Spain vs. Austria: Head-to-head record and past meetings | World Cup 2026

The SoFi Stadium successful Ingelwood is the venue for Thursday's World Cup 2026 last-32 lucifer betwixt Spain and Austria.

La Roja eased into the knockout rounds of the contention acknowledgment to their first-placed decorativeness successful Group H, claiming 7 points from 3 matches against Saudi Arabia, Cape Verde and Uruguay.

Meanwhile, Austria made it done successful 2nd spot successful Group J down Argentina with 4 points, but had Sasa Kalajdzic not scored a 96th-minute equaliser successful a 3-3 gully with Algeria, Das Team would person been eliminated.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look astatine the head-to-head grounds and erstwhile meetings betwixt the 2 sides.

Spain vs. Austria: Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 16

Spain wins: 9

Draws: 3

Austria wins: 4

Meetings betwixt Spain and Austria were unsurprisingly commonplace successful the 20th century, but the 2 nations person seldom crossed paths since, lone clashing 3 times post-2000.

The astir caller of those battles took spot successful 2009, erstwhile an Austria squad boasting a teenage David Alaba were battered 5-1 by the European champions, acknowledgment to goals from David Villa (2), Cesc Fabregas, Dani Guiza and Jordi Pablo.

That triumph marked Spain's ninth from their erstwhile 16 showdowns with Austria, who person lone beaten La Roja 4 times down the years, portion different 3 contests person ended level.

Austria's astir caller affirmative effect successful this head-to-head was a 1-1 stalemate successful a 2002 World Cup qualifier, earlier Spain made amends with a 4-0 triumph aboriginal successful the cycle, partially acknowledgment to a Fernando Morientes brace.

However, that triumph was obscurity adjacent La Roja's astir emphatic implicit Austria, arsenic Spain obliterated Das Team 9-0 successful March 1999 during a Euro 2000 qualifier, arsenic Real Madrid fable Raul helped himself to 4 goals.

That effect marks Spain's joint-fourth biggest triumph of each time, but Austria prevailed successful the astir notable gathering betwixt the 2 nations up until now, earning a 2-1 occurrence successful the archetypal radical signifier of the 1978 World Cup.

The 2 countries served up different 2 nine-goal fests backmost successful the day, arsenic Spain triumphed 6-3 successful a 1959 friendly, anterior to which the Austrians earned a thrilling 5-4 triumph successful 1936.

However, Spain spell into the last-32 lucifer having won 4 and drawn 1 of their past 5 battles with Austria, since losing 3-2 successful a 1990 accumulation match.

Spain vs. Austria: Previous 16 meetings

Nov 18, 2009: Austria 1-5 Spain (friendly)

Sep 01, 2001: Spain 4-0 Austria (World Cup Qualifying)

Oct 11, 2000: Austria 1-1 Spain (World Cup Qualifying)

Sep 04, 1999: Austria 1-3 Spain (European Championship Qualifying)

Mar 27, 1999: Spain 9-0 Austria (European Championship Qualifying)

Mar 28, 1990: Spain 2-3 Austria (friendly)

Oct 14, 1987: Spain 2-0 Austria (European Championship Qualifying)

Apr 01, 1987: Austria 2-3 Spain (European Championship Qualifying)

Nov 20, 1985: Spain 0-0 Austria (friendly)

Sep 23, 1981: Austria 0-0 Spain (friendly)

Jun 03, 1978: Austria 2-1 Spain (World Cup)

Oct 30, 1960: Austria 3-0 Spain (friendly)

Nov 22, 1959: Spain 6-3 Austria (friendly)

Jan 19, 1936: Spain 4-5 Austria (friendly)

Sep 27, 1925: Austria 0-1 Spain (friendly)

Dec 21, 1924: Spain 2-1 Austria (friendly)

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