Austria Vs Moldova Match Analysis And Prediction

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Austria are in good form as compared to their opponents, and so they are looking to round off their World Cup 2022 qualification campaign on a positive note in Group F as they welcome the struggling Moldova on Monday night.

The hosts are currently in the fourth spot in the section, having picked 13 points from nine matches, while Moldova are at the bottom with only one point from their nine games so far.

With 13 points from nine matches, Austria are fourth in Group F, seven points behind second-places Scotland with just a game left, and so they will not be present in the next year’s tournament.

Austria have struggled to find any kind of consistency in the group winning four, losing four and drawing one of their nine matches, scoring 15 goals and conceding 16. They have won two out of their last three fixtures in the group including a 4-2 victory over Israel on Friday, but they lost three out of their last five to Israel,Scotland and Denmark.

Manager Franco Foda’s team are aiming to give their supporters some reason to cheer in their final World Cup 2022 qualification fixture, as the national team have been victorious over Moldova in their last five encounters, including the 2-0 victory in the reverse fixture in September.

Moldova, on the other hand, have never qualified for the finals of the World Cup or even European Championship, as it has been very difficult for them to compete during this quaalification campaign.

Having not won any match and drawn only once with eight defeats out their nine matches has seen them collect only one point to occupy the last position in the table. They have conceded 26 goals and scored only four.

Roberto Bordin’s side come into the game with a 2-0 loss to Scotland, with Che Adams and Nathan Patterson on the scoresheet for the visitors.

Austria vs Moldova head to head

Das Team are obviousely coming into this clash with much confidence of getting a win due to their head to head previous record, a record of six victories in their seven previous encounters, having not lost a match at home and in their recent last five encounters in all competitions.

Moldova 1-2 Austria 09/10/14

Austria 1-0 Moldova 05/09/15

Austria 2-0 Moldova 24/03/17

Moldova 0-1 Austria 09/10/17

Moldova 0-2 Austria 01/09/21

Austria latest home form

We could say that Austria have not really shown consistency in their performance at home as they are keeping a win-once-then-lose record, having no back-to-back victory in their last five recent home games. They have won only two, drawn one and lost two in all competitions.

Austria 0-4 Denmark 31/03/21

Austria 0-0 Slovakia 06/06/21

Austria 3-1 North Macedonia 13/06/21

Austria 0-1 Scotland 07/09/21

Austria 4-2 Israel 12/11/21

Austria latest away form

Austria fished with a 1-0 defeat to Denmark in their latest away game despite crusing through Feroe Islands with a 2-0 victory. They have so far seen themselves win only twice in their recent five matches on the road and lost three times, scoring 7 and conceding 8 in all tournaments.

Italy 2-1 Austria 26/06/21

Moldova 0-2 Austria 01/09/21

Israel 5-2 Austria 04/09/21

Faroe Islands 0-2 Austria 09/10/21

Denmark 1-0 Austria 12/10/21

Moldova latest home form

Moldova are currently in their worst form in the home ground winning only one match out of their recent ten at home, a friendly the won by only one goal against Azerbaijan. They have lost three back-to-back games in the World Cup Qualifiers tournament, conceding 8 and scoring zero.

Moldova 1-4 Israel 31/03/21

Moldova 1-0 Azerbaijan 06/06/21

Moldova 0-2 Austria 01/09/21

Moldova 0-4 Denmark 09/10/21

Moldova 0-2 Scotland 12/11/21

Moldova latest away form

There is really no performance to go by when it comes to Moldova travelling, as they have lost all the ten recent match away in all competitions. Zero points in ten matches is not a good record, having conceded 15 goals and scored only two in their last recent five matches.

Denmark 8-0 Moldova 28/03/21

Turkey 2-0 Moldova 03/0621

Scotland 1-0 Moldova 04/09/21

Faroe Islands 2-1 Moldova 07/09/21

Israel 2-1 Moldova 12/10/21

Austria news

Austria head coach would be expected to resist temptation of making wholesale changes to his first XI for this match, because they have no injury concerns from their victory over Israel on Friday. Louis Schaub scored twice off bench and could join Marcel Sabitzer, Marko Arnautovic and David Alaba.

Moldova news

Radu Ginsari the laeding goalscorer in the squad with seven would be featuring in the final third, as Moldova is again expected to line up in 3-5-2 formation on Monday. Ion Nicolaescu is expected to feature in the attacking area, as Artur Ionita would line up again in the midfield.

Prediction and Odds

The struggling Moldova side have found it difficul to compete in this section, and it could be really difficult to find any reason of backing them up for a win. Austria have advantage to be at home with superior quality all over the pitch and are most likely going to overpower their opponents.

Odds: 1 1.45 X 3.0 2 4.50