Salzburg vs AC Milan: Prediction, Stats and Preview
Europa League · Thursday 15 October 2026 · 16:45 UTC · Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim · updated 2026-10-09
Salzburg host AC Milan in the Europa League on Thursday 15 October 2026 at Red Bull Arena. On this season's numbers, Moneyball's model makes Salzburg favourites at 50%, puts the draw at 27% and expects about 2.6 goals.
Moneyball's estimate
- Expected goals: Salzburg 1.58, AC Milan 1.01.
- Over 2.5 goals: 48% · both teams to score: 51%.
- Most likely score: 1–1 (13%).
From each side's goals and expected goals this season (Sportmonks), pulled toward the league average while a side has played few matches (5 and 5 so far), through a Dixon-Coles score model. No bookmaker prices are in it; once the odds are out, the full model in the app reads them too.
The difference-maker: Samuel Chukwueze
Samuel Chukwueze, 27 · AC Milan · RWF · Creative winger
Moneyball Scout picks Samuel Chukwueze as the player most likely to decide this match, with a Moneyball Score of 64 against every winger in Europe's top five leagues (attacking 55, defensive 73).
- Big chances created: 0.93 per 90 minutes, better than 95% of wingers
- Dispossessed: 0.23 per 90 minutes, better than 95% of wingers
- Expected assists (est.): 0.41 per 90 minutes, better than 93% of wingers
Salzburg concede only 0.6 goals a match this season: breaking that defence is the job of a creative winger like Samuel Chukwueze.
Scout's notes: Big-chance creator, Press-resistant, Creator.
What he is worth on the market, how many league points he would add to another club and who could replace him: Moneyball Scouting Players Research.
Season statistics
| Salzburg | Per match this season | AC Milan |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Matches | 5 |
| 1.8 | Goals scored | 2.0 |
| 0.6 | Goals conceded | 0.8 |
| 2.08 | Expected goals (xG) | 1.59 |
| – | xG conceded | 1.11 |
| 16.6 | Shots | 12.8 |
| 6.2 | On target | 4.2 |
| 59.0 | Possession % | 60.6 |
| 80% | Clean sheets % | 40% |
| 20% | Both teams scored % | 60% |
| 6.4 | Corners | 2.8 |
| 1.4 | Yellow cards | 1.6 |
| 6.97 | Average rating | 6.95 |
Averages per match from Sportmonks; AC Milan in its domestic league.
Players to watch
AC Milan
- Samuel Chukwueze midfielder · rating 7.40 · 5 apps
- Strahinja Pavlović defender · rating 7.17 · 5 apps
- Adrien Rabiot midfielder · rating 7.14 · 5 apps
The best-rated players of each side this season, with 180 minutes or more.
The full analysis
Moneyball Odds prices every line of the match once bookmakers do: win, draw and loss, Asian handicaps and goals lines, with fair odds and the expected value of each.
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