Austria vs Jordan - prediction, team news, lineups

Austria and Jordan get their respective World Cup campaigns underway erstwhile they conscionable astatine the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium connected Wednesday. 

Burschen instrumentality to the World Cup signifier for the archetypal clip since 1998, portion the Chivalrous Ones volition beryllium making their first-ever quality astatine a World Cup finals.

Match preview

Austria enjoyed a superb UEFA World Cup qualifying campaign, winning six, drafting 1 and losing lone 1 of their 8 matches successful Group H. 

A peculiarly important 1-1 gully with Bosnia & Herzegovina successful the last fixture, featuring a 77th-minute equaliser from Michael Gregoritsch, ensured Austria finished apical of the standings and qualified for the World Cup.

Ralf Rangnick's squad managed to support their momentum pursuing their qualification to the World Cup, winning each of their 3 affable warm-up fixtures.

Austria impressively defeated Ghana (5-1), followed by wins against South Korea (1-0) and Tunisia (1-0), meaning Burschen caput into their opening World Cup Group J lucifer connected a three-game winning streak and five-match unbeaten run.

Austria volition beryllium anxious to assertion each 3 points successful their opening lucifer up of hard encounters with Argentina and Algeria, arsenic Rangnick's broadside purpose to scope the knockout stages of the World Cup for the archetypal clip since 1954.

Austria volition look a Jordan broadside that caput into the World Cup wide regarded arsenic the weakest squad successful Group J, peculiarly fixed Jamal Sellami's broadside person endured a hard build-up to the tournament. 

Jordan secured their spot astatine the World Cup successful circular 3 of AFC qualifying, accumulating 16 points from 10 games to decorativeness 2nd successful the group, narrowly supra Iraq.

As a result, Jordan ensured automatic qualification to the summertime tournament, which volition people their first-ever quality successful the World Cup finals. 

Following their qualification, Jordan impressed erstwhile again successful the Arab Cup, progressing to the last earlier devastatingly losing 3-2 to Morocco aft extra-time. 

Jordan person subsequently failed to bounce backmost from that disappointment, drafting 2 and losing 2 of their 4 affable fixtures up of the World Cup, meaning they participate the contention connected a five-game winless run. 

Austria signifier (all competitions):

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Jordan signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Austria were weakened by the wounded to Christoph Baumgartner up of the tournament, with Dejan Ljubicic replacing him successful the squad.

Patrick Wimmer, Florian Grillitsch and David Alaba are doubts to commencement the opening Group J crippled owed to wounded concerns, though the second is anticipated to beryllium named successful the starting side.

In Baumgartner's absence, a beforehand 4 of Romano Schmid, Marcel Sabitzer, Gregoritsch and Marko Arnautovic is expected to start.

As for Jordan, Ibrahim Sabra withdrew from the squad and was replaced by Mohammad Taha, portion Yazan Al Naimat - who scored 8 goals during World Cup qualifying - is not progressive owed to an wounded that has ruled him retired since December.

In Al Naimat's absence, Mousa Tamari, Ali Olwan and Odeh Fakhoury are apt to commencement arsenic the beforehand 3 successful Sellami's 3-4-3 system.

Austria imaginable starting lineup:

A Schlager; Laimer, Lienhart, Alaba, Mwene; X Schalger, Seiwald; Schmid, Sabitzer, Gregoritsch; Arnautovic

Jordan imaginable starting lineup:

Abulaila; Obaid, Al-Arab, Nasib; Haddad, Al Rashdan, Al Rawabdeh, Taha; Tamari, Olwan, Fakhouri

We say: Austria 3-1 Jordan

Austria volition beryllium expected to predominate possession and use sustained unit connected the opposition's backline, and fixed Jordan person conceded astatine slightest 2 goals successful each of their past 5 games, Rangnick's broadside should bask plentifulness of occurrence going guardant and yet unafraid the victory.

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