Salzburg were given no chance of survival let alone triumph when they visited Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of this game last week, but the Austrians defied the odds and raced to a 2-0 lead, before seeing that cut in half by a consolation strike from Andre Schurle, they would now be looking to complete the job at home.<\/p>\n
They followed that win with a 2-2 draw against Mattersburg on Sunday, it wasn’t the best result, but they are currently 8 points clear at the top of the Austrian Bundesliga and they can afford to drop some points.<\/p>\n
Salzburg are unbeaten in all competitive football since August, which is 32 games ago, they have recorded 21 wins and 11 draws from those matches.<\/p>\n
They have five wins from their last 6 European home games.<\/p>\n
Dortmund have had a poor season despite starting very well.<\/p>\n
They are now 21 points behind Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, they left the Champions League in the group stages and they are also out of the DFB Pokal.<\/p>\n
The Europa League is their only chance to win a trophy this season.<\/p>\n
Last week’s meeting was the only meeting between these sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Salzburg were given no chance of survival let alone triumph when they visited Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of this game last week, but the Austrians defied the odds and raced to a 2-0 lead, before seeing that cut in half by a consolation strike from Andre Schurle, they would now be looking to complete the job at home. They followed that win with a 2-2 draw against Mattersburg on Sunday, it wasn’t the best result, but they are currently 8 points clear at the top of the Austrian Bundesliga and they can afford to drop some points. Salzburg are unbeaten in all competitive football since August, which is 32 games ago, they have recorded 21 wins and 11 draws from those matches. They have five wins from their last 6 European home games. Dortmund have had a poor season despite starting very well. They are now 21 points behind Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, they left the Champions League in the group stages and they are also out of the DFB Pokal. The Europa League is their only chance to win a trophy this season. Last week’s meeting was the only meeting between these sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,123,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-betting-tips","category-football-prediction","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"\n