Austrian team Salzburg and Belgian outfit Genk are two teams who are unfamiliar names in the Champions League. The pair meet on Tuesday night, as both teams look to open their European campaigns with a victory in Group E of Europe’s elite competition.
Salzburg have won all their seven games in the Austrian Bundesliga this season, so head into this clash in high spirits.
The home sides recent record in the Champions League is also decent, as they are unbeaten in eight games in the competition in 90 minutes.
However, all those undefeated games came in the preliminary rounds of the competition. They have yet to feature in the group stages under their current guise, so this season will be a new experience for the Austrian club.
Salzburg have been difficult opponents on home soil in the Champions League, as they are unbeaten in 12 home games in 90 minutes. They have also never failed to score on home soil in the competition in their 22 home matches.
Genk have made a mixed start to the new Belgium league campaign, having taken just ten points from their first seven matches of the season. It is not exactly ideal preparations for this potentially difficult clash.
The visitors have not featured in the Champions League since season 2010/11, when they failed to win any of their games in a group featuring Chelsea, Valencia and Bayer Leverkusen.
Genk have won just one of their ten away games in the Champions League, since first featuring in the competition back in 2002. The Belgian visitors have also lost their last four away matches in the competition, conceding at least two goals in each of the defeats.
Forebet predicts that RB Salzburg will kick-off their campaign with a high-scoring victory at the Red Bull Arena.