Pafos vs Red Bull Salzburg

Pafos host Red Bull Salzburg on Thursday in the return leg of their UEFA Europa League third qualifying round tie, carrying a 1-0 deficit from a rain-interrupted first leg in Austria. Haris Tabakovic’s 88th-minute winner at the Red Bull Arena separates the sides, leaving the Cypriot outfit needing a comeback on home soil to keep their group-stage ambitions alive.

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Salzburg remain without five players: Hendry Blank (illness), Anrie Chase (thigh), Stefan Lainer (heel), Johannes Moser (adductors) and Justin Omoregie (thigh) all miss the trip. Enrique Aguilar is also sidelined for several weeks after picking up a knock in the first leg, joining fellow midfielder Soumaila Diabate — who was forced off in the 58th minute last week — on the treatment table. Adam Daghim has left the club, completing a permanent move to Hoffenheim.

Pafos have a significant absentee of their own with goalkeeper Charalambos Kyriakidis ruled out by an arm injury. Winger Jaja remains a long-term absentee after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the previous round against Hajduk Split. New attacking signing Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu is ineligible for this tie. The Cypriots will also be without Ken Sema, who received a second yellow card deep into stoppage time in Austria and serves a one-match ban.