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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Salzburg - Salzburg Wednesday 21 October 2020 18.55CET (18.55 local time) FC Salzburg Group A - Matchday 1 FC Lokomotiv Moskva Last updated 16/01/2021 00:25CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Match officials 8 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Competition facts 14 Team facts 15 Legend 17 1 FC Salzburg - FC Lokomotiv Moskva Wednesday 21 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion Salzburg, Salzburg Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Salzburg - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/11/2016 GS FC Krasnodar - FC Salzburg 1-1 Krasnodar Smolov 85; Dabbur 37 15/09/2016 GS FC Salzburg - FC Krasnodar 0-1 Salzburg Joãozinho 37 FC Lokomotiv Moskva - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Maicon 62, Sychev 72 FC Lokomotiv Moskva - SK 01/12/2011 GS 3-1 Moscow (P), Glushakov 89; Sturm Graz Kainz 63 SK Sturm Graz - FC Lokomotiv Szabics 14; Obinna 15/09/2011 GS 1-2 Graz Moskva 28, Sychev 29 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Lokomotiv Moskva - SK Rapid 0-1 23/08/2005 QR3 Moscow Valachovič 84 Wien agg: 1-2 SK Rapid Wien - FC Lokomotiv Valachovič 75 (P); 10/08/2005 QR3 1-1 Vienna Moskva Samedov 9 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ignashevich 6, Evseev 32, Júlio FC Lokomotiv Moskva - Grazer 3-3 28/08/2002 QR3 Moscow César 45; Naumoski AK agg: 5-3 38, Bazina 48, Aufhauser 63 Grazer AK - FC Lokomotiv Lekcetho 6, Loskov 14/08/2002 QR3 0-2 Graz Moskva 42 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Wacker Innsbruck - FC 08/09/2001 QR3 (Rep) 1-0 (Rep) Innsbruck Brzeczek 30 Lokomotiv Moskva FC Wacker Innsbruck - FC 0-1 22/08/2001 QR3 Innsbruck Maminov 51 Lokomotiv Moskva agg: 1-4 Lekcetho 2, Izmailov FC Lokomotiv Moskva - FC 07/08/2001 QR3 3-1 Ramenskoye 37, Ignashevich 79; Wacker Innsbruck Kirchler 19 2 FC Salzburg - FC Lokomotiv Moskva Wednesday 21 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion Salzburg, Salzburg Home Away Final Neutral Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Salzburg 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 4 2 1 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 2 2 15 9 3 FC Salzburg - FC Lokomotiv Moskva Wednesday 21 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion Salzburg, Salzburg Match background With heavyweight contests lying ahead, Salzburg and Lokomotiv Moskva will both be keen to kick off Group A with a win as they meet in Austria on Matchday 1. • This is the first meeting between the clubs and, with holders Bayern München and Atlético de Madrid also in the section, could go a long way towards determining both sides' fate in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League. • Lokomotiv have not reached the last 16 since 2003/04, while both of Salzburg's previous appearances in the competition ended in the group stage – including last season, when Loko also bowed out after Matchday 6. Form guide Salzburg • Salzburg have secured consecutive group stage campaigns having come through the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase for the first time since 1994. • In 2019/20 Salzburg qualified automatically for the group stage, where they finished third in their section behind Liverpool and Napoli; the Austrian club picked up seven points from their six matches to finish six ahead of Genk. • Jesse Marsch's side therefore moved into the UEFA Europa League, losing 6-3 on aggregate to Eintracht Frankfurt in the round of 32 (1-4 a, 2-2 h). • Salzburg ended a run of 13 successive eliminations in UEFA Champions League qualifying since their first group stage appearance in 1994/95 by beating Maccabi Tel-Aviv in this season's play-offs (2-1 a, 3-1 h), Dominik Szoboszlai converting a penalty in each game. • The Austrian club won a seventh successive Bundesliga title in 2019/20 – their 14th overall – adding the Austrian Cup to complete a domestic double for the seventh time, all in the last nine seasons. • Salzburg are matching Sturm Graz's Austrian record of three group stage appearances this season. • The 6-2 defeat of Genk on Matchday 1 in 2019/20 was Salzburg's sixth successive home European win, and made it 19 European games without defeat in their own stadium (W15 D4). They have won one of the subsequent four (D1 L2). • This is only Salzburg's third match against a Russian club, and they are still seeking their first victory having drawn away (1-1) and lost at home (0-1) against Krasnodar in the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League group stage. Lokomotiv • Second behind Zenit in the Russian Premier League for the second season running in 2019/20, Lokomotiv are in the group stage for the sixth time overall and the third in successive seasons. Their 2018/19 appearance was their first since 2003/04, which was also their third consecutive group campaign. • In 2019/20 Loko opened with a 2-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen – their first away victory in the UEFA Champions League since a 2-1 win at Galatasaray in the 2002/03 first group stage; their record between those two victories, qualifying included, was D4 L9 – but lost their next five matches, conceding two goals in each of them. That left them bottom behind Juventus, Atlético and Leverkusen. • Lokomotiv have finished bottom of their section in each of the last two seasons. • The Moscow club have lost 11 of their last 13 UEFA Champions League group matches, winning the other two. • Lokomotiv have also won only two of their last 14 European games, losing 12. • Last season's win at Leverkusen on Matchday 1 is the only time Loko have avoided defeat in their last seven away European matches. • Lokomotiv have played eight previous games against Austrian teams, winning four of them including the last two – away (2-1) and home (3-1) against Sturm Graz in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage. That victory in Graz made it two wins in Loko's four trips to Austria (D1 L1). Links and trivia • Fedor Smolov played twice against Salzburg in the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League group stage, scoring a late equaliser in Krasnodar's 1-1 home draw that November; Alexander Walke and Andreas Ulmer featured for the Austrian club. • Szoboszlai received his first call-up to the Hungary national side for a 2017 friendly against Russia, although he did not play. He was in the side beaten 3-2 at home by Russia in the UEFA Nations League on 6 September, Anton Miranchuk appearing for the visitors. • Salzburg assistant coach René Aufhauser scored Grazer AK's final goal in a 3-3 home draw against Lokomotiv in 4 FC Salzburg - FC Lokomotiv Moskva Wednesday 21 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion Salzburg, Salzburg the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg; the Russian club won 5-3 on aggregate. • Vedran Ćorluka was in the Croatia side that beat Aufhauser's Austria 1-0 in the UEFA EURO 2008 group stage. • Zlatko Junuzović set up the only goal in Austria's 1-0 UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying win against Russia in Moscow on 14 June 2015. Latest news Salzburg • Summer transfers In: Oumar Solet (Lyon) Out: Hee-Chan Hwang (RB Leipzig), Philipp Köhn (Wil, loan) • Salzburg have won all eight of their games in all competitions so far this season, scoring 35 goals and conceding six. They were 3-0 victors at St. Pölten in the Austrian Cup second round on Saturday. • This season's results have extended Salzburg's winning run in all competitions to 12 matches; they are unbeaten in 21 games (W19 D2), since a 3-2 Austrian Bundesliga loss at Altach on 2 March. • Salzburg scored 110 goals in 32 league games in 2019/20, and have already managed 17 in their four fixtures in the new season. • Patson Daka hit four goals in Salzburg's first game of 2020/21, a 10-0 Austrian Cup win against Bregenz on 9 September. • Daka has scored in six of Salzburg's eight matches this season, 11 goals in total. • Albert Vallci, who opened the scoring at St Pölten, recently agreed a contract extension until 2024. • Antoine Bernède is not expected to return to action until 2021 having broken his tibia in training. Lokomotiv • Summer transfers In: Andrei Savin (Nosta), Vitali Lystsov (Krylya Sovetov), Vitali Lisakovich (Shakhtyor Soligorsk), Slobodan Rajković (Palermo), François Kamano (Bordeaux), Zé Luís (Porto) Out: Benedikt Höwedes (retired), Aleksandr Kolomeytsev (retired), Jefferson Farfán (free agent), Bryan Idowu (Khimki, loan), Nikita Medvedev (Rubin), Solomon Kverkvelia (Rotor), Aleksei Miranchuk (Atalanta), Artem Galadzhan (Nizhny Novgorod) • Lokomotiv are on a run of six domestic games without defeat, winning the last four including Saturday's 1-0 victory at home to Ufa. • Having won their first two Russian Premier League matches of 2020/21, Loko then went five matches without a win (D3 L2) but have won the last four.