UEFA Champions League
The Austrians showed themselves excellently in the qualification: they won the first match against both Twente and Shakhtar, drawing the second games. Still, they, after 3 victories, lost with a 2-3 score to Vienna Rapid in the Bundesliga. As for the club from Prague, Friis, the former assistant of his predecessor, started with almost 100% statistics – only the struggle with Slovácko brought a 2-2 draw. It was no worse in the Champions League qualification: 6 matches with Shamrock Rovers, Steaua and Malmö resulted in 5 victories and 1 draw. Sparta Prague vs Red Bull Salzburg: possible starting line-ups Sparta Prague (possible line-up): Vindahl-Jensen - Sorensen, Panak, Vitik – Rynes, Kairinen, Laci, Wiesner – Haraslin, Birmancevic, Olatunji. Red Bull Salzburg (possible line-up): Blaswich – Dedic, Baidoo, Piatrowski, van der Brempt – Kjaergaard, Capaldo, Bidstrup – Gloukh, Yeo, Daghim. Previous head-to-head matches: Sparta Prague vs Red Bull Salzburg The only official encounter took