League leaders within reach at our home

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FC Red Bull Salzburg

·11 April 2025

League leaders within reach at our home

Sunday at 14:30 against SK Sturm Graz

The same time, and the same place, but even more excitement and action! We aren't just talking about the Family Day packed with side events before the big match. The table could not be on any more of a knife edge! We have a chance in an encounter against SK Sturm Graz to move past the league leaders as we continue our incredible catch-up effort of recent weeks.

We need to beat the champions for that to happen, which is complicated by the injuries picked up by Oscar Gloukh and Karim Onisiwo. The visitors are also without a key attacker though in Seedy Jatta. Our last meeting in Salzburg is still very fresh in everyone's minds and gives us confidence.

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We fell behind to Sturm at the start of March, only for our boys to battle back – thanks to our fans' incredible support - and turn the game on its head in the second half to win 3-1. We have been able to make up further ground on Sunday's opponents since, with Sturm Graz being held 1-1 at WAC in their first championship group encounter. They did take a good 2-0 win over Rapid Vienna last week, however.

We not only have three wins in a row under our belt but are unbeaten in the new year and are determined to remain that way! Together we can win this huge title race clash.

Everything you need to know about coming to the stadium can be found in our matchday info.

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Anyone not able to attend can follow the events from the Red Bull Arena with live text updates on our website. The match will be broadcast on Sky Sport Austria and OneFootball, internationally.

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Injury news

Not available for the match are Mamady Diambou (groin), Oscar Gloukh (tonsilitis), Takumu Kawamura (collarbone), Maurits Kjaergaard (ankle), Karim Konate (knee), Karim Onisiwo (knee) and Alexander Schlager (adductors).

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Having a full house on Sunday is recognition for what we have achieved in recent weeks. The fans saw that the boys are determined to win - and that helps to drive us on, of course! It is only the third match in the championship group, but it is a special match against the league leaders, reigning champions and cup winners - it's a huge clash and a nice event for all the fans. The absences are a pain, of course. We saw a group in training during the week though that are giving their all and can't wait for this match. We are concentrating fully on every single player who is available and who we want to win with. We hope that one or two will be back soon.

Thomas Letsch

I can't wait along with the rest of the team for the match on Sunday at a sold-out Red Bull Arena. We did really well in recent weeks and trained well during the week. We analysed Sturm in great detail, but we are focused on ourselves, first and foremost. Matches against Sturm are always similar. They play with a lot of long balls, physicality and at a high tempo. We have to be prepared for that from the very first minute and find answers. We saw in our last win against Sturm Graz at home how important it can be to have the fans behind the team here. The fans were on fire in the second half, in particular, and helped us to turn the game around.

Mads Bidstrup