The big showdown: Salzburg challenges the master Sturm Graz!

The big showdown: Salzburg challenges the master Sturm Graz!

In the exciting duel on Sunday, which is both a key game in the Bundesliga, the runner-up Red Bull Salzburg meets the current master Sturm Graz. Salzburg is in a challenging season, painfully achieved only three points in the Champions League and has already failed in the ÖFB Cup in the quarter-finals. At the moment, the bulls are located with nine points behind the league leader Sturm Graz, who is recently under the new coach Jürgen Saumel. This reported krone.at .

Both teams have a bumpy start to 2025, which increases the pressure on the coaches. While Thomas Letsch, who took over after the disappointing Pepijn Lijnders, can breathe a sigh of relief after his first victory on the last match day, Sturm Graz also has changes after Christian Ilzer moved to Hoffenheim. In their last encounters, both clubs were rarely convincing: Sturm's record shows three defeats in the last six competitive games, while Salzburg recorded three defeats, two draws and one victory in the same time, which significantly dampens the expectations of the fans, as Saumel found. This reports Salzburg24.at

Both coaches emphasized before the meeting on Sunday emphasized that the pressure is high. Salzburg may rely on the stricken central defender Maximiliano Caufriez. Both teams are the focus, where the players will do everything they can to not only climb the table, but also to regain confidence in the new trainers. The expectations are high and both Sturm Graz and Red Bull Salzburg want to put the competition under pressure and find them back in the success.