Match Report
In the standings it was Austria 1st on 13 points, Northern Ireland 4th on 2 — separated by 11. The last five rounds placed Northern Ireland no better than 49th for form, against 4th in the standings. Per game in the league, Austria were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1, Northern Ireland 0.67 and 1.83, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
Austria had won three straight. Northern Ireland were winless in 5. The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Austria against 2/15 for Northern Ireland.
Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Wien, capacity 53,008, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-1.