Austria vs Cyprus
Ref: Jakob Kehlet, Denmark
Match recap
Austria beat Cyprus 1–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Sabitzer scored for Austria. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.04 for Austria versus 1.66 for Cyprus.
First Half
23'
Pileas
Yellow Card
45'
Loizou
Yellow Card
Second Half
⇄
Arnautović
⇄
Wimmer
VAR
Penalty confirmed
53'
Sielis
Yellow Card
⚽
Sabitzer
Penalty
67'
⇄
Pittas
67'
⇄
Tzionis
⇄
Alaba
⇄
Schlager
Posch
Yellow Card
80'
⇄
Charalampous
88'
⇄
Artymatas
88'
⇄
Kastanos
⇄
Baumgartner
90+11'
Kosti
Yellow Card
Match Statistics
AustriaCyprus
8Won
Statistical edge
8–7
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.04VS1.66
Attack2 · 4 won
10
Shots
16
3
Shots on target
5
9
Shots in the box
11
1
Shots outside box
5
6
Shots off goal
5
7
Corners
3
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
71%
Possession
29%
514
Total passes
213
431
Accurate passes
134
84%
Pass accuracy
63%
Discipline1 · 2 won
14
Fouls
6
1
Yellow cards
4
4
Offsides
2
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
4
Goalkeeper saves
2
1
Blocked shots
6
Austria
4-2-3-1
Cyprus
4-2-3-1
Austria
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1A. SchlagerG
- 4X. SchlagerM
- 6N. SeiwaldM
- 7M. ArnautovićF
- 8D. AlabaD
- 9M. SabitzerM
- 15P. LienhartD
- 16P. MweneD
- 19C. BaumgartnerM
- 20K. LaimerD
- 21P. WimmerM
Substitutes
- 2A. PrassD
- 3K. DansoD
- 5S. PoschD
- 10F. GrillitschM
- 11M. GregoritschF
- 12T. LawalG
- 13P. PentzG
- 14L. QuerfeldD
- 17A. WeimannF
- 18R. SchmidM
- 22R. FloruczF
- 23A. SchöpfM
Cyprus
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2K. PileasD
- 5C. CharalampousM
- 9I. PittasF
- 12FabianoG
- 15C. SielisD
- 16A. ShikkisD
- 17L. LoizouM
- 18K. ArtymatasM
- 19K. LaifisD
- 20G. KastanosM
- 21M. TzionisM
Substitutes
- 1J. MallG
- 3N. PanagiotouD
- 4H. KyprianouM
- 6G. SatsiasM
- 7A. FótiM
- 8I. KousoulosM
- 10P. SotiriouF
- 11A. KakoullisF
- 13I. KostiM
- 14G. MalekkidesD
- 22N. MichaelG
- 23C. KyriakouM
Austria
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philipp Lienhart | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alexander Schlager | G | 90 | 7.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marcel Sabitzer | M | 90 | 7.5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Christoph Baumgartner | M | 89 | 7.5 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Xaver Schlager | M | 70 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| David Alaba(C) | D | 70 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Konrad Laimer | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Phillipp Mwene | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Patrick Wimmer | M | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/4 |
| Nicolas Seiwald | M | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Marko Arnautović | F | 45 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Raul Florucz | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leopold Querfeld | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Florian Grillitsch | M | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alessandro Schöpf | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Pentz | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andreas Weimann | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tobias Okiki Lawal | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alexander Prass | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Michael Gregoritsch | F | 45 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Kevin Danso | D | 20 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stefan Posch | D | 20 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Romano Schmid | M | 45 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
Cyprus
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charalampos Charalampous | M | 80 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2/4 |
| Grigoris Kastanos | M | 88 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Konstantinos Laifis | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Loizos Loizou | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3/5 |
| Fabiano | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kostakis Artymatas(C) | M | 88 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Marinos Tzionis | M | 67 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/2 |
| Antreas Shikkis | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Kostas Pileas | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ioannis Pittas | F | 67 | 6.5 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1/2 |
| Christos Sielis | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Nikolas Panagiotou | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giorgos Malekkidis | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| António Fóti | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neofytos Michael | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joel Mall | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giannis Satsias | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hector Kyprianou | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ioannis Kousoulos | M | 13 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pieros Sotiriou | F | 23 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Charalampos Kyriakou | M | 13 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ioannis Kosti | M | 23 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Andronikos Kakoullis | F | 10 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |