Austria vs Bosnia & Herzegovina prediction: EUROPE: World Cup – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-11-17 19:45.
[p]Austria and Bosnia and Herzegovina will face each other on Tuesday in a straight shootout to decide who automatically qualifies for the 2026 World Cup. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After beating Cyprus 2-0 on Saturday, Austria remain in the driving seat as they head into the final matchday sitting top of Group H and two points clear of Bosnia. Austria only need to avoid defeat here to automatically qualify for next summer’s tournament, which would in turn secure their first World Cup finals appearance since 1998. A home fixture seemingly drastically boosts their chances of claiming top spot, as Ralf Rangnick’s side haven’t lost any of their last ten games on their own turf (W8, D2), winning all three home World Cup qualification (WCQ) games in this cycle, including beating San Marino 10-0 in their last such outing.  [/p]
[p]Bosnia travel on a high after coming from behind to beat Romania 3-1 on Friday and keep the pressure on Austria. The Dragons have only ever reached one World Cup (2014) as an independent nation, but their strong away form in 2025 (W3, D1, L1) suggests they have every chance of reaching another. Only a victory will be enough to snatch top spot from their opponents, but with a play-off spot already assured, a failure to win here won’t necessarily be fatal to the WCQ ambitions of a side bidding to stretch their winning run to three matches. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Austria won September’s reverse fixture 2-1 and have lost just one of the six meetings between the sides overall (W2, D3).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Austria haven’t conceded before the hour mark in any of their last five home matches. [/p]
[p]Only one of Austria’s last six internationals saw both teams score. [/p]
[p]Each of Bosnia’s last six games returned over 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p]Five of Bosnia’s last six internationals have seen both teams score. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Marko Arnautović’s brace against Cyprus means that he has scored an astonishing six goals for Austria in his last two appearances for them – more goals than he had netted in his previous 17 caps (five)! Haris Tabaković is in a similarly rich vein of form after rounding off the scoring for Bosnia against Romania, meaning that he has found the net seven times in his last seven games for club or country. [/p]
[p]Austria don’t seem to have any fresh absentees, but Bosnia have three players suspended for this encounter after picking up a second yellow card of the campaign: Nikola Katić, Amar Dedić and Dženis Burnić.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given Bosnia’s depleted squad due to those suspensions, we predict an Austria win here. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]