Red Bull Salzburg to host AC Milan in Matchday 2 of the Europa League league phase

Red Bull Salzburg will host Italy's AC Milan on 15 October 2026 at 19:45 Damascus time, in a meeting between the two sides in Matchday 2 of the league phase of the 2026/27 Europa League, with the match broadcast on beIN Sports.

Red Bull Salzburg come into the match on the back of a series of positive results, having won their last match against Levski Sofia 1-0 away from home, as well as two consecutive wins over Maccabi by 3-0 and 1-0, and a 3-3 draw with Pafos after previously beating them 1-0.

By contrast, AC Milan's recent results have been mixed, drawing their last match 1-1 away to Sassuolo, beating Lecce 3-0 at home, but losing 0-2 to Benfica, as well as drawing 2-2 with Lazio and 1-1 with Juventus.

In the history of head-to-head meetings between the two sides, AC Milan beat Red Bull Salzburg 4-0 in a match played on 2022-11-02, while a previous meeting on 2022-09-06 ended in a 1-1 draw at Salzburg's stadium.

Red Bull Salzburg are missing a large number of players ahead of this match, including Enrique Marlon Aguilar, A. Cheze, Soumeila Diabate, Matijasevic, J. Umoreji, Damir Redzic, Nicolas Konrad Ferraschnik, Christian Zawieszicki and Johannes Matias Moser, due to injury or other reasons.

AC Milan, meanwhile, will be without both Alexis Jesse Saelemaekers and Matteo Gabbia due to injury.

In the competition standings, Red Bull Salzburg are in 14th place with 3 points from one match, which they won, scoring one goal and conceding none, while AC Milan are in 30th place with no points from one match, which they lost, scoring zero goals and conceding two.