Austria will be looking for a repeat result of a 1-2 WC Qualifiers - Europe victory vs Bosnia.
In that match, Austria managed 59% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Austria, the scorers were Marcel Sabitzer (49') and Konrad Laimer (65'). For their opponents, Bosnia got 15 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Edin Džeko (50') was the scorer for Bosnia.
In their past 6 games, Ralf Rangnick's Austria have netted 10 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match of 1.67.
After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Malta in International Friendlies action, San Marino and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
The only player to score from San Marino was Nicola Nanni (45'). Irvin Cardona (5'), Zach Muscat (11') and Paul Mbong (34') scored for Malta.
A number of pretty poor displays from the San Marino defence has resulted in a record of 21 goals being conceded by them in just their past 6 fixtures. They could really do with paying more attention to this sub-par area of their game. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, of course.
The previous league meeting featuring these sides was WC Qualifiers - Europe match day 4 on 10/06/2025 when it finished San Marino 0-4 Austria.
That time, San Marino managed 33% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.
On the other side, Austria had 22 attempts at goal with 13 on target. Marko Arnautović (3', 15'), Michael Gregoritsch (11') and Christoph Baumgartner (27') scored.
The referee was Ondřej Berka.
Sadly for them, San Marino should have a very tough job on their hands to get a single goal against a Austria team who should be able to set up a really big win while not conceding.
We’re tipping a thumping 4-0 win which could even be higher for Austria at full-time.