Austria Women vs Northern Ireland Women Match Analysis and Prediction

Austria Women and Northern Ireland Women will be looking to claim a victory on Monday when they meet at St Mary’s, with both side having lost their respective opening games.

While Northern Ireland lost 4-1 to Norway in their opening game, Austria kicked off the tournament with a narrow 1-0 defeat to England.

Austria may have began their campaign with a defeat, but they were still able to pick up positives from Wednesday’s opening game against the tournament hosts.

After Beth Mead scored in the 16th minute, Irene Fuhrmann may have been concerned that her side were on their way to a heavy defeat. However, Austria put up a strong fight to ensure that England experienced a tough contest.

As a result of the narrow defeat, Fuhrmann’s side will be fully aware that if they are to have a realistic chance of advancing to the quarter-finals, then they must defeat Northern Irelan.

Having claimed victory in seven of their last nine matches, they Austria will be confident of beating a side that are ranked 21 places lower than them.

They will also draw inspiration from the 3-1 victory that they picked up against Northern Ireland in World Cup qualifying, which came only three months ago.

Northern Ireland made history on Thursday when they competed in their first-ever match at a major competition.

The first half proved to be a humbling experience for Kenny Shiels’ side, who conceded three goals inside 31 minutes before Julie Nelson pulled a goal back four minutes into the second half.

However, Guro Reiten ended Northern Ireland’s hopes of a comeback just five minutes later, when she found the bottom corner with a precise free kick.

Northern Ireland also face a tough test of reaching the knockout stages, but they will be hoping to end a run of five consecutive defeats.

Austria Women vs Northern Ireland Women head to head

The two teams have previously met on just two occasions in the World Cup Qualifiers, where Austria have claimed one victory while they have drawn once. Austria have scored five goals and conceded three in the process. They now meet for the first time in the UEFA Women’s Championship.

Northern Ireland 2-2 Austria 26/10/21

Austria 3-1 Northern Ireland 08/04/22

Austria Women latest home form

Austria have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Montenegro 4-0 in their last home game in a friendly. In their last five matches, they have scored 21 goals and conceded just three.

Austria 5-0 Luxembourg 22/10/21

Austria 3-1 Northern Ireland 08/04/22

Austria 8-0 Latvia 12/04/22

Austria 1-2 Denmark 12/06/22

Austria 4-0 Montenegro 22/06/22

Austria Women latest away form

Austria lost their last away game 1-0 to England in the UEFA Championship. However, they have recently been on a good run of form on the road, as they have won each of their previous four matches. In their last five matches, they have scored 18 goals and conceded just two.

Luxembourg 0-8 Austria 30/11/21

Romania 1-6 Austria 20/02/21

Switzerland 0-3 Austria 23/02/22

Belgium 0-1 Austria 26/06/22

England 1-0 Austria 06/07/22

Northern Ireland Women latest home form

Northern Ireland have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having lost each of their two most recent matches. They lost 5-0 to England in their last home game in the World Cup Qualifiers. In their last five matches, they have scored 14 goals and conceded nine.

Northern Ireland 9-0 North Macedonia 29/11/21

Northern Ireland 3-1 Faroe Islands 17/02/22

Northern Ireland 2-2 Switzerland 20/02/22

Northern Ireland 0-1 Romania 23/02/22

Northern Ireland 0-5 England 12/04/22

Northern Ireland latest away game

Northern Ireland have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having lost each of their three most recent matches. They lost 4-1 to Norway in their last away game in the UEFA Championship. In their last five matches, they have scored 14 goals and conceded 15.

England 4-0 Northern Ireland 23/10/21

North Macedonia 0-11 Northern Ireland 25/11/21

Austria 3-1 Northern Ireland 08/04/22

Belgium 4-1 Northern Ireland 23/06/22

Norway 4-1 Northern Ireland 07/07/22

Austria Women news

Should Fuhrmann opt for an unchanged side for this contest, then Carina Wenninger will continue to partner Viktoria Schnaderbeck in the centre of defence.

Nicole Billa will lead the line for her side, and the Hoffenheim forward will be hoping to open her account for the tournament on matchday two.

Northern Ireland Women news

Northern Ireland’s Simone Magill suffered a serious knee injury against Norway last time out, which will rule the 27-year-old out for the remainder of the tournament.

Kirsty McGuinness is likely to be Magill’s replacement, and she is expected to feature in a front three alongside Lauren Wade and Abbie Magee.

Prediction and Odds

Austria will definitely head into the contest as the favourites to come away with all three points despite their loss to England last time out.

Although Northern Ireland can expect a closer affair on Monday than they experienced in their group opener, we think they will again be edged out.

Odds: 1.89 2.00 2.88

Probable outcomes

Austria 2-0 Northern Ireland

Austria 2-1 Northern Ireland

Austria 3-1 Northern Ireland

Austria 4-2 Northern Ireland

Austria 2-2 Northern Ireland

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