Cyprus – Austria. Forecast and announcement for the 2026 World Cup qualifying match

On Saturday, November 15, a qualifying match for the World Cup will be held between the national teams of Cyprus and Austria. The game will start at 19:00 Kyiv time.

Cyprus

In the League of Nations last year, the team managed to score 6 points and occupy the 3rd place in the group with Romania, Kosovo and Lithuania. This result completely satisfied the team, because registration in the C division of the tournament was preserved for at least one more season.

Nevertheless, Cyprus is never given high hopes. At the current selection, the team managed to win 8 points (2 victories over San Marino and 2 draws with Romania and Bosnia), which allow it to be on the penultimate, 4th step of the quintet. The Cypriots have no chance for at least the 2nd place in the group.

Austria

In the League of Nations, not everything is smooth sailing for the team either – although the team managed to take the 2nd place in its own group (conceding only to Norway) and enter the playoffs for promotion to Division A, there the Austrians lost to Serbia with a total score of 3:1. Because of this, the red-whites will remain in echelon B for at least 1 draw of the tournament.

In the current selection in 6 games, Austria has only 1 misfire – a defeat against Romania in the 6th round. 15 scored points allow the team to occupy the 1st step of the tournament table of the group and ahead of Bosnia by 2 points.

Personal meetings

In the 21st century, teams met each other only once – in the 1st round of the current qualification. Then Austria won a minimal victory.

Interesting facts

• In the last 8 home games, Cyprus won just 1 time.
• Austria has 5 wins in 6 previous matches.
• In none of the matches of the current selection, Cyprus did not concede more than 2 goals.

Forecast

I will bet on the total under 3.5 with odds of 1.5.