World Cup Qualifiers: 2-0, 31-year-old Inter Milan veteran Arnautovic fired twice, leading the team with 18 points.

The Cyprus team, ranked 125th in the world, ushered in the seventh round of the first group stage of the European preliminaries. Cyprus will face the Austrian team, ranked 24th in the world, at its home court.

Cyprus ranked fourth in Group H with 8 points before the game, 5 points behind the second-placed Bosnia and Herzegovina. Therefore, the Cyprus team has been eliminated early and missed the US-Canada-Mexico World Cup. The Austrian team leads Group H with 15 points before the game, 2 points ahead of the second-placed Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Austrian team is obviously the favorite to qualify directly from Group H. In the last five meetings between the two sides, Austria has the upper hand because Austria defeated the Cyprus team four times in those five meetings. Therefore, before the game, more than 80% of the fans were full of confidence that Austria would defeat the Cyprus team as a guest.

In the 17th minute of the first half, Baumgartner made a penalty kick. The 36-year-old Inter Milan player Anautovic hit the penalty kick to help Austria take the lead.

In the 10th minute of the second half, Danso made a wonderful pass, and Anautovic turned offside and reached the right side of the penalty area. He then dunked a defensive player and calmly pushed the shot successfully to help Austria expand its lead with another victory.

In the end, Austria defeated Cyprus and avoided two consecutive defeats in the World Cup preliminaries. After the game, Austria continued to lead Group H with 18 points, 2 points ahead of the second-placed Bosnia and Herzegovina.