Salzburg vs Milan Match Preview

For the 1st matchday of UEFA Champions League, Group E, Salzburg welcomes Milan.

Last season, Salzburg won easily the Austrian league and secured their participation in the UEFA Champions League group stage. This is the 5th time in their history that they qualify in the group stage. In the previous season, they qualified for the first time in the knockout matches and they want something similar this season too, having as opponents Milan, Chelsea and Dinamo Zagreb.

Last Saturday, in the 7th matchday of the Austrian Bundesliga, they beat Tirol 2-0 at home, a victory that lifted them to the top of the standings with 18 points. Undoubtedly, they are again the big favorites for this year's title, which will be their tenth in a row.

After many seasons, Milan won the Italian Serie A last season and thus deservedly won their participation in the group stage of the biggest club competition in Europe. Inevitably their goal is to get as far as possible as their very heavy history dictates.

In fact, they come from a great victory on the 5th matchday of the Italian Serie A. On Saturday they prevailed in the great derby of the city against Inter by 3-2. After this outcome, they reached 11 points and are in 3rd place in the standings, having 2 less than the first-placed Atalanta.

In recent years, Salzburg has established their presence in the European cups and are now a difficult opponent for every team. Milan,on the other hand, starts the tournament with dreams, while going into the match in high psychology after the victory in the derby against city rivals Inter. I expect an interesting matchup, both have a lot of quality players and score with ease. My choice is Over 2.5 goals at 1.75 odds.