Cyprus vs Austria 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

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0 - 2

18': Marko Arnautovic (P)
55': Marko Arnautovic

Introduction

Cyprus are hosting Austria at Alphamega Stadium, Kolossi, Cyprus, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

Match Commentary

18': Goal! Cyprus 0, Austria 1. Marko Arnautovic (Austria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
45': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Second Half begins Cyprus 0, Austria 1.
55': Goal! Cyprus 0, Austria 2. Marko Arnautovic (Austria) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin Danso.
61': Substitution, Austria. Michael Gregoritsch replaces Marko Arnautovic.
61': Substitution, Austria. Patrick Wimmer replaces Xaver Schlager.
65': Substitution, Cyprus. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Loizos Loizou.
65': Substitution, Cyprus. Ioannis Kosti replaces Anderson Correia.
65': Substitution, Cyprus. Stélios Andreou replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
70': Andreas Shikkis (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Substitution, Cyprus. Nikos Koutsakos replaces Charalampos Charalampous.
85': Substitution, Austria. Marco Friedl replaces Christoph Baumgartner.
88': Substitution, Cyprus. António Fóti replaces Marinos Tzionis.
90': Substitution, Austria. Marco Grüll replaces Marcel Sabitzer.
90': Substitution, Austria. Nikolaus Wurmbrand replaces Romano Schmid.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Cyprus 0, Austria 2.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Venue: Alphamega Stadium
Location: Kolossi, Cyprus
Attendance: 6,012

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+18	Austria	7	18	1
+8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	13	1
+5	Romania	6	10	2
0	Cyprus	8	8	4

Full Table

Statistics

AUT		CYP
15	Fouls	13
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
3	Corner Kicks	6
0	Saves	4
63	Possession	37
12	SHOTS	4
6	ON GOAL	0
0.5	On Target %	0.0
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
505	Accurate Passes	232
584	Passes	327
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.7
3	Accurate Crosses	4
14	Crosses	18
0.2	Cross %	0.2
48	Long Balls	67
25	Accurate Long Balls	22
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
1	Blocked Shots	1
12	Effective Tackles	10
20	Tackles	18
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
2	Interceptions	8
27	Effective Clearances	13
27	Clearances	13

Line-Ups

Cyprus (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
12	Fabiano (GK)
3	Nikolas Panagiotou
15	Christos Shelis
8	Ioannis Kousoulos
7	Anderson Correia
2	Andreas Shikkis
20	Grigoris Kastanos
5	Charalampos Charalampous
21	Marinos Tzionis
17	Loizos Loizou
10	Pieros Soteriou

Substitutes:

Charis Kyriakou, Nikolas Koutsakos, Petros Ioannou, Neophytos Michael, António Fóti, Stelios Andreou, Andronikos Kakoulis, Evangelos Andreou, Giannis Satsias, Hector Kyprianou, Joël Mall, Ioannis Kosti.

Austria (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Alexander Schlager (GK)
3	Kevin Danso
15	Philipp Lienhart
20	Konrad Laimer
5	Stefan Posch
19	Christoph Baumgartner
4	Xaver Schlager
6	Nicolas Seiwald
7	Marko Arnautovic
9	Marcel Sabitzer
18	Romano Schmid

Substitutes:

Leopold Querfeld, Alexander Prass, Patrick Pentz, Alessandro Schöpf, Nikolas Polster, Marco Grüll, Marco Friedl, Florian Grillitsch, Michael Gregoritsch, Nikolaus Wurmbrand, Raul Florucz, Patrick Wimmer.