Romania vs Austria prediction: EUROPE: World Cup – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-10-11 18:45.
[p]Romania face Austria at the Arena Naṭionalӑ with the former in a do-or-die situation in their World Cup qualifying (WCQ) group, while the latter are top of the standings. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Romania’s dreams of reaching their first World Cup this century are on a knife edge, as they trail second-placed Bosnia & Herzegovina by six points with three matches of their campaign remaining, albeit with a game in hand over the Bosnians. The Tricolours might still be lamenting how their last WCQ outing went, having led 2-0 in Cyprus only to draw 2-2, but perhaps a return to Bucharest can see them launch a late push up the table, especially considering that they have won eight of their last ten completed competitive home internationals (D1, L1). [/p]
[p]Maintaining that form would mean ending what has been a perfect Austrian campaign so far, with Ralf Rangnick’s men closing in on qualification having won all five of their Group H matches, the latest of which was a 10-0 hammering of lowly San Marino on Thursday. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that they have conceded just twice in those games, but hitting the road has unearthed defensive frailties in the past, as they have kept only two clean sheets in their last nine encounters on foreign soil, both of which came against sides ranked lower than Romania by FIFA. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Austria won the reverse fixture to make it back-to-back wins over Romania, who have got the better of their opponents just once in the last seven H2Hs (D3, L3).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Eleven of Romania’s last 13 completed matches have seen over 2.5 goals scored.[/p]
[p]The first half has been the highest scoring half in Romania’s last four home games.[/p]
[p]Austria have scored first in ten of their last 11 fixtures.[/p]
[p]Austria’s last four away matches have all featured a goalless half.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Florin Tănase got Romania’s consolation when these sides met in June and five of his last six goalscoring appearances for club or country have been the match opener. Austria’s most-capped player Marko Arnautović had a field day against San Marino in midweek, grabbing four goals to become their all-time top scorer, and he will be looking to add more to his tally, as five of his last seven scoring appearances for his nation have come on foreign soil.[/p]
[p]Romania will again be without Denis Drăguș, while Austria came through their tie with San Marino seemingly unscathed.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Austria should come flying out of the blocks here, so backing Austria to lead at half-time could be a wise bet. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Peter Stavrinou[/i][/p]