RB Salzburg vs Pafos, 2026-27 UEFA Europa League Qualifying, Third Round

· 1st Leg

RB Salzburg

88': Haris Tabakovic

FT
1 - 0
1st Leg

Pafos

90'+3': Ken Sema

About

RB Salzburg are hosting Pafos at Red Bull Arena Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League Qualifying.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Edmund Baidoo (Salzburg).
2': Biel (Pafos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
4': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by Alexandre Brito.
7': Guga (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Foul by Edmund Baidoo (Salzburg).
8': Foul by Guga (Pafos).
8': Nikolas Veratschnig (Salzburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by David Goldar.
9': Attempt blocked. Gaoussou Diakite (Salzburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
10': Attempt blocked. Yorbe Vertessen (Salzburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Soumaïla Diabaté.
10': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by David Luiz.
10': Attempt missed. Gaoussou Diakite (Salzburg) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
11': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Pafos).
11': Gaoussou Diakite (Salzburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
12': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by Domingos Quina.
12': Attempt blocked. Dominik Schmid (Salzburg) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Yorbe Vertessen with a cross.
12': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by Lelê.
13': Attempt missed. Dominik Schmid (Salzburg) header from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Yorbe Vertessen with a cross following a corner.
16': Attempt saved. Edmund Baidoo (Salzburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Radoslaw Majecki (Pafos). Assisted by Yorbe Vertessen.
19': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by David Luiz.
20': Foul by Nikolas Veratschnig (Salzburg).
20': Biel (Pafos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
21': Attempt missed. Guga (Pafos) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
22': Foul by Lelê (Pafos).
22': Kévin Boma (Salzburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by Biel.
26': Attempt blocked. Gaoussou Diakite (Salzburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yorbe Vertessen.
27': Foul by Lelê (Pafos).
27': Kévin Boma (Salzburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Attempt missed. Yorbe Vertessen (Salzburg) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Soumaïla Diabaté.
31': Biel (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Kévin Boma (Salzburg).
36': Foul by David Luiz (Pafos).
36': Damir Redzic (Salzburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
36': David Luiz (Pafos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': Foul by Vlad Dragomir (Pafos).
38': Soumaïla Diabaté (Salzburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Biel (Pafos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
39': Foul by Nikolas Veratschnig (Salzburg).
39': Delay in match because of an injury Domingos Quina (Pafos).
41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
42': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by Biel.
43': Substitution, Pafos. Ken Sema replaces Domingos Quina because of an injury.
44': Attempt saved. Biel (Pafos) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner by Christian Zawieschitzky (Salzburg). Assisted by Vlad Dragomir with a cross.
45': Offside, Pafos. Lelê is caught offside.
45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Offside, Salzburg. Yorbe Vertessen is caught offside.
45'+2': First Half ends, Salzburg 0, Pafos 0.
45': Second Half begins Salzburg 0, Pafos 0.
46': Foul by Ken Sema (Pafos).
46': Damir Redzic (Salzburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
46': Ken Sema (Pafos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
47': Attempt missed. Nikolas Veratschnig (Salzburg) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
48': Ken Sema (Pafos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
48': Foul by Nikolas Veratschnig (Salzburg).
54': Attempt missed. Guga (Pafos) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Biel.
55': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by Nicholas Ioannou.
56': Attempt missed. Valentin Zabransky (Salzburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dominik Schmid with a cross following a corner.
58': Attempt missed. Vlad Dragomir (Pafos) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicholas Ioannou with a cross.
58': Substitution, Salzburg. Bartosz Mazurek replaces Soumaïla Diabaté because of an injury.
62': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by Alexandre Brito.
64': Alexandre Brito (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Foul by Damir Redzic (Salzburg).
64': Substitution, Salzburg. Sota Kitano replaces Damir Redzic.
65': Substitution, Salzburg. Karim Konaté replaces Yorbe Vertessen.
65': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by Guga.
66': Vlad Dragomir (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Foul by Dominik Schmid (Salzburg).
67': Attempt missed. Biel (Pafos) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vlad Dragomir.
68': Delay in match because of an injury Edmund Baidoo (Salzburg).
69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
69': Attempt missed. Biel (Pafos) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Guga.
69': Offside, Pafos. Lelê is caught offside.
70': Substitution, Salzburg. Enrique Aguilar replaces Gaoussou Diakite.
70': Substitution, Salzburg. Haris Tabakovic replaces Edmund Baidoo because of an injury.
70': David Goldar (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Haris Tabakovic (Salzburg).
71': Biel (Pafos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
71': Foul by Abubakr Barry (Salzburg).
73': Offside, Pafos. Lelê is caught offside.
74': Biel (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Sota Kitano (Salzburg).
75': Guga (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Abubakr Barry (Salzburg).
75': Abubakr Barry (Salzburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76': Attempt missed. Karim Konaté (Salzburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nikolas Veratschnig with a cross.
78': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by David Goldar.
80': Substitution, Pafos. Murad Mammadov replaces Alexandre Brito.
81': Attempt missed. Guga (Pafos) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
81': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Pafos).
81': Sota Kitano (Salzburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Ivan Sunjic (Pafos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
86': Foul by Vlad Dragomir (Pafos).
86': Dominik Schmid (Salzburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Attempt blocked. Haris Tabakovic (Salzburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikolas Veratschnig.
88': Goal! Salzburg 1, Pafos 0. Haris Tabakovic (Salzburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
88': Substitution, Pafos. Pêpê Rodrigues replaces Vlad Dragomir.
89': Biel (Pafos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
89': Foul by Abubakr Barry (Salzburg).
90': Foul by Lelê (Pafos).
90': Dominik Schmid (Salzburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
90'+3': Foul by Ken Sema (Pafos).
90'+3': Enrique Aguilar (Salzburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Second yellow card to Ken Sema (Pafos) for a bad foul.
90'+3': Delay in match because of an injury Enrique Aguilar (Salzburg).
90'+6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+7': Corner, Salzburg. Conceded by Biel.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Salzburg 1, Pafos 0.
0': Match ends, Salzburg 1, Pafos 0.

Statistics

PAF		SLZ
11	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
0	Corner Kicks	13
1	Saves	1
40.7	Possession	59.3
7	SHOTS	13
1	ON GOAL	3
0.1	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
255	Accurate Passes	387
322	Passes	459
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	5
9	Crosses	28
0.4	Cross %	0.2
56	Long Balls	31
23	Accurate Long Balls	17
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
0	Blocked Shots	4
15	Effective Tackles	7
21	Tackles	14
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
11	Interceptions	7
43	Effective Clearances	13
43	Clearances	13

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League Qualifying

Venue: Red Bull Arena Salzburg
Location: Salzburg, Austria

Line-Ups

RB Salzburg (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
52	Christian Zawieschitzky (GK)
47	Valentin Zabransky
44	Kévin Boma
31	Dominik Schmid
18	Nikolas Veratschnig
30	Gaoussou Diakité
32	Abubakr Barry
5	Soumaïla Diabaté
11	Yorbe Vertessen
23	Damir Redzic
20	Edmund Baidoo

RB Salzburg Substitutes:

Maurits Kjaergaard, Haris Tabakovic, Aboubacar Camara, Sota Kitano, Nikola Sarcevic, Bartosz Mazurek, John Mellberg, Leandro Morgalla, Karim Konaté, Enrique Aguilar, Tim Drexler, Frans Krätzig.

Pafos (4-3-3)

No.	Name
99	Radoslaw Majecki (GK)
4	David Luiz
5	David Goldar
14	Nicholas Ioannou
50	Alexandre Brito
26	Ivan Sunjic
6	Guga
30	Vlad Dragomir
18	Lelê
20	Gabriel Teixeira
8	Domingos Quina

Pafos Substitutes:

Bruno, Pêpê, Melinos Kais, Christos Efzona, Moumi Ngamaleu, Kosmas Ioannou, Petros Petrou, Michalis Papastylianou, Murad Mammadov, Ken Sema, Georgios Michael.

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