Israel - Austria

[RichieRich]

04.09. - 20:45 CET
EUROPE: World Cup - Qualification

The Austrians are not playing bad football at all as we could see in the European tournament or at the Euro. I believe Austria can score in this game.
Austria is a country that has gone up significantly in the last few years, which is confirmed by their results. They managed to beat North Macedonia (3:1) and won against Ukraine (1:0) in the group stage at the Euro. They lost only to the Netherlands and could thus start to enjoy advancing from the group stage. Unfortunately for them, they met the later winner of the whole tournament, Italy, who managed to knock out Austria after extra time.
Austria has 7 points as Israel and a score of 7:7 after 4 matches in WC qualification to Qatar. They won against Faroe Islands (3:1) and Moldova (2:0), draw 2:2 with Scotland a lost to Denmark (0:4).

Israel is probably not the favourite, but I wouldn't underestimate them too much, they have quite fast and skilful players, led by a great striker Eran Zahavi, who scored a hattrick in the last match againt Faroe Islands.
Israel has no problems with scoring goals in matches. This fact is confirmed by their results. In the last World Cup qualifying match they managed to score 4 goals against Faroe Islands and in the end, Israel won 4:0. They also did very well in the second to last qualification match, in which they managed to score 4 goals against Moldova, Israel won 4:1. In the second match, they draw 1:1 with Scotland and in the first match, the lost to Denmark (0:2).
Israel has 7 points and a score of 9:4 after 4 games. They are currently in 2nd place behind Denmark.

H2H:
Austria 3:1 Israel (EURO - qualification / 2019)
Israel 4:2 Austria (EURO - qualification / 2019)

My bet:
Over 2.5 goals and Both Teams to Score - Yes @ 2.30 (bet365)

 

[Giovanni]

From their results; the Israelis are a bit better, but the Austrians are higher in class. In general, it’s better not to bet on the winner, so the goals are the best option. We should expect each team to score at least once and to score a lot in total. I'm sure this game won't be boring.

I am joining! Good Luck

 

[RichieRich]

My bet:
Over 2.5 goals and Both Teams to Score - Yes @ 2.30 (bet365)

After first half:
Israel 3:1 Austria = Bet is OK

Austria scored to make it 1:1 in the 8th minute, but VAR got involved and disallowed the goal for handball.
Israel already led 3-0 after 33 minutes of play, so all we needed for our bet was a goal from the visitors, and fortunately it came before the end of the first half.

 

[RichieRich]

Full time:
Israel 5:2 Austria
too pity that I didn't bet on more goals

btw: @Giovanni exactly as you wrote, this match really wasn't boring