7Victor OlatunjiF
  10. 22Lukás HaraslínCF-L
  11. 14Veljko BirmancevicCF-R

SLZ · 4-3-3

  1. 1Janis BlaswichG
  2. 4Hendry BlankCD-L
  3. 91Kamil PiatkowskiCD-R
  4. 36John MellbergLB
  5. 70Amar DedicRB
  6. 8Stefan BajceticCM
  7. 10Bobby ClarkLM
  8. 7Nicolás CapaldoRM
  9. 49Moussa YeoF
  10. 30Oscar GloukhLF
  11. 45Nene DorgelesRF

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Sparta Prague 1, FC Red Bull Salzburg 0. Kaan Kairinen (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 42' Goal! Sparta Prague 2, FC Red Bull Salzburg 0. Victor Olatunji (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Filip Panák.
  3. 45' Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Mamady Diambou replaces John Mellberg.
  4. 57' Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Karim Konaté replaces Moussa Yeo.
  5. 57' Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Adam Daghim replaces Dorgeles Nene.
  6. 58' Goal! Sparta Prague 3, FC Red Bull Salzburg 0. Qazim Laçi (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Victor Olatunji.
  7. 58' Kamil Piatkowski (FC Red Bull Salzburg) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 64' Substitution, Sparta Prague. Albion Rrahmani replaces Victor Olatunji.
  9. 66' Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Lucas Gourna-Douath replaces Bobby Clark.
  10. 71' Substitution, Sparta Prague. Matej Rynes replaces Tomás Wiesner.
  11. 72' Substitution, Sparta Prague. Ermal Krasniqi replaces Lukás Haraslín.
  12. 72' Lucas Gourna-Douath (FC Red Bull Salzburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 83' Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Petar Ratkov replaces Stefan Bajcetic.
  14. 84' Substitution, Sparta Prague. Lukás Sadílek replaces Qazim Laçi.
  15. 88' Martin Vitík (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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