The story
Austria beat Moldova 4-1 in the FIFA World Cup Qualification, matchday 10.
Austria's goals came from Marko Arnautovic (4', 55', pen), Christopher Trimmel (21') and Dejan Ljubicic (83'); Ion Nicolaescu (60') replied for Moldova.
It was 2-0 at half-time.
Austria had 64% of the ball and 17 shots to Moldova's 6.
Match stats
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Key moments
- 4' Marko Arnautovic Goal · Austria 1-0 Assist: Christopher Trimmel
- 21' Christopher Trimmel Goal · Austria 2-0
- 55' Marko Arnautovic Penalty · Austria 3-0
- 60' Ion Nicolaescu Goal · Moldova 3-1 Assist: Cristian Dros
- 83' Dejan Ljubicic Goal · Austria 4-1 Assist: Marcel Sabitzer
Line-ups
Austria
- Heinz LindnerGoalkeeper
- Christopher TrimmelDefender
- Philipp LienhartDefender
- Aleksandar Dragovicoff 82'Defender
- Andreas UlmerDefender
- Marcel SabitzerMidfielder
- Florian Grillitschoff 58'Midfielder
- Nicolas Seiwaldoff 72'Midfielder
- Louis Schauboff 58'Midfielder
- Marko ArnautovicForward
- Marco Grülloff 81'Forward
Moldova
- Stanislav NamascoGoalkeeper
- Veaceslav PosmacDefender
- Ioan-Calin RevencoDefender
- Ion JardanDefender
- Vadim Bolohanoff 88'Defender
- Artiom Rozgoniucoff 46'Defender
- Artur IonitaMidfielder
- Cristian DrosMidfielder
- Eugeniu Cociucoff 59'Midfielder
- Dan Spataruoff 85'Forward
- Artiom Puntusoff 59'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (6)
- 4' ⚽ Marko Arnautovicassist Christopher Trimmel
- 21' ⚽ Christopher Trimmel
- 55' ⚽ Marko Arnautovic (pen)
- 55' 🟨 Veaceslav Posmac
- 60' ⚽ Ion Nicolaescuassist Cristian Dros
- 83' ⚽ Dejan Ljubicicassist Marcel Sabitzer
Head to head
1Austria wins0Draws0Moldova wins

