Comments and predictions for Bosnia vs Austria: Last-minute escape
The match between Bosnia vs Austria in the World Cup qualifiers takes place at 1:45 a.m. on September 10. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Bosnia vs Austria team information
Coach Barbarez is considering whether to continue with captain Edin Dzeko partnering Ermedin Demirovic in attack or add a midfielder when facing the strongest opponent in the group. Bosnia is missing many key players: Anel Ahmedhodzic is again out, Arjan Malic and Sead Kolasinac are injured, and Ermin Bicakcic is left out due to not having a club.
Dzenis Burnic or Amar Dedic will fill in at left-back, while Stjepan Radeljic and Adrian-Leon Barisic will partner at centre-back; Austrian-born Jusuf Gazibegovic will take the right-back position.
On the Austrian side, the defence welcomed back captain David Alaba after a meniscus injury, while goalkeeper Alexander Schlager also returned from a wrist injury. However, Maximilian Wober and Gernot Trauner remained absent, while Stefan Posch was suspended.
Up front, Marko Arnautovic remains the first choice, while Andreas Weimann and Michael Gregoritsch will be ready to come off the bench.
Latest expected lineup Bosnia vs Austria
Bosnia-Herzegovina:Vasilj; Gazibegovic, Barisic, Radeljic, Burnic; Hajradinovic, Tahirovic, Sunjic, Memic; Demirovic, Dzeko
Shirt:A. Schlager; Laimer, Lienhart, Alaba, Mwene; X. Schlager, Seiwald; Schmid, Baumgartner, Sabitzer; Arnautovic
Latest football commentary on Bosnia vs Austria
Bosnia extended their winning run by comfortably thrashing San Marino 6-0 on Saturday, although it wasn't until the 70th minute that they really exploded after Edin Dzeko's second goal. It was their fourth straight win in Group H.
Starting with two wins in March, Bosnia continued to maintain their advantage with a victory over San Marino in June, also thanks to Dzeko's only goal.
Bosnia's aim is to make their second World Cup finals appearance since 2014. They currently top their group, ahead of Romania and Austria, although Austria have a game in hand and are three points behind.
Coach Sergej Barbarez has overcome the initial difficult period and now facing Austria is the biggest challenge. If he wins, Bosnia will have the right to decide the top position.
Austria started late due to their participation in the Nations League play-offs last season, but have since been on a constant chase against Bosnia. In five meetings this century, Austria have only beaten Bosnia once.
The head-to-head matches against their rivals will decide whether they top the group or have to settle for a play-off spot. Ralf Rangnick's side have won all three: beating Romania 2-1, beating San Marino 4-0 after just half an hour, and most recently beating Cyprus 1-0 thanks to a Marcel Sabitzer penalty.
After a positive performance at last year's Euros, Rangnick is under huge pressure to get Austria back to the World Cup for the first time since 1998, so between now and November they cannot afford to make any mistakes.
Latest score prediction Bosnia vs Austria
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Bosnia vs Austriaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Bosnia 2-1 Austria
- WhoScore:Bosnia 1-1 Austria
- Our newspaper predicts:Bosnia 1-1 Austria
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