Algeria vs Austria Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

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• Austria beat Algeria 2-0 in the second group game of the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Oviedo, Spain with goals from Walter Schachner and Hans Krankl – the teams’ only previous encounter.
• Algeria’s only victory in nine World Cup matches against European teams is their 2-1 win over Germany FR in their debut match at the 1982 finals. Their record in eight encounters since then is D3 L5.
• Algeria are aiming to reach the knockout rounds in a second successive World Cup participation having qualified from their group for the first time when they last featured in 2014.
• Algeria are seeking back-to-back World Cup wins for the first time.
• Only one of Algeria’s 15 World Cup matches has finished goalless.
• The victory against Jordan was the first time the Algerians have come from behind to triumph at the FIFA World Cup.
• Amine Gouiri has scored five goals across his last six international appearances.
• Austria are unbeaten in their two World Cup matches against African teams with their 2-0 victory over Algeria in 1982 followed by a 1-1 draw with Cameroon in 1998.
• None of Austria’s 31 World Cup matches have finished 0-0.
• Austria last qualified from a World Cup group in 1982, having progressed from the opening round in that edition when the tournament consisted of two group stages. They last qualified from a group to a knockout round at the 1954 finals.