Season so far

UEFA Champions League

Key, Leverkusen v RB Salzburg
League position, Bayer Leverkusen 13th, Red Bull Salzburg 30thTotal points, Bayer Leverkusen 7, Red Bull Salzburg 3

Goals scored

Bayer Leverkusen 6Red Bull Salzburg 3

Goals conceded

Bayer Leverkusen 5Red Bull Salzburg 10

Shots

Bayer Leverkusen 40Red Bull Salzburg 31

Shots on target

Bayer Leverkusen 21Red Bull Salzburg 13

Shots off target

Bayer Leverkusen 19Red Bull Salzburg 18

Blocked shots

Bayer Leverkusen 7Red Bull Salzburg 15

Passing accuracy %

Bayer Leverkusen 88.84Red Bull Salzburg 83.81

Form guide

All competitions

Bayer Leverkusen draw
v Bochum
1
1
Bundesliga
Red Bull Salzburg lose
v Blau-Weiß Linz
2
0
Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen lose
v Liverpool
4
0
UEFA Champions League
Red Bull Salzburg won
v Feyenoord
1
3
UEFA Champions League
Bayer Leverkusen draw
v Stuttgart
0
0
Bundesliga
Red Bull Salzburg draw
v Grazer AK
0
0
Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen won
v Elversberg
3
0
DFB Pokal
Red Bull Salzburg won
v WSG Tirol
3
0
Cup
Bayer Leverkusen draw
v Werder Bremen
2
2
Bundesliga
Red Bull Salzburg draw
v Wolfsberger AC
0
0
Bundesliga

Previous meetings

All competitions

Bayer Leverkusen and Red Bull Salzburg
Played
2
Bayer Leverkusen Won 1Red Bull Salzburg Won 0Draw 1

Previous scores

All competitions

Club Friendlies

Red Bull Salzburg 1 , Bayer Leverkusen 1 on the 21st of July 2015
Red Bull Salzburg
Bayer Leverkusen
21st of July 2015
Bayer Leverkusen 4 , Red Bull Salzburg 0 on the 3rd of July 2011
Bayer Leverkusen
Red Bull Salzburg
3rd of July 2011

Match Facts

  • This will be the first meeting between Bayer Leverkusen and RB Salzburg, as well as Leverkusen’s first match against an Austrian opponent in the UEFA Champions League.

  • Bayer Leverkusen have never lost to Austrian opposition in Europe, winning three of their five total matches (D2). However, this will be their first such match since the 2012-13 campaign, when they beat SK Rapid twice in the UEFA Europa League group stage (4-0 away and 3-0 at home).

  • Since the start of last season, no team has won more games in major European competition than Bayer Leverkusen (11, excluding qualifiers), while only Liverpool (39) and Manchester City (38) have scored more than Xabi Alonso’s side (37) in this period.

  • RB Salzburg won their previous game in the UEFA Champions League (3-1 v Feyenoord), ending an eight-match winless run in the competition (D1 L7). They’ve only won back-to-back games in the Champions League on one previous occasion, beating Lille 2-1 and Wolfsburg 3-1 in September/October 2021.

  • Since the start of the 2023-24 campaign, Bayer Leverkusen have won six of their seven home matches in major European competition (D1). In this period, only Liverpool at Anfield (+18) have outscored their opponents by a bigger margin than Leverkusen at the BayArena (+16 – 22 goals scored, six conceded).

  • The average age of RB Salzburg’s starting XI in the UEFA Champions League this season is 22 years and 223 days; the youngest of any team. The oldest outfield player to feature for them in the competition this term is 26-year-old Nicolás Capaldo.

  • Florian Wirtz has netted 15 goals in 37 appearances in major European club competition (excluding qualifiers); the second-most of any Bayer Leverkusen player in the club’s history, only behind Ulf Kirsten (30 goals in 50 appearances).

  • RB Salzburg’s Oscar Gloukh has carried the ball further than any other player in the UEFA Champions League this season (1144.3 metres), while he’s the only player in the 2024-25 edition to have assisted multiple goals following a carry this term (2 – carry: moving 5+ metres with ball).

  • Florian Wirtz has scored three goals in four appearances for Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Champions League this season. Only one German player has ever scored more in a single season in the competition while aged 21 or younger: Lars Ricken for Borussia Dortmund in 1996-97 (4).

  • Among players to have made 30+ carries in the UEFA Champions League this season, Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong has the highest average carry progress in the tournament (11.7 metres upfield per carry).