Netherlands v Austria: What the stats say ahead Euro 2020 showdown
The Netherlands have won each of their last six matches against Austria, twice as many wins compared to their 13 previous encounters with the Austrians (W3 D4 L6). Austria’s last victory dates back to May 1990, in a pre-World Cup friendly in Vienna (3-2).
The last seven matches between the Netherlands and Austria have produced 30 goals, an average of 4.3 per game.
The Netherlands and Austria’s only previous encounter at a major tournament was in the second group phase of the 1978 World Cup. The Netherlands won 5-1 on their way to that year’s final.
Austria have always found the net when playing the Netherlands on their own soil (8 matches). However, only one of those eight matches has seen Austria prevail – it was in their first ever meeting, at Amsterdam’s Olympisch Stadion in December 1933 (0-1).
Netherlands have won each of their last 21 internationals across all competitions when scoring the opening goal, netting 66 times and conceding only seven times in those victories.
Austria ended a run of nine consecutive matches without a win at major tournaments (EUROs + World Cup) with their 3-1 win over North Macedonia. They last won consecutive games at a major tournament in the 1982 World Cup, winning their opening two group games.
Four of Austria’s five goals at the European Championships have been scored by substitutes, including two in their 3-1 win over North Macedonia. Austrian substitutes have scored with four of their 11 shots on target at the EUROs (36% conversion).
Memphis Depay has been directly involved in 48 goals in 65 appearances for the Netherlands (26 goals, 22 assists), 21 more than any other player since his debut in October 2013. However, Depay failed to score or assist in their 3-2 win over Ukraine after either scoring or assisting in each of his previous seven matches.
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Netherlands’ Georginio Wijnaldum has scored 15 goals in his last 26 appearances for his national team, after scoring just eight times in his first 50 games. The Netherlands have won 18 of the 19 matches when Wijnaldum has found the net (L1).
Austria forward Marko Arnautovic scored his 27th goal in his 89th international appearance in their 3-1 win over North Macedonia, with only five players scoring more goals in the history of the Austrian national team. Arnautovic also scored Austria’s last goal against the Netherlands, a penalty in a 3-1 defeat in a 2011 friendly.