Red Bull Salzburg vs Villarreal — UEFA Europa League 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 11+ matches
Red Bull Salzburg37%
Villarreal34%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 13 home / 11 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under61
- Over39
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No55
- Yes45
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Red Bull Salzburg ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
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Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Red Bull Salzburg at home — creates 1.85, concedes 0.92 · 13 matches
Villarreal away — creates 1.27, concedes 0.45 · 11 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Red Bull Salzburg attack 1.85 + Villarreal defence 0.45 → ÷2 → 1.15
Villarreal attack 1.27 + Red Bull Salzburg defence 0.92 → ÷2 → 1.09
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 37%?"
Red Bull Salzburg at 37% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 37% does not mean "Red Bull Salzburg will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
If points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
Pass accuracy
Statistics
Red Bull Salzburg host Villarreal on Thursday, 18 February 2021 at 20:00. The match is part of the UEFA Europa League 2026/2027 season.
UEFA Europa League: Red Bull Salzburg 0–2 Villarreal
Villarreal beat Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 in UEFA Europa League on February 18, 2021.
Goals: Paco Alcácer (41'), Fer Niño (71').
Villarreal controlled possession (53%) and registered 8 shots to 12.
The match was played at Red Bull Arena in Wals-Siezenheim.