Pafos – Red Bull Salzburg

Pafos and Red Bull Salzburg have met 2 times down the years, and the overall balance favours Red Bull Salzburg, who have won 1 of those games to 0, with 1 finishing level. On paper it is a fixture with a clear favourite, yet many of the meetings have been decided by the finest of margins. On the scoring front the fixture averages 3.5 goals a game. Three or more have arrived in 50% of meetings, while both sides got on the scoresheet in 50%, a useful pointer for anyone weighing up how the next instalment might unfold. Where the game is played has mattered. Pafos hold 0-1-0 as hosts in this fixture, and Red Bull Salzburg show 1-0-0 at home, underlining how much home comfort can tilt an otherwise close rivalry one way or the other. Recent weeks help frame expectations. Pafos bring 1 wins from their past 5 and 2 goals per game, with Red Bull Salzburg on 3 wins from 5 and 1.4 a game, a snapshot that may count for as much here as the long-term record. In percentage terms it reads 0% to Pafos, 50% drawn and 50% to Red Bull Salzburg. Those splits are a fair guide to what tends to happen, even if any single meeting can buck the trend. Most recently, on 13.08.2026, Pafos and Red Bull Salzburg served up a 3–3 result, the newest entry in this head-to-head. Until the sides are paired again, that match remains the latest word in a long-running rivalry.