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Austria vs Norway Prediction & Betting tips
The last international matches of 2020 are on the program on Tuesday and Wednesday. Despite the long break, it is already the eighth international match and so the kickers have played more international matches than, for example, the Bundesliga professionals in Germany.
The mammoth program is coming to an end and decisions are still being made in many places. In Nations League B Group 1, Austria and Norway fight in a direct duel for group victory and the associated promotion.
The final in this group had been looking forward to for weeks, after all it was already clear that regardless of the fifth match day, the promoted team would only be determined in this duel. However, as is well known, a proverb says that it often turns out differently than you think. This phrase fits the eye like a fist, because Austria will not be able to compete with Haaland & Co, but will meet a B-Elf of the Scandinavians.
A draw is enough for the home side to confirm their place at the top. In view of the circumstances, it is hard to imagine that Austria will miss this huge opportunity. The game in Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium starts on Wednesday at 19:45 pm
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Austria :
In the run-up to the Northern Ireland game, the big goal was to defend the championship lead before the direct duel with Norway. Due to the cancellation of the match by Norway in Romania, this was ensured before the kick-off. The unrest on the sidelines and the lack of pressure were ultimately a great burden for the Austrian national team.
Against a team that fought self-sacrificingly for 120 minutes on Thursday and had to bury their big dream of the European Championship, Austria was never able to bring their playful superiority to the field. The Northern Irish eleven were completely turned inside out – to seven positions – but Austria acted without ideas and could not convert a lot of possession into goal danger.
Although Foda refrained from any experiments this time and brought up the best team, Austria acted terribly weak. The double six from Baumgartlinger and Ilsanker did not set any accents and David Alaba and Marcel Sabitzer got stuck in almost every situation.
When the offside trap didn’t work in the final phase, Austria was suddenly 0: 1 behind. A goal that was both a wake-up call and still aroused ambition. Franco Foda had a very lucky hand and ensured victory with the substitutions of Louis Schaub, Adrian Grbic and returnees Marko Arnautovic. Schaub and Grbic scored the goals, Arnautovic put on the winning goal in an exemplary manner.
The ÖFB-Elf has won six of the seven previous international matches in 2020 without ever really convincing with playful brilliance. However, football is a result sport and the “how” doesn’t matter in a few days at the latest.
Norway :
The current example of the Norwegian national soccer team shows the different handling of different health authorities and thus a certain distortion of competition. A few weeks ago, for example, Xherdan Shaqiri was allowed to participate despite the positive test because he was no longer infectious. As a rule, positive players are sealed off and the rest are allowed to act after negative results.
In Norway, however, the clocks tick differently and after Omar Elabdellaoui’s positive test, the entire team was quarantined by the authorities.
The players wrote a letter to the public, hoping that politics would be lenient as the Norwegian national team would be denied a great opportunity. However, there was no insight for the athletes and so Norway will play in a completely new formation on Wednesday evening in Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium. No Haaland, no Odegaard, no Sörloth – there are no more stars in the line-up.
U21 team boss Leif Gunnar Smerud will lead the team on an interim basis. There are just five players in the current line-up who have already had A-Team experience. The most exciting players are likely to be Groningen striker Strand Larsen (three goals in seven games) or Alkmaar player Hakon Evjen.
Due to the external circumstances, the starting position is extremely difficult for the guests, who literally come like the “virgin to the child”. Even a 1-0 win would not be enough for the guests, because with this final result the direct comparison would be balanced and then Austria would be in front of the guests thanks to the better goal difference (due to the 0: 3 at the green table of the Norwegians).
So Norway must either win with at least two goals ahead or at least score two goals, because in a 2-1 win, the guests would decide the direct comparison for themselves.
Austria vs Norway head to head matches
04.09.20 UNL Norway Austria 1 : 2
20.11.02 FI Austria Norway 0 : 1
29.08.79 EUR Austria Norway 4 : 0
30.08.78 EUR Norway Austria 0 : 2
23.09.59 EUR Austria Norway 5 : 2
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| Prediction: | Over 2,5 goals |
| Selection odds: | 1,48 |
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