UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Austria vs Sweden, 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Austria
  • 81': Christoph Baumgartner
  • 89': Christoph Baumgartner
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2 - 0
Sweden

    Baumgartner strikes late as Austria beat Sweden

    Austria midfielder Christoph Baumgartner scored two late goals to give his side a comfortable 2-0 home win over a stubborn but toothless Sweden in their Euro 2024 Group F qualifier on Tuesday.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Attempt missed. Junior Adamu (Austria) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michael Gregoritsch with a through ball following a fast break.
    • 3': Offside, Austria. Alexander Schlager tries a through ball, but Michael Gregoritsch is caught offside.
    • 5': Attempt missed. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Xaver Schlager.
    • 5': Attempt blocked. Alexander Isak (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Emil Forsberg.
    • 6': David Alaba (Austria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 6': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
    • 7': Attempt missed. Nicolas Seiwald (Austria) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stefan Posch with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
    • 10': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Junior Adamu.
    • 11': Attempt saved. Victor Lindelöf (Sweden) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Emil Forsberg with a cross.
    • 11': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Michael Gregoritsch.
    • 12': Alexander Isak (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 12': Foul by Stefan Posch (Austria).
    • 12': Stefan Posch (Austria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 14': Attempt saved. Emil Forsberg (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 24': Delay in match (Austria).
    • 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 28': Emil Forsberg (Sweden) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 28': Foul by Xaver Schlager (Austria).
    • 31': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
    • 31': Junior Adamu (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Attempt blocked. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefan Posch.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Phillipp Mwene (Austria) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Christoph Baumgartner.
    • 32': Delay in match because of an injury Isak Hien (Sweden).
    • 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 35': Attempt saved. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick Wimmer.
    • 36': Hand ball by Martin Olsson (Sweden).
    • 40': Attempt saved. Patrick Wimmer (Austria) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Xaver Schlager.
    • 40': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Robin Olsen.
    • 40': Attempt saved. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by David Alaba with a cross.
    • 41': Offside, Austria. Stefan Posch tries a through ball, but Junior Adamu is caught offside.
    • 41': Delay in match because of an injury Robin Olsen (Sweden).
    • 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Isak Hien.
    • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Xaver Schlager (Austria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Robin Olsen.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Patrick Wimmer following a corner.
    • 45'+1': Offside, Austria. Christoph Baumgartner tries a through ball, but Junior Adamu is caught offside.
    • 45'+3': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
    • 45'+3': Patrick Wimmer (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+4': Foul by Linus Wahlqvist (Sweden).
    • 45'+4': Patrick Wimmer (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+5': First Half ends, Austria 0, Sweden 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Austria 0, Sweden 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Austria. Marko Arnautovic replaces Junior Adamu.
    • 45': Substitution, Austria. Maximilian Wöber replaces Stefan Posch.
    • 45': Substitution, Sweden. Jesper Karlström replaces Albin Ekdal.
    • 46': Delay in match because of an injury Mattias Svanberg (Sweden).
    • 46': Delay in match because of an injury Maximilian Wöber (Austria).
    • 46': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Phillipp Mwene with a cross.
    • 47': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Robin Olsen.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) header from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 48': Attempt saved. Maximilian Wöber (Austria) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patrick Wimmer.
    • 50': Attempt missed. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christoph Baumgartner with a through ball following a fast break.
    • 55': Attempt saved. Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Samuel Gustafson.
    • 55': Foul by Patrick Wimmer (Austria).
    • 55': Isak Hien (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 56': Foul by David Alaba (Austria).
    • 58': Foul by Victor Lindelöf (Sweden).
    • 58': Xaver Schlager (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Substitution, Austria. Marcel Sabitzer replaces Patrick Wimmer.
    • 60': Foul by Mattias Svanberg (Sweden).
    • 60': Maximilian Wöber (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Maximilian Wöber.
    • 65': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Maximilian Wöber.
    • 66': Foul by Jesper Karlström (Sweden).
    • 66': Nicolas Seiwald (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Attempt saved. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Xaver Schlager with a cross.
    • 69': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
    • 69': Nicolas Seiwald (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Delay in match (Austria).
    • 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 71': Substitution, Austria. Florian Grillitsch replaces Xaver Schlager.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Florian Grillitsch (Austria) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
    • 72': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Robin Olsen.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Florian Grillitsch.
    • 76': Substitution, Sweden. Viktor Gyökeres replaces Alexander Isak.
    • 77': Substitution, Sweden. Jesper Karlsson replaces Emil Forsberg.
    • 78': Delay in match because of an injury Phillipp Mwene (Austria).
    • 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Florian Grillitsch (Austria) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 81': Goal! Austria 1, Sweden 0. Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner.
    • 86': Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Foul by Victor Lindelöf (Sweden).
    • 87': Substitution, Sweden. Viktor Claesson replaces Mattias Svanberg.
    • 87': Substitution, Sweden. Anthony Elanga replaces Dejan Kulusevski.
    • 89': Attempt saved. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christoph Baumgartner.
    • 89': Goal! Austria 2, Sweden 0. Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
    • 90': Foul by Jesper Karlström (Sweden).
    • 90': Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, Austria. Dejan Ljubicic replaces Christoph Baumgartner.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Maximilian Wöber (Austria).
    • 90'+3': Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Victor Lindelöf.
    • 90'+5': Hand ball by Philipp Lienhart (Austria).
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Austria 2, Sweden 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Austria 2, Sweden 0.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 6
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 3
    4 Corner Kicks 6
    11 Saves 3
    37.3 Possession 62.7
    4 SHOTS 21
    3 ON GOAL 13
    0.8 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    169 Accurate Passes 344
    253 Passes 425
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 6
    13 Crosses 24
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    48 Long Balls 56
    17 Accurate Long Balls 30
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    1 Blocked Shots 1
    3 Effective Tackles 6
    10 Tackles 12
    0.3 Tackle % 0.5
    6 Interceptions 6
    24 Effective Clearances 26
    24 Clearances 26

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
    Location: Wien, Austria
    Attendance: 46,300

    EURO Qualifying Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Belgium 8 +18 20
    2 Austria 8 +10 19
    3 Sweden 8 +2 10
    4 Azerbaijan 8 -10 7
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    AUT Austria (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    12 Alexander Schlager (GK)
    8 David Alaba
    15 Philipp Lienhart
    16 Phillipp Mwene
    5 Stefan Posch Yellow Card
    6 Nicolas Seiwald
    4 Xaver Schlager
    19 Christoph Baumgartner
    21 Patrick Wimmer
    11 Michael Gregoritsch
    22 Junior Adamu
    Austria Substitutes:
    David Schnegg, Romano Schmid, Maximilian Wöber, Patrick Pentz, Daniel Bachmann, Florian Kainz, Dejan Ljubicic, Kevin Danso, Karim Onisiwo, Marko Arnautovic, Florian Grillitsch, Marcel Sabitzer.

    SWE Sweden (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Robin Olsen (GK)
    3 Victor Lindelöf
    4 Isak Hien
    5 Martin Olsson
    2 Linus Wahlqvist
    8 Albin Ekdal
    18 Samuel Gustafsson
    10 Emil Forsberg
    19 Mattias Svanberg
    9 Alexander Isak
    21 Dejan Kulusevski
    Sweden Substitutes:
    Jesper Karlström, Anthony Elanga, Jesper Karlsson, Viktor Claesson, Robin Quaison, Hjalmar Ekdal, Kristoffer Olsson, Viktor Johansson, Viktor Gyökeres, Ken Sema, Jens Cajuste, Kristoffer Nordfeldt.

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