Austria's emphatic 2-0 victory over Cyprus in World Cup qualifying demonstrated the visitors' superiority across all phases. Marko Arnautovic struck twice to secure the win, capitalising on Austria's dominant control; the away side possessed the ball for 63 per cent and generated 2.18 xG from twelve shots, six of which tested the Cyprus goalkeeper. The hosts, operating in a 4-1-4-1 shape, offered limited attacking threat with just four shots and 0.39 xG, managing no efforts on target despite their goalkeeper making five saves from six shots faced at a 66.67 per cent save rate. Austria's 4-2-3-1 setup proved sufficiently compact to nullify Cyprus's limited forays forward, with their goalkeeper facing minimal genuine danger. The result underscores Austria's credentials as qualification favourites in their group.
Read it this way: PSxG conceded is how dangerous the shots on target were, Goals conceded is how many actually went in, Goals saved is the gap between the two (higher is better, a minus means he should have saved more), and Save % is the share of on-target shots kept out.
Cyprus GK
PSxG conceded–
Goals conceded2
Save %66.7%
Austria GK
PSxG conceded0.00
Goals conceded0
Goals saved0.00
Cyprus's keeper kept out 67% of the shots on target, while Austria's keeper performed right in line with expectations.
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