Sunday’s third games sees 1st in Group H Salzburg playing 3rd Al Hilal at 6:00pm EST. Read on for our top FC Salzburg vs Al Hilal picks.
FC Salzburg vs Al Hilal Odds
| BET | ODDS |
| FC Salzburg | +310 |
| Draw | +290 |
| Al Hilal | -125 |
| Over 2.5 | -200 |
| Under 2.5 | +150 |
Club World Cup odds at Bet365.
FC Salzburg vs Al Hilal Head-to-Head
This is their first-ever meeting.
FC Salzburg Preview
Salzburg got their CWC campaign off to a good start beating Mexico’s Pachuca 2-1 with goals from Oscar Gloukh and Karim Onisiwo. They were outplayed in many other statistical categories though. Pachuca held the edge in possession 51%, corners 7-2, shots 17-10 and shots on target 6-5.
Salzburg were 3rd in the main stage of the Austrian Bundesliga at 10-8-4 scoring 32 and allowing 22, 8 points back of 1st-placed Sturm Graz. Overall, in the Championship Group, they ended 2nd behind Sturm by 2 points. That gave Strum back-to-back league titles, but Salzburg had won 10 straight prior and have 17 total wins.
Salzburg had 2 double-digit scorers in Nene Dorgeles and Oscar Gloukh with 13 and 10 goals respectively.
They ended the season with 2 wins, with wins in 3/4, but also only 3 wins in 6.
After their game vs Pachuca the BTTS is now on an 9-1 run and the BTTS & Over 2.5 is 8-2 as well.
Al Hilal Preview
The Saudis put up a good account of themselves holding the 2024 Champions League winners Real Madrid to a 1-1 draw, though almost gave up the point conceding a penalty that was missed by Madrid in stoppage time. They were outshot 19-13 and 7-2 on target, but should get more opportunities vs the Austrians.
Al Hilal came up just short in the Saudi Pro League by 8 points in the title race losing out to Al-Ittihad, with 75 points compared to 83. They were dominant offensively putting up 95 goals, 15 more than the next highest scorers Al-Nassr.
They now have only 1 loss in 11 games and are undefeated in 6 outscoring opponents 17-8.
If you want to bet on player props, Al Hilal had 4 players hit double-digit goals with Aleksandar Mitrovic, Marcos Leonardo, Salem Al-Dawsari, and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic scoring 19, 17, 15 and 12 goals respectively. Al-Dawsari also put up 15 assists as their key set-up man. Malcolm had 9G/10A as well. Mitrovic has been dealing with a calf injury though.
Mitrovic in all comps, totaled 28 goals in 36 total matches last season.
FC Salzburg vs Al Hilal Prediction
Both of these teams are capable of putting up goals.
The BTTS is only -200. The BTTS & Over 2.5 is a bit better at -138.
You could also target some player props and combine Gloukh from Salzburg and Sergej Milinković-Savić from Al Hilal together in a parlay.
Gloukh hasn’t failed to have a shot attempt in 23 games, has 5 shots on target in his last 3 and has 1+ shot on target in 8/12.
Milinković-Savić had 2 attempts and 1 on target vs Madrid, has had multiple shot attempts in 11 straight games to go with 1+ shot on target in 7/9.
Those two together are +104 odds at DraftKings.
- FIFA Club World Cup Picks: BTTS & O2.5 (-122) at Caesars / Gloukh + Sergej Milinković-Savić 1+ shot on target (+104) at DraftKings
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