Matchday

World Cup Qualification, UEFA 2026 · 18 Nov 2025

Austria 1–1 Bosnia & Herzegovina

Picked for matchday: Two strong sides · Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 16% · Standout: Kerim Alajbegović scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Esmir Bajraktarević

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Oct 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.5 – 0.8
Actual xG
–
Goals
1 – 1

Footybot made Austria favourites at 73%.

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Phillipp Mwene, 96.7 in 69′.

Well above their usual level: Phillipp Mwene +52.6, Amar Memić +29.5, Arjan Malić +27.3.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Austria

15 Nov 2025W 2–0at Cyprus World Cup Qualification UEFA
12 Oct 2025L 0–1at Romania World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Oct 2025W 10–0v San Marino World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Sep 2025W 2–1at Bosnia & Herzegovina World Cup Qualification UEFA
6 Sep 2025W 1–0v Cyprus World Cup Qualification UEFA

Bosnia & Herzegovina

15 Nov 2025W 3–1v Romania World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Oct 2025D 2–2at Cyprus World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Sep 2025L 1–2v Austria World Cup Qualification UEFA
6 Sep 2025W 6–0at San Marino World Cup Qualification UEFA

Head to head

9 Sep 2025Bosnia & Herzegovina 1–2 Austria World Cup Qualification UEFA

Austria

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Phillipp Mwene Midfielder6900–96.7+52.6
Kevin Danso Defender9000–76.7+21.1
Philipp Lienhart Defender9000–72.6+21.9
Marko Arnautović Forward8200–61.6+12.4
Xaver Schlager Midfielder6800–56.9−2.2
Patrick Wimmer Midfielder5900–55.0+8.7
Konrad Laimer Defender9000–51.0+1.4
Nicolas Seiwald Midfielder9000–49.7+0.2
Christoph Baumgartner Midfielder9000–45.1−5.2
Alessandro Schöpf Midfielder800–44.0–
Alexander Schlager Goalkeeper9000–43.5−6.7
Marcel Sabitzer Midfielder9000–42.4−5.9
Michael Gregoritsch Forward3110–39.4–
Romano Schmid Midfielder2200–36.4–
Stefan Posch Defender2100–31.5–

Bosnia & Herzegovina

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Kerim Alajbegović Midfielder1100–100.0–
Amar Memić Midfielder9001–80.5+29.5
Arjan Malić Defender8400–74.0+27.3
Haris Tabaković Forward6310–72.6+16.9
Tarik Muharemović Defender9000–68.2+10.6
Esmir Bajraktarević Forward9000–67.2+1.8
Dennis Hadžikadunić Defender9000–66.3–
Benjamin Tahirović Midfielder8400–59.1+9.3
Nikola Vasilj Goalkeeper9000–50.5+3.0
Edin Džeko Forward9000–50.1−2.0
Ivan Šunjić Midfielder8400–45.1+2.0
Amir Hadžiahmetović Midfielder1100–44.6–
Emir Karić Defender7100–44.4+2.7
Armin Gigović Midfielder2700–43.4–
Nihad Mujakić Defender1900–41.5–
Samed Baždar Forward1100–41.1–