Match Report
Austria went into the game 4th in the table on 4 points; Croatia sat 1st on 13 — a 9-point gap. Austria's recent output lagged their position: 46th on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Austria were scoring 1 and conceding 1.67, Croatia 1.33 and 1, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Croatia arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Austria 4/15, Croatia 13/15.
Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Wien, capacity 53,008, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.