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The sixth round of the UEFA Nations League will take place at the weekend. In Group 3 of League B, the teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria and Northern Ireland are fighting for promotion to the elite leagues. We take a look at the game on Sunday between Northern Ireland and Austria. After the Austrians did not get past the Bosnians on Thursday evening over a 0: 0, the things in this group are clarified. Bosnia-Herzegovina rises as a group first in the league A and the Northern Irishmen must go to the gang in the C League.
Northern Ireland:
The Northern Irish are ranked 34th in the FIFA world ranking, ten places worse than their opponents. So far, the men from the island did not want to race at all in the Nations League. In the three games played they conceded three defeats. At the start, they lost the home game against Bosnia-Herzegovina with 1: 2. Diljevic and Saric had brought the Bosnians into the lead before substitute Will Grigg scored in the third minute of stoppage time. The second leg in Sarajevo was decided by the Bosnian star striker Edin Dzeko. With his two hits he set the 2: 0 final score for the home side.
Things did not get better in Austria either. Although the defense of the team of coach Michael O’Neill held the 0-0 for a long time, but Marco Arnautovic redeemed with his goal after 70 minutes the fans of Austria. Due to the Austrians’ win against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Thursday, the Green & White Army will no longer have a chance to beat coach Foda’s team and will be relegated to league C. In front of their own fans, they will surely want to get one out again. Of the three home games this year, at least two could be won. Against South Korea they won 2-1 and against Israel won the team of coach Michael O’Neill clearly 3-0.
Austria:
They had planned a lot, but unfortunately it did not work out. With a win against Bosnia-Herzegovina, the chance of promotion to league A would have been there, but the goalless draw is over. The FIFA World Ranking 24th With four points currently six points behind the leaders and four points ahead of today’s opponents. Thus, the fair is read at a pending game and the ÖFB team will finish the first Nations League as a runner-up.
It would certainly have been more on Thursday. After a weaker first half, they were able to score some chances in the second half, but the ball did not want to cross the line. That was in all three group matches of the team coach Franco Foda to watch. After three games they have a goal difference of 1: 1. As stable as the defense has been, so harmless was the offensive in many cases. Only Marco Arnautovic was able to net in the victory against the Northern Irish. There are several Bundesliga pros in the Austrian squad. With Hinteregger (FC Augsburg), Alaba (Bayern Munich), Baumgartlinger (Bayer Leverkusen), Schöpf (Schalke 04), Kainz (Werder Bremen) and Lazaro (Hertha BSC) were six players who lace up a Bundesliga on Thursday in the starting lineup. Will the team be able to motivate themselves after the disappointment against Bosnia for the game in Northern Ireland and ensure a conciliatory conclusion?
Northern Ireland vs Austria head to head matches
12.10.18 UNL Austria Northern Ireland 1 : 0
12.10.05 WC Austria Northern Ireland 2 : 0
13.10.04 WC Northern Ireland Austria 3 : 3
14.11.95 EUR Northern Ireland Austria 5 : 3
11.10.94 EUR Austria Northern Ireland 1 : 2