UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Friday, March 24, 2023
Azerbaijan WWWWW 1
–
Austria LLLWW 4
1st2ndT
AZE011
AUT224
Raiffeisen Arena · 16,500 att.

Match Report

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Sabitzer double guides Austria to 4-1 victory over Azerbaijan

Marcel Sabitzer scored twice as Austria secured a comfortable 4-1 home win over Azerbaijan in their opening Euro 2024 Group F qualifier on Friday.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
11
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
8
8
Saves
2
48.5
Possession
51.5
5
SHOTS
25
3
ON GOAL
12
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
214
Accurate Passes
254
326
Passes
336
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
8
8
Crosses
24
0.1
Cross %
0.3
49
Long Balls
39
14
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
11
21
Tackles
16
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
14
31
Effective Clearances
10
31
Clearances
10

Head to Head

AUT leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

AUT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Heinz LindnerG
  2. 3Kevin DansoCD-L
  3. 23Gernot TraunerCD-R
  4. 2Maximilian WöberLB
  5. 16Phillipp MweneRB
  6. 9Marcel SabitzerCM-L
  7. 6Nicolas SeiwaldCM-R
  8. 21Patrick WimmerLM
  9. 20Konrad LaimerRM
  10. 11Michael GregoritschCF-L
  11. 19Christoph BaumgartnerCF-R

AZE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Yusif ImanovG
  2. 15Bakhtiyar HasanalizadaCD-L
  3. 4Bahlul MustafazadaCD-R
  4. 3Elvin CafarquliyevLB
  5. 6Hojjat HaghverdiRB
  6. 8Emin MakhmudovAM
  7. 20Richard AlmeidaLM
  8. 14Eddy SilvestreRM
  9. 9Renat DadachovF
  10. 11Ramil SheydaevAM-L
  11. 21Ozan KökcüAM-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Maximilian Wöber (Austria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Goal! Austria 1, Azerbaijan 0. Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christoph Baumgartner.
  3. 29' Goal! Austria 2, Azerbaijan 0. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.
  4. 32' Elvin Jafarguliyev (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 34' Substitution, Austria. Stefan Posch replaces Maximilian Wöber because of an injury.
  6. 45' Emin Mahmudov (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+3' Richard Almeyda (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 45' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Namiq Alasgarov replaces Ozan Kökcü.
  9. 45' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Azer Aliev replaces Elvin Jafarguliyev.
  10. 45' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Anton Krivotsyuk replaces Bakhtiyar Hasanalizada.
  11. 49' Eddi Israfilov (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 50' Goal! Austria 3, Azerbaijan 0. Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  13. 59' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Elvin Jamalov replaces Eddi Israfilov because of an injury.
  14. 64' Goal! Austria 3, Azerbaijan 1. Emin Mahmudov (Azerbaijan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Azer Aliev.
  15. 68' Substitution, Austria. Junior Adamu replaces Michael Gregoritsch.
  16. 68' Substitution, Austria. Florian Kainz replaces Patrick Wimmer.
  17. 69' Goal! Austria 4, Azerbaijan 1. Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcel Sabitzer with a cross following a corner.
  18. 74' Substitution, Austria. Andreas Ulmer replaces Gernot Trauner.
  19. 74' Substitution, Austria. Dejan Ljubicic replaces Marcel Sabitzer.
  20. 77' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Aleksey Isayev replaces Richard Almeyda.
  21. 81' Renat Dadashov (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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