Scotland's goal
🙌 Two goals in two games for Lyndon Dykes.#AUTSCOpic.twitter.com/BofSkkllHk — Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) September 7, 2021
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Valuable victory
Scotland are still in with a chance after an away win against an Austria side that will most likely not qualify for the World Cup.
End game
Austria 0-1 Scotland.
93'
Alaba's free kick goes over the top of the goal.
91'
Austria goal disallowed for offside.
90'
Add 4 more minutes.
89'
Austri's Dragovic is cautioned.
88'
In Nisbet and Ferguson
Out Gilmour and Adams, changes for Scotland.
Kara enters and Laimer comes out, Austria changes.
81'
Griillitsch's service inside the area is headed into the goalkeeper's hands.
80'
Adams with a cross shot that goes wide.
79'
Griillitsch's shot from inside the box is blocked by the goalkeeper, and then from a corner kick, Scotland is saved from the first.
77'
Ulmer and Demir on the field
Schaub and Florian Grillitsch came off the field.
Austria substitutions
O'Donell came off and McGinn came on for Scotland.
74'
A counter-attack that Arnautovic can't finish inside the box.
70'
Dykes suffers a bad foul and is replaced by Christie.
61'
Foul and free kick for Scotland that goes too high.
57'
Grant Hanley has been cautioned.
56'
Stefan Ilsanker is out and Michael Gregoritsch is in for Austria.
46'
The second half begins between Austria and Scotland.
Half time
Austria 0-1 Scotland.
45+2'
Laimer with a shot that passes close in a play where a penalty was claimed.
45'
Three minutes will be added.
44'
Alaba with the service that is cut off by the defense. Corner kick.
37'
Arnautovic with the shot with his back turned, although he had already been penalized for offside.
33'
The rebound fell to Griillitsch, who shot from outside the box but found no luck.
30'
SCOTLAND GOAL
Dykes with a shot down the middle to open the scoring.
27'
After reviewing the VAR, there is a penalty kick in favor of Scotland.
25'
Hinteregger is fouled and cautioned.
22'
The referee has no more patience and cautions Adams after several fouls.
18'
Instead of heading the ball into the net, Arnautovic headed the ball back to the penalty spot where there was no teammate.
16'
Strong foul by Dykes that is already sanctioned by the referee.
15'
Baumgartner's shot from half distance goes wide of the goal.
9'
Adams' header is saved by the Austrian goalkeeper.
7'
Adams with the shot that goes just wide, but Austria has been more insistent.
4'
Laimer's back-heel is denied by Scotland's defense.
0'
The match between Austria and Scotland kicks off.
Minutes away
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Little history
Since 1954 they have only met on five occasions where Scotland has failed to win with a record of two draws and three defeats.
Scotland Substitutes
12 Liam Kelly
11 Ryan Christie
16 Liam Cooper
22 Paul McGinn
21 Zander Clark
15 Declan Gallagher
14 Scott McKenna
17 Lewis Ferguson
18 David Turnbull
19 Kevin Nisbet
Austria Substitutes
2 Andreas Ulmer
12 Heinz Lindner
11 Michael Gregoritsch
23 Florian Kainz
1 Alexander Schlager
18 Alessandro Schöpf
15 Philipp Lienhart
5 Stefan Posch
22 Philip Mwene
14 Dejan Ljubicic
9 Yusuf Demir
21 Ercan Kara
The last victory
Austria's last home win came against the Faroe Islands on March 28 with a 3-1 victory.
How Austria arrived
A few moments ago, the home team, Austria, arrived at the stadium to try to make their home advantage count.
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— ÖFB - oefb.at (@oefb1904) September 7, 2021
XI Escocia
1 Gordon, 6 Tierney, 5 Hanley, 13 Hendry, 3 Robertson, 8 McGregor, 4 Glimour, 2 O'Donnell, 7 McGinn, 9 Dykes, 10 Adams.
XI Austria
Bachmann, 16 Trimmel, 3 Dragovic, 4 Hinteregger, 8 Alaba, 20 Laimer, 10 Griillitsch, 6 Ilsanker, 17 Schaub, 19 Baumgartner, 7 Arnautovic.
The first game
These teams opened the play-offs on matchday 1 in Scotland, where they shared a 2-2 draw.
The outlook
Both teams are on five points, 10 points behind leaders Denmark, so if they fail to win this afternoon, their chances of qualifying directly will vanish.
Start
Austria and Scotland are playing for their lives to still have a chance of qualifying for the World Cup. We begin with coverage of the game.
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What time is Austria vs Scotland match for World Cup Qualifiers?
This is the start time of the game Austria vs Scotland of 7th September in several countries:
Argentina: 3:45 PM
Bolivia: 2:45 PM
Brazil: 3:45 PM
Chile: 2:45 PM
Colombia: 1:45 PM
Ecuador: 1:45 PM
USA (ET): 2:45 PM in TUDN
Spain: 8:45 PM
Mexico: 1:45 PM in Sky Sports
Paraguay: 3:45 PM
Peru: 1:45 PM
Uruguay: 3:45 PM
Last games
These teams played the first date of the playoffs last March with a 2-2 draw in Scotland; Grant Haley and John McGinn scored for the home team, while Saša Kalajdžić scored a brace for the visitors.
Key player Scotland
Lyndon Dykes comes from being the hero by scoring Scotland's only goal against Moldova in the last encounter, so the QPR player will have to continue to be sharp in front of goal.
Key player Austria
Real Madrid's David Alaba is the driving force of this team in midfield due to his good technique, depth and ability to reach the opponent's goal, points that could make the difference in this match.
Last roster Scotland
1 Craig Gordon, 5 Grant Hanley, 6 Kieran Tierney, 13 Jack Hendry, 7 John McGinn, 4 Billy Gilmour, 11 Ryan Christie, 3 Andy Robertson, 22 Nathan Patterson, 19 Kevin Nisbet, 9 Lyndon Dykes.
Last roster Austria
13 Daniel Bachmann, 3 Aleksandar Dragovic, 4 Martin Hinteregger, 5 Stefan Posch, 10 Florian Grillitsch, 20 Konrad Laimer, 8 David Alaba, 22 Philip Mwene, 7 Marko Arnautovic, 19 Christoph Baumgartner, 18 Alessandro Schöpf.
Scotland: salvaging points
Under the same conditions is Scotland, a country that has only five points in the group and is also 10 points behind the leader Denmark; however, it arrives motivated after defeating Moldova 1-0 at home.
Austria: taking advantage of home advantage
Despite a good Euro, Austria is on the ropes to reach the World Cup and will have to take advantage of the five remaining games to try to get at least to the re-qualification. They have just lost 5-2 to Israel.
The Kick-off
The Austria vs Scotland match will be played at the Ernst Happel Stadium, in Viene, Austria. The kick-off is scheduled at 2:45 pm ET.
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