Celje vs Red Bull Salzburg 2-2

Red Bull Salzburg twice led at Stadion Z’dežele and twice let Celje back in, with the equaliser coming in the 90th minute. Jesper Lindstrom’s goal early in the second half looked to have settled it before Celje found a late response.

Sota Kitano opened the scoring in the 9th minute, turning in Damir Redzic’s assist for 1-0. Celje had already picked up bookings for Artemijus Tutyskinas on 32 minutes and Pijus Sirvys on 43, while Red Bull Salzburg’s Redzic was booked on 35. The visitors then made two changes on 45 minutes and took the interval 1-0 up.

Lindstrom, who came on in the 45th minute, made it 2-0 on 46 minutes from another Redzic assist. Celje pulled one back on 50 minutes through Blaž Kramer, set up by Svit Seslar, and the home side kept pressing after making two changes on 81 minutes. That paid off in the 90th minute when A. Kučys, who had come on in the 81st minute, equalised from Yaya Dukuly’s assist, with Dukuly himself having entered in the 60th minute. Red Bull Salzburg booked Bartosz Mazurek in stoppage time, and Celje added one more change on 90+4.

The numbers were close. Red Bull Salzburg had 53% possession and 512 passes to Celje’s 47% and 511, while the visitors also had more shots, 15 to 9, and more on target, 4 to 3. Celje finished with slightly better xG at 1.68 to 1.62, and the corners were 3-2 to Salzburg. Celje had 2 saves to Salzburg’s 1, while both sides had 1 offside.

Each side collected two yellow cards. Celje’s bookings went to Artemijus Tutyskinas on 32 minutes and Pijus Sirvys on 43, while Red Bull Salzburg’s cautions went to Damir Redzic on 35 and Bartosz Mazurek in the 90th minute plus 2. There were no red cards.