FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Austria vs Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

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Austria
  • 77': Michael Gregoritsch
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1 - 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 12': Haris Tabakovic

About

Austria are hosting Bosnia and Herzegovina at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Wien, Austria, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Offside, Austria. Konrad Laimer is caught offside.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Patrick Wimmer (Austria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Phillipp Mwene with a cross.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high.
  • 10': Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Philipp Lienhart (Austria).
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Esmir Bajraktarevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amar Memic.
  • 11': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Phillipp Mwene.
  • 11': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Konrad Laimer.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Amar Memic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 12': Goal! Austria 0, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1. Haris Tabakovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amar Memic following a corner.
  • 14': Esmir Bajraktarevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 14': Foul by Phillipp Mwene (Austria).
  • 15': Attempt missed. Ivan Sunjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Haris Tabakovic.
  • 15': Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 20': Delay in match (Austria).
  • 20': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 21': Benjamin Tahirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Patrick Wimmer (Austria).
  • 29': Offside, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Esmir Bajraktarevic is caught offside.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Esmir Bajraktarevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Nicolas Seiwald (Austria) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nikola Vasilj (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
  • 35': Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Kevin Danso (Austria).
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Philipp Lienhart (Austria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christoph Baumgartner.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Xaver Schlager (Austria) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 41': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Dennis Hadzikadunic.
  • 43': Amar Memic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 43': Foul by Konrad Laimer (Austria).
  • 43': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Konrad Laimer (Austria) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 45': VAR Decision: No Goal Austria 0-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Amar Memic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is too high.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Austria 0, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.
  • 45'+4': Konrad Laimer (Austria) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45': Second Half begins Austria 0, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.
  • 46': Foul by Arjan Malic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 46': Xaver Schlager (Austria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Patrick Wimmer (Austria) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Phillipp Mwene with a cross.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Patrick Wimmer (Austria) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 54': Foul by Dennis Hadzikadunic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 54': Marko Arnautovic (Austria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Dennis Hadzikadunic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 54': Delay in match because of an injury Marko Arnautovic (Austria).
  • 55': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 56': Foul by Benjamin Tahirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 56': Konrad Laimer (Austria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Dennis Hadzikadunic.
  • 58': Delay in match because of an injury Xaver Schlager (Austria).
  • 59': Substitution, Austria. Michael Gregoritsch replaces Patrick Wimmer.
  • 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 63': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Armin Gigovic replaces Haris Tabakovic.
  • 64': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 64': Xaver Schlager (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Handball by Emir Karic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Xaver Schlager (Austria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Phillipp Mwene.
  • 68': Substitution, Austria. Romano Schmid replaces Xaver Schlager.
  • 69': Substitution, Austria. Stefan Posch replaces Phillipp Mwene.
  • 69': Delay in match because of an injury Emir Karic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 71': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nihad Mujakic replaces Emir Karic because of an injury.
  • 75': Handball by Stefan Posch (Austria).
  • 76': Attempt missed. Nihad Mujakic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tarik Muharemovic with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  • 77': Goal! Austria 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
  • 80': Delay in match because of an injury Marko Arnautovic (Austria).
  • 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 81': Foul by Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 81': Philipp Lienhart (Austria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 82': Substitution, Austria. Alessandro Schöpf replaces Marko Arnautovic.
  • 82': Handball by Arjan Malic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 83': Esmir Bajraktarevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Foul by Marcel Sabitzer (Austria).
  • 84': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Samed Bazdar replaces Arjan Malic.
  • 84': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kerim Alajbegovic replaces Ivan Sunjic.
  • 84': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Amir Hadziahmetovic replaces Benjamin Tahirovic.
  • 84': Offside, Austria. Michael Gregoritsch is caught offside.
  • 88': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Dennis Hadzikadunic.
  • 89': Attempt blocked. Kerim Alajbegovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Nikola Vasilj (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Assisted by Philipp Lienhart.
  • 90': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Nikola Vasilj.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Amir Hadziahmetovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Marcel Sabitzer (Austria).
  • 90'+3': Foul by Dennis Hadzikadunic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 90'+3': Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Sead Kolasinac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Austria 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Austria 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 4
2 Saves 0
30.3 Possession 69.7
8 SHOTS 10
1 ON GOAL 3
0.1 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
196 Accurate Passes 551
280 Passes 637
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 5
9 Crosses 28
0.1 Cross % 0.2
50 Long Balls 43
13 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 2
11 Effective Tackles 11
19 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
9 Interceptions 7
57 Effective Clearances 36
57 Clearances 36

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Venue: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Location: Wien, Austria
Attendance: 48,000

WCQ - UEFA Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Austria 8 +18 19
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 +10 17
3 Romania 8 +9 13
4 Cyprus 8 0 8
Full Table

Line-Ups

AUT Austria (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Alexander Schlager (GK)
3 Kevin Danso
15 Philipp Lienhart
16 Phillipp Mwene
20 Konrad Laimer Yellow Card
19 Christoph Baumgartner
4 Xaver Schlager
6 Nicolas Seiwald
7 Marko Arnautovic
9 Marcel Sabitzer
21 Patrick Wimmer
Austria Substitutes:
Alessandro Schöpf, Nikolaus Wurmbrand, Michael Gregoritsch, Leopold Querfeld, David Alaba, Marco Friedl, Nikolas Polster, Stefan Posch, Patrick Pentz, Marco Grüll, Romano Schmid, Florian Grillitsch.

BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Nikola Vasiljev (GK)
4 Tarik Muharemovic
3 Dennis Hadzikadunic Yellow Card
18 Emir Karic
23 Arjan Malic
6 Benjamin Tahirovic
14 Ivan Sunjic
15 Amar Memic
20 Esmir Bajraktarevic
11 Edin Dzeko
10 Haris Tabakovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina Substitutes:
Kerim-Sam Alajbegovic, Sead Kolasinac, Martin Zlomislic, Armin Gigovic, Samed Bazdar, Ivan Basic, Dario Saric, Amir Hadziahmetovic, Osman Hadzikic, Nihad Mujakic.

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