Austria vs Jordan Prediction and Betting Preview | World Cup June 16

Austria vs Jordan Preview

Did you know…In the early 2000s, GoldSheet had a sister publication named European Soccer Weekly?! Long before every European soccer (cough football) match was broadcast in the US on ESPN, Peacock and Paramount, Bruce Marshall and Co. were breaking down the action on the pitch. We offer some thoughts on Tuesday night’s Austria vs Jordan matchup in Group J from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

Austria vs Jordan Odds

Game Time	Tuesday June 16 at 12am ET / 9pm PT
Location	Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California
TV	FS1
Austria	-280
Jordan	+800
Draw	+410
Total	2.5 Goals (o -128 / u +104)

Odds above courtesy of FanDuel as of June 16.

Austria’s Current Form

Roster cohesion is a tough thing to monitor in international soccer because players and managers are constantly on the move at the club level. A quick look at Austria’s roster wouldn’t suggest that there is too much synergy between players, but anyone that has followed this squad knows that couldn’t be farther from the truth.

What do energy drinks and soccer have in common? The answer is Ralf Rangnick. Austria’s manager was named Director of Football at Red Bull in 2012, and his preferred style of high-pressing play spread from the Austrian Bundesliga (Red Bull Salzburg) to the German Bundesliga (RB Leipzig) to the international stage.

A manager and team inspired (and funded) by an energy drink corporation plays exactly the way you think it would: A feverish press that forces turnovers and looks to create as many transition scoring opportunities as possible.

Several players on this Austrian squad have risen through the Red Bull academies and now play at some of the top clubs in Europe. When they rejoin the Austrian national team, they know exactly how Rangnick wants to play. During World Cup qualification, Austria tied with Spain for most possessions won in the opponents’ third of the field.

Attacking midfielder Christoph Baumgartner, who has 19 international goals for Austria and is a student of Rangnick’s teachings RB Leipzig, will miss this match with a thigh injury.

Austria beat Tunisia and South Korea by identical 1-0 scores in the two friendlies leading up to this tournament. During qualification, Austria maintained a 64.2-percent possession rate and that number will likely be higher in this matchup against Jordan.

Jordan’s Current Form

Baumgartner’s injury will be important to monitor as Austria progresses in this tournament, but perhaps no team is dealing with more injury concerns than Jordan entering this event. Ibrahim Sabra, Yazan Nue’imat and Adham Qurashi are all expected to miss this tournament, and that trio was projected to be Jordan’s primary attacking unit.

Nue’imat scored four goals in seven matches for Jordan in the Asian Cup, while Sabra is quickly climbing the European club ranks at Lokomotiv Zaghreb. For a team that was already lacking firepower on offense, those absences are a major storyline for Jordan heading into this opening match.

Austria vs Jordan Prediction

We are interested in Austria to keep a clean sheet. Aside from the injury concerns to Jordan’s attack, the Jordanians are going to struggle to maintain possession in this contest.

In Austria’s final tune-up against Tunisia, Konrad Laimer got a red card in the 37th minute and the Austrians had to play 10 vs 11 for the final hour of the match. Not only did Austria win that match 1-0, they maintained 59-percent of the possession in the process.

Jordan is likely going to have very few scoring opportunities in this matchup. At the time of posting, Austria to keep a clean sheet is available at:

• Caesars -115
• BetMGM -115
• FanDuel -118
• DraftKings -125

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