Read our prediction for Spain vs Austria below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions.
Spain vs Austria Prediction & Betting tips
Spain and Austria will face off on Thursday, July 2, 2026, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, in a knockout match in the Round of 32 of the World Cup. The winner of this match will advance to the Round of 16, where they will face either Portugal or Croatia. Both squads are built on solid cores, although Spain are dealing with some medical problems in the attacking department. Nico Williams and Yéremy Pino suffered injuries in the physical match against Uruguay, making their presence uncertain or ruled out for this match. Austria, on the other hand, approaches the match with a fully valid squad. Mikel Oyarzabal (2 goals in the tournament) and youngster Lamine Yamal are Spain’s main firepower. They will try to break down Austria’s organised defence, which will rely on a low defensive block and the aggressive midfield provided by Seiwald and Schlager. Veteran Marko Arnautović (37 years old) is the Austrians’ most dangerous man, being the only one from his camp with two goals scored in this tournament. The Opta supercomputer gives Spain a probability of victory of over 70%. On the other hand, Austria ends a 72-year wait to play in the knockout stages of a World Cup again (last time in 1954).
Spain:
Spain won Group H with 7 points. After a hesitant start (0-0 with Cape Verde), “La Roja” defeated Saudi Arabia (4-0) and Uruguay (1-0), qualifying without conceding a single goal.
Spain (4-3-3): Unai Simón – Pedro Porro, Pau Cubarsí, Aymeric Laporte, Marc Cucurella – Rodri, Pedri, Fabián Ruiz – Lamine Yamal, Mikel Oyarzabal, Alex Baena.
Austria:
Austria qualified from second place in Group J, accumulating 4 points. Ralf Rangnick’s team defeated Jordan (3-1), lost to Argentina (0-2) and secured their place in the knockout stage after a dramatic draw with Algeria (3-3), thanks to a goal scored by Saša Kalajdžić in the 96th minute.
Austria (4-2-3-1): Patrick Pentz (sau Alexander Schlager) – Stefan Posch, Kevin Danso, Philipp Lienhart, Phillipp Mwene – Nicolas Seiwald, Xaver Schlager – Patrick Wimmer, Marcel Sabitzer, Romano Schmid – Marko Arnautović.
Spain vs Austria head to head matches
18.11.09 FI Austria vs Spain 1:5
01.09.01 WC Spain vs Austria 4:0
11.10.00 WC Austria vs Spain 1:1
04.09.99 EUR Austria vs Spain 1:3
27.03.99 EUR Spain vs Austria 9:0
* Our advice is: OVER 2.5 GOALS
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.80
* This analyis is from our perspective and we highly recommend to inform also yourself about all details that can be decisive in your choise to bet!
Source of photo: FIFA
