RB Salzburg make the short trip to Germany to face Frankfurt

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RB Salzburg will make a short journey to Germany to face Eintracht Frankfurt in the round of 32 in the Europa League.

The Austrian champions came close to reaching the round of 16 of the Champions League but were eliminated in their final group game.

They have one win in four after a 3-2 loss on the road against LASK on Friday.

Coming into the game they have lost four away games in a row in the Europa League.

Frankfurt had their five-game unbeaten run snapped on Friday when they fell 4-0 against Borussia Dortmund.

The Eagles reached the semifinals last season before losing on penalties to Chelsea.

They have 13 wins, three draws and two losses at home in the Europa League.

The sides faced in a friendly in 2012 as Frankfurt won 4-1, and in the 1994 UEFA Cup they met in the quarter-finals; Salzburg won 1-0 at home and they drew 1-1 in Frankfurt.

The Eagles have three wins and a draw at home against Austrian sides while Salzburg have two wins, one draw and three losses away against German opposition, including a 3-2 win in Leipzig and a 2-1 win in Dortmund.

Frankfurt will be without Luca Torro, Marco Russ and Nils Stendera who are injured while David Hinteregger is suspended.

Salzburg are missing Alexander Walke, Antoine Bernede, Dominik Szoboszlai, Rasmus Nissen and Sekou Koita.

Kickoff is at 12:55 p.m. EST on Thursday afternoon at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt. The game will be shown in Canada on DAZN.

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