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Red Bull Salzburg won their UEFA Europa League opener and AC Milan lost theirs, and that is the one clean line through a fixture where almost everything else about the two records matches up. Salzburg went to Bulgaria on 17 September and won 1-0 at Levski Sofia. Milan were beaten 0-2 at home by Benfica the day before. Both sides have taken 11 points from their last six, both have three wins, two draws and one defeat, and the two clubs meet at the Red Bull Arena in Salzburg on Thursday, 15 October 2026.
Red Bull Salzburg vs AC Milan kicks off at 17:45 BST on Thursday, 15 October 2026, in the UEFA Europa League league phase, at the Red Bull Arena in Salzburg, Austria. It is an early evening start for UK viewers.
Danny Röhl's side have conceded four goals in their last six matches and kept it tight again five days before this one, drawing 0-0 away to Grazer AK 1902 on 10 October. Before that came a 3-0 home win over SK Sturm Graz on 20 September and a 1-1 draw away at SV Ried. Their heaviest performance of the run was a 5-1 win at home to SK Rapid Wien on 2 September.
The one defeat in those six, 1-2 at home to FC Blau Weiss Linz on 2 October, came in a friendly rather than a competitive fixture.
Salzburg are missing several players. Captain Nikolas Veratschnig is out for weeks with a knee injury picked up on international duty, with Damir Redzic, Enrique Aguilar and Justin Omoregie also sidelined, Omoregie until the new year after ankle surgery, according to Sky Sport Austria. Ligaportal puts Röhl's squad in the middle of nine games in 30 days, the Milan tie among them.
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