We investigate the Euro 2016 match, including kick-off time, venue, group news, TV calendar and quotes on the ball.
Should competition debutants Iceland achieve the knockout phases of Euro 2016 by securing the outcome they require against Austria on Wednesday, much credit will go to a dental practitioner and a film chief. Iceland, with a populace of around 330,000, are the littlest nation ever to meet all requirements for the Euros, yet have been unflinching by their giving a role as minnows, holding Portugal and Hungary to 1-1 attracts Group F through flexible showcases.
That implies a win, or maybe another draw, against Austria, will place Iceland into the thump out stages, a children's story result which could make for an astounding motion picture script. Goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson would be the perfect judge of that, having ended his movie vocation to wind up a full-time proficient in 2014, first in Norway and after that the Netherlands. Joint-mentor Heimir Hallgrimsson, who will take sole charge of the group when co-mentor Lars Lagerback resigns this late spring, keeps up a dental surgery in a residential community in Iceland.
At the point when DOES ICELAND V AUSTRIA KICK-OFF? WHERE IS IT BEING PLAYED? The amusement starts at 5pm UK time (6pm neighborhood time) at the Stade de France in Paris. By what method CAN I WATCH ON TV? The BBC will show the match on the Red Button in the UK, with scope beginning at 4.00pm. Global viewers can see their alternatives here. Group NEWSGylfi Sigurdsson, who scored six of Iceland's 17 objectives in qualifying and additionally a punishment against Hungary, is prone to again accomplice Aron Gunnarsson in focal midfield. Aggressive chief Gunnarsson has disregarded a crotch harm.
For Austria, star turns David Alaba and Marko Arnautovic have yet to make any impression in assault however are liable to be held, while mentor Marcel Koller must choose whether to hazard Marc Janko. Janko, scorer of seven objectives in qualifying, was shockingly overlooked against Portugal, despite the fact that Koller consequently uncovered the striker was battling for wellness. David Alaba, in the mean time, will be sent further up the contribute in the wake of being a protective part against Portugal.
Chief QUOTESIceland joint-mentor Heimir Hallgrimsson: "In the event that somebody had given us the alternative of having this position before the competition we would have readily taken it. We've done entirely well despite the fact that we have been pushed back. We've made some great risks so perhaps that is the path against Austria, to stay back and let them come... They appear to be a tiny bit ailing in the two amusements they've played. How about we trust it will continue...They have better than average association however they additionally have okay people and that is a deadly mix." Austria mentor Marcel Koller: "[If Ronaldo's punishment in the second match] had gone in we could have returned home to Austria. Ronaldo had some odds, yet we adapted well against a player like him.
After the last amusement we were baffled and now the fact of the matter is distinctive. You require self-assurance and we got that against Portugal. Presently we can water this plant. [on David Alaba's battles to have an effect against Portugal] it was troublesome for Alaba in this new position, however I think he did that well, with (winger) Martin Harnik they shut down numerous positions in resistance. Alaba did what he should. He helped the side, upheld his partners."
MATCH FACTS
Iceland and Austria have met only three times already; Austria won one of those diversions while the staying two both finished in a draw.
There have been only five objectives scored in those three amusements between the sides, with Austria netting three times to Iceland's two.
The latest apparatus between these two countries came in May 2014 as the sides shared a 1-1 draw, graciousness of an objective each from Austria's Marcel Sabitzer and Iceland's Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
Austria have lost every one of the three of their visits to the Stade de France (1-2 v Italy in the 1998 World Cup, 0-1 v France in 2007, 1-3 v France in 2009).
Iceland's lone past visit to the Stade de France finished in a 3-2 rout against France in October 1999. Eidur Gudjohnsen went ahead as a second-half substitute in that diversion.
Austria have not advanced from the gathering phase of a noteworthy competition since achieving the second round at the 1982 World Cup; they've following been disposed of at the gathering stage at the World Cup in 1990 and 1998 and at EURO 2008.
Iceland have just lost once over their last eight aggressive matches (W3 D4).
In their last diversion Austria kept their first clean sheet at a noteworthy competition since 1982 versus Algeria, they had yielded no less than one objective in each of the 13 amusements from that point forward.
None of Austria's last 32 shots at the European Championships have found the back of the net.
Following two match days no side had confronted a greater number of shots than Iceland (38) or Austria (37), the most and joint second generally separately.
Iceland have arrived at the midpoint of only 28% ownership and made only 298 effective passes so far in the opposition, the most reduced of any group after the initial two match days.
Five of Gylfi Sigurdsson's last seven objectives for Iceland have originated from the punishment spot.
David Alaba has found a colleague with only 52 of 73 (71%) endeavored passes so far for Austria. His passing precision in the Bundesliga in 2015/16 was 92%.
Live Streaming: Iceland vs Austria LIVE at 5pm on Wednesday
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