Cyprus vs Austria Predictions

• Cyprus’s two wins in their last nine games both came against San Marino
• Austria have won seven of their eight matches against Cyprus
• Cyprus have scored twice in each of their last four home games

Austria almost in the finals

Ralf Rangnick is on the verge of taking Austria to the World Cup finals for the first time since 1998, but it may not be completely plain sailing when his team head to Cyprus on Saturday.

The home side are already guaranteed to be watching the summer extravaganza from the sidelines, but they have shown their mettle in home matches and are unlikely to make things easy

Austria have already realised that a game against Cyprus is not an open goal as they needed a Marcel Sabitzer penalty to earn a 1-0 win when the teams met in October, but we can expect the Cypriots to be a little more proactive now they are back on their own patch.

Cyprus are positive at home

Austria will punch their ticket for the finals if they win and Romania do them a favour against Bosnia and they look the most likely winners having come out on top of five of their World Cup qualifiers.

However, Cyprus drew 2-2 at home to both Romania and Bosnia and they can make their mark again, so an odds-against price about both teams scoring is worth a punt, while those looking for a correct-score interest are pointed to a 2-1 away win.