In one of the qualification matches for the 2024 World Cup, the players of the national teams of Austria and Azerbaijan will clash face to face. On whose side will the victory be in this duel? Our sports portal evaluates the opponents' chances of success.
AustriaThe Austrian national team got into the same group with Belgium, Sweden, Estonia and Azerbaijan.
It is already clear that the struggle for leadership positions will be really serious. In the meantime, it is worth noting the fact that the Austrians performed very badly in the A-League of the League of Nations. The team finished in the last fourth place, scoring 4 points, which led to the fall of the national team to the Division rank below. The team did not participate at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. But the friendly matches against Andorra (1-0) and Italy (2-0), the "red and white" played at a good level, having managed to achieve victories in mid-November last year.
AzerbaijanAs for the Azerbaijani national team, it participated in League C of the League of Nations and was able to prove itself with dignity.
The guests of today's game took the second place in their group, scoring 10 points and losing only 2 points to the first Kazakhstan. After that, the Azerbaijanis were able to defeat Moldova (2:1) and Northern Macedonia (3:1) in friendly games. At the moment, the team's series of victories is already five matches and the guests are not going to stop there. Statistics and figures:
Austria is the favorite of the meeting;
- Australia won 2 matches in a row;
- Azerbaijan has won 5 matches in a row;
- Earlier , the rivals played 4 duels with each other;
- Austria won 3 of the 4 previous matches against Azerbaijan;
- The Austrians won the last face-to-face meeting against their opponent in 2011 with a score of 4:1.
- Forecast
In this meeting, Austria will be able to confidently defeat its opponent.
The team will secure an advantage already during the first half and will defeat Victoria in the first 45 minutes. In addition, I expect that a lot of corners will be served in this match, and the total for this indicator will exceed 9.5 corners.
