Salzburg 3-1 Basel: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 22 January 2026

Result

Salzburg 3-1 Basel

Europa League · Thursday 22 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Salzburg · Basel · Europa League predictions

Salzburg 3-1 Basel: match report

Salzburg beat Basel 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 22 January 2026. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Kerim Alajbegovic opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Salzburg's goals came from Kerim Alajbegovic (4'), Kerim Alajbegovic (12') and Frans Krätzig (35'). Basel scored through Jeremy Agbonifo (56').

Discipline: Salzburg received 1 yellow card; Basel received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Salzburg were 53rd on 3 points from 6 and Basel 35th on 6 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Salzburg lined up in a 4-3-3 and Basel in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kerim Alajbegovic of Salzburg (9.2), ahead of Frans Krätzig (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Salzburg wins, 1 draw and 1 for Basel.

Going into the match Salzburg's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Basel's L-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Kerim AlajbegovicSalzburg · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Kerim AlajbegovicSalzburg · 2-0
  • 35'Goal · Frans KrätzigSalzburg · 3-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Jeremy AgbonifoBasel
  • 40'Yellow card · Andrej BacaninBasel
  • 45'Yellow card · Sota KitanoSalzburg
  • 50'Yellow card · Nicolas VouillozBasel
  • 56'Goal · Jeremy AgbonifoBasel · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Salzburg 0, draws 1, Basel 1.

Team news

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Salzburg line-up (4-3-3)

Alexander Schlager, Tim Trummer, Joane Gadou, Jannik Schuster, Frans Krätzig, Mads Bidstrup, Sota Kitano, Soumaïla Diabaté, Edmund Baidoo, Yorbe Vertessen, Kerim Alajbegovic

Basel line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marwin Hitz, Nicolas Vouilloz, Jonas Adjetey, Flavius Daniliuc, Dominik Schmid, Andrej Bacanin, Léo Leroy, Jeremy Agbonifo, Xherdan Shaqiri, Bénie Traoré, Kaio Eduardo