Austria v Germany Betting Preview – 2nd June 2018
Austria produced a disappointing World Cup 2018 qualification campaign in what was a competitive group. They are running in a nice streak of positive form at the moment though so this could be a good work out against their neighbours. Germany will be heading to the 2018 World Cup to launch a title defence but they will go into this one without having won a match for a while.
Austria v Germany Betting Tips
Austria couldn’t do enough to get themselves to the 2018 World Cup, as they were beaten out in their group by Serbia and Ireland who took the top two spots respectively. A bit more was expected of Austria after their solid Euro 2016 qualification campaign. It all just fell a bit flat for them, but with that said at the end of the March international break, they recorded a big win over Luxembourg which left Austria with five straight wins. During the sequence of wins they got one against their World Cup qualification group winners Serbia and then beat Uruguay in an international friendly. So there are some positives which Austria could take looking forward to their Euro 2020 qualification campaign. So they could make Germany work hard on the night, however Austria are underdogs and that is because they have a poor head to head against their neighbours. Two of the last four meetings between Austria and Germany has seen the Germans run out 2-1 winners and in the bet365 correct score market, a repeat 2-1 scoreline for Germany is 7/1 odds* (Betting Odds taken at 11:37 p.m. on May 28th, 2018).
Germany have won the last nine meetings between themselves and Austria so that’s pretty hot form they have going, and that is from both competitive and friendly fixtures. They were together in the World Cup 2014 qualification and Germany took wins in both of the matches against the Austrians. In eight of their last nine games against Austria, Germany have produced at least two goals and so it is worth considering over 2.5 goals which is at 3/4 odds with bet365* (Betting Odds taken at 11:37 p.m. on May 28th, 2018). There is a trend as each of the last four between Germany and Austria have ended up over the goal line. Germany are actually going into the game without a win in any of their last four fixtures D3 L1, but they have certainly been giving themselves tests because those four fixtures were against England, France, Spain and Brazil. The loss was against the Selecao in their last outing and that was Germany’s first defeat since their Euro 2016 exit. Germany will be wanting to get a little bit of momentum going ahead of their title defence at Russia 2018.
Austria v Germany Betting Odds*
Germany 1/2, Draw 10/3, Austria 5/1* (Betting Odds taken from bet365 at 9:21 p.m. on May 28th, 2018)
Austria v Germany Predictions
This should be a good contest as the Germans need to find a way to get a bit of momentum going having not won in four games. Austria may pose a threat as they have produced some positive results recently, but this is where Germany need to step things up so back the visitors to win by a one goal margin.
