Wales vs Austria Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Prediction published on 21/03/2022, 15:12  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 21/03/2022 at 16:12 in World Cup Predictions

Wales will be hoping home advantage plays in their favour as they host Austria in the World Cup playoffs semi final on Friday. The two nations had contrasting fortunes at the group stage but that is all behind them and this game matters a lot. Wales lost just once in eight group stage matches then finished second behind Belgium. They drew 1-1 with Belgium in their last qualification game and are unbeaten in seven matches ahead of this. Both teams have scored in three of their last five matches and twice in these five matches, Wales have scored two or more goals. In 10 World Cup qualification matches, Wales have suffered just one loss and won five. Going into this game, eight of Wales’ last 10 games in World Cup qualification have produced under 2.5 goals. They head into this one unbeaten in three matches against Austria.

Austria have won three of their last five matches going into this game. They didn’t have a very good run in the group phase, losing four time in the 10 matches and will be hoping for a much better performance here. In three of their last five matches, they’ve scored two or more goals but three of their last five matches have ended in under 2.5 goals, while they’ve failed to score in two of the last five matches. Austria have a lot to do defensively going into this game; they have one clean sheet only in the last five matches. They will bank more on their scoring form for this game, having found the back of the net two or more times in three of their last five away matches in World Cup qualification. Three of the five away matches have ended in under 2.5 goals though.