Fifa World Cup Qualifiers: Wales vs Austria Player Ratings as Wales get a hard-fought 2-1 victory

Fifa World Cup Qualifiers: Wales vs Austria Player Ratings as Wales get a hard-fought 2-1 victory

Wales vs Austria: Wales squared off against Austria at the Cardiff City Stadium in the World Cup 2022 Qualifiers.

Both the teams started the match in same rhythm with opportunities falling on both ends. However, Gareth Bale was able to score a sublime freekick to open the scoring for Wales in the 1st half.

In the 2nd half as well, Wales dominated in the beginning and again Gareth Bale was bale to score another goal for Wales. However, after this Austrian team came into life and Marcel Sabitzer was able to pull one back with the help of a huge deflection. Austria fought till the end but the match ended 2-1 in favour of Wales.

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Let’s take a look at the player ratings for Wales vs Austria match:-

Wales vs Austria Player Ratings

Wales

Wayne Hennessey (6.3/10): The goalkeeper was not troubled much throughout the march but did make saves from time to time.

Ben Davies (6.4/10): The centre-back was solid in the backline and made some good stops and challenges to win the ball back.

Joe Rodon (6.3/10): The defender was defensively fairly good tonight making some good block and clearances. He also made some progressive passes.

Connor Roberts (6.4/10): The right-back was positioned well throughout the match and made some good runs both with and without the ball.

Ethan Ampadu (6.5/10): The centre-back was very good tonight making some good interceptions and blocks and also making some long passes.

Aaron Ramsey (6.4/10): The central midfielder was fairly good on the ball and made some good passes and carried the ball well.

Joe Allen (6.4/10): The midfielder was also good on the ball and got into good areas to make through balls or passes.

Neco Williams (6.3/10): The right-back was good on the ball and made some good runs with the ball and made some crosses.

Harry Wilson (6.2/10): The winger made some good runs both with and without the ball and was fairly involved in the game.

Gareth Bale (8.4/10): The forward was absolutely sensational tonight as he scored a sublime free kick to get the opening goal for Wales and also scored another beautiful goal. Apart from this, he was quite involved in the game as well.

Daniel James (6.6/10): The forward used his pace to exploit the defense of Austria and made some good passes and got into attacking areas.

Substitutes:

Brennan Johnson: N/A

Chris Mepham: N/A

Austria

Heinz Lindner (5.6/10): The goalkeeper was fairly pro active in front of the goal and made some saves but was scored passed twice by Wales.

Aleksandar Dragovic (6/10): The centre-back was fairly olid making blocks and tackles but could have been much more attentive in the defence.

Martin Hinteregger (6.2/10): The centre-back was solid in the defense making good blocks and interceptions and was able to make good passes.

David Alaba (6.2/10): The left-back could not do much in the field apart from making some runs and putting some crosses into the box.

Nicolas Seiwald (6/10): The right-back was able to get on to the ball in certain areas and made some runs and passes as well.

Stefan Lainer (6.3/10): The midfielder was good on the ball making some good passes and some interceptions as well. He assisted the goal for Austria.

Konrad Laimer (5.9/10): The midfielder had a decent performance tonight making some good passes and also carrying the ball well into certain areas.

Christoph Baumgartner (5.5/10): The midfielder got a few opportunities to score but could not capitalize. Moreover his foul led to a free kick which was scored.

Xaver Schlager (5.8/10): The midfielder got into some good areas and made some passes but could not do much apart from that.

Marko Arnautovic (5.6/10): The striker did get a couple of opportunities in the 1st half but his performance faded away as the game went on.

Marcel Sabitzer (7/10): The attacking midfielder was able to score a goal with a huge deflection to pull one back for Austria and he was quite involved in the game.

Substitutes:

Sasa Kalajdzic (5.5/10): He played a few passes and was fairly involved in the game. HE also made a few interceptions.

Andreas Weimann: N/A

Valentino Lazaro: N/A

Michael Gregoritsch: N/A

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