Austria 3-1 Jordan - 2026 World Cup Match Report and Player Ratings

Jordan Make History With Debut World Cup Goal in Austria Defeat

Jordan didn't win the day, but may have won a few hearts as they netted their first-ever World Cup goal in a tense, cagey affair with heavy favourites Austria.

They were undone by an own-goal by Yazan Abu Al-Arab in the end, turning a corner beyond his own goalkeeper on accident, which added to a brilliant goal by Ali Iyad Olwan which had equalised a screamer from Romano Schmid.

The result leaves Jordan 3rd in Group J and Austria in 2nd after Argentina's Messi-inspired 3-0 thrashing of Algeria earlier in the night.

Austria 3-1 Jordan As It Happened

The match got off to the expected tempo, with Austria dominating possession, but that didn't happen before Ehsan Haddad came close with a shock early Jordanian chance. The defender was found free from a difficult angle on the right of the box, but sent his under-pressure effort into the side netting.

Austria would re-take their expected dominance and threw a chance into the air for lengthy striker Sasa Kalajdzic from the left wing, but the big man couldn't get a proper connection on the header and sent it straight into the arms of Yazeed Yazeed Abulaila.

But from absolutely nothing and in a game in need of a spark, Romano Schmid took aim from all of 25 yards to devastating effect. Having been found by Xaver Schlager on a brilliant counter-attack from Austria, the winger took one touch to set himself before wrapping a sensational effort into the top corner from distance for one of the goals of the tournament so far.

Halftime Score - Austria 1-0 Jordan

As the second half got underway, Jordan did what they could to try and get onto the front foot against an Austria side that had dominated the ball and created little. At their first proper chance of making something from that, they scored their first-ever World Cup goal with serious style as Ali Olwan made history for the nation of Jordan.

It was a quick counter that did the trick, and eventually led to Olwan's 30th goal for his nation and the very biggest of the bunch. He did it alone after he picked the ball up near the halfway line, driving forward with pace and purpose before taking a small step inside and bending a beauty past a helpless Alex Schlager in the Austrian net.

Despite having such a strong land-share of the ball, Austria were actually doing less with the majority they held - at the hour mark, they had attempted just six efforts on goal, hitting the target once, whilst the underdogs had gone for it 10 times and hit the target with four.

Austria would mount an attack eventually, swinging a cross in from the left through substitute Paul Wanner that Abulaila came for and didn't claim. He fell to the floor in discomfort whilst fellow Austrian sub Carney Chukwuemeka smashed a resultant good chance into the converging white shirts on the line.

Ralf Ragnick's men turned to their record scorer, Marko Arnautovic, to add a spark to the spearhead of the attack not found in Kalajdzic in the first half. That move almost paid dividends with a little over 20 minutes to go, as the former Stoke City striker found the net in a scrappy manner.

A corner came in from the left flank that Abulaila once again flapped at, leading to it falling at the feet of Stefan Posch. It took a knick off of his upper arm on it's way through to Arnautovic, who struck the ball home from close range through the packed box.

However, the finish did not survive a scrutinous VAR assessment, with referee Dahane Beida of Mauritania overruling what had initially been given as a goal.

But Austria would not be denied of their ascension back to the lead for much longer, and it came from another corner routine from Ragnick's men. The delivery from the left was excellent again from Sabitzer with Arnautovic the repeat target. In his desperate attempt to stop him heading on goal, FC Seoul defender Yazan Abu Al-Arab inadvertently deflected the delivery into his own net for an unfortunate concession of the goal to put Austria back in front.

Arnautovic got a big chance to settle the issues as stoppage time began, latching onto a fortunate flick through the Jordan defence to get through against Abulaila and strike on goal, but this time Jordan's stopper was equal to the effort.

Then at the last, with mere seconds remaining of the fixture, Arnautovic broke into room after some good passing play from Wanner and struck an effort at goal that took a deflection from the arm of a Jordan defender. A very swift VAR review - much swifter than the last - confirmed the decision, which allowed Arnautovic to finally step up and hit home the goal his introduction had warranted.

There were no further twists to an intriguing slower match from this World Cup, and Austria got their campaign started with a winning result. The scoreline flattered them, though, and they will be hoping for a more convincing run of things against the likes of Argentina and Algeria.

Full-time Score - Austria 3-1 Jordan

Austria Player Ratings

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• Alexander Schlager (5)

• Stefan Posch (7)

• Philipp Lienhart (6)

• David Alaba (7)

• Phillipp Mwene (6)

• Xaver Schlager (8)

• Nicolas Seiwald (6)

• Romano Schmid (8)

• Marcel Sabitzer (8)

• Konrad Laimer (7)

• Sasa Kalajdzic (5)

• Marko Arnautovic (7)

• Kevin Danso (6)

• Carney Chukwuemeka (5)

• Paul Wanner (7)

• Patrick Wimmer (6)

Jordan Player Ratings

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• Yazeed Yazeed Abulaila (4)

• Ehsan Haddad (5)

• Abdallah Nasib (6)

• Yazan Abu Al-Arab (4)

• Mo Abualnadi (7)

• Mohannad Abu Taha (6)

• Nizar Al Rashdan (5)

• Noor Al-Rawabdeh (6)

• Mousa Tamari (6)

• Odeh Fakhouri (7)

• Ali Iyad Olwan (8)

• Saleem Obaid (5)

• Saed Al-Rosan (6)

• Mahmoud Al Mardi (5)

• Mohammad Al-Daoud (N/A)

• Ali Al-Azaizeh (N/A)

Man of the Match - Marcel Sabitzer

It wasn't the prettiest of games by any sense of the word, but the Dortmund man had a decent impact upon it.

His set-piece deliveries were a constant thorn in a constantly-worked Jordan defence and were the eventual catalyst to the winning own-goal. Pair that nicely with some sharp play down the left and through the centre (at times) and you are left with a solid enough performance to start your World Cup with.

Bad Day at the Office - Yazeed Yazeed Abulaila

I feel like I'm often choosing goalkeepers here. I do apologise for that, but it does apply here.

Abulaila couldn't have caught a cold this evening, I'm afriad. He flapped at one effort and feigned injury whilst Austria almost scored, did so again as Austria did but got it chalked off and was flat-footed for both of their goals (albeit the odds were against him).