Kick-off: 2000, 15/07/2022
Stadium: Brighton & Hove Community Stadium
TV: BBC
Austria and Norway collide in a winner-takes-all Group A clash with a place in the quarter-finals at UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 at stake.
After a narrow 1-0 loss to England, Austria beat Northern Ireland 2-0 while Norway were thumped 8-0 by the hosts having opened with a 4-1 win against the Irish.
Irene Fuhrmann’s Austria just need to avoid defeat to advance to the last eight and a draw at 3.60 is our opening Austria Women vs Norway Women prediction.
Austria Women Odds
Goals from Katharina Schiechtl and Katharina Naschenweng helped Austria bounce back from being beaten by England with victory over Northern Ireland.
Goalkeeper Jackie Burns kept Northern Ireland in the contest until the final two minutes by superbly tipping Barbara Dunst’s lofted effort on to the crossbar, but Naschenweng added to Schiechtl’s first-half opener to put the result beyond doubt.
The jubilation extended to the post-match press conference of Fuhrmann, which her players joyously gate-crashed aided by music blaring from a portable speaker.
Player of the match Dunst said: “What you just witnessed, that is us, that is who we are and we have a lot of great personalities on the team, who are obviously having a lot of fun.
“The younger generation has been part of the team from the very first day and the older players, they are role models and they also act as what they are, showing everybody that every piece of the team is as important as the other one.”
Looking at the Austria Women vs Norway Women odds, the home side can take advantage of any lack of confidence in the Norway team and score the first goal at 2.30.
Norway Women Odds
Two-time European champions Norway outclassed Northern Ireland in their opener but were then put to the sword by England.
The hosts recorded the biggest win in the competition’s history as they won 8-0 at the Amex Stadium on Monday night.
Martin Sjogren had said pre-match his team were “definitely” underdogs but how things played out was some shock to the system for the side ranked three places below England at 11th in the world.
Sjogren said: “It’s not easy to put into words. Of course everyone felt devastated about the way we looked.
“I really, really feel terrible for the players’ sake, to be out there and to be beaten by England 8-0 in a game we had been looking forward to for quite some time.
“We had a good feeling before the game, we thought we had a good plan, and I thought we played well the first 10 minutes, but then after that, the last 80 minutes was more or less horrible to be honest.”
Norway must win if they are to advance as group runners-up but a score draw at 4.40 completes our Austria Women vs Norway Women betting tips.
Additional stats
Last result:
AUSTRIA 2-0 Northern Ireland – Schiechtl, Naschenweng
England 8-0 NORWAY
Head-to-head: Norway 2-2 Austria, Austria 0-1 Norway
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