1
Spain
21
2
France
22
3
England
20
4
Turkey
17
5
Albania
15
6
Belgium
20
7
Hungary
18
8
Denmark
22
9
Romania
22
10
Portugal
30
11
Scotland
17
12
Netherlands
18
13
Italy
14
14
Croatia
16
15
Czechia
15
16
Austria
19
17
Serbia
14
18
Slovenia
22
19
Switzerland
17
20
Slovakia
22
21
Norway
11
22
Greece
13
23
Ukraine
14
24
Wales
12
25
Poland
11
26
Sweden
10
27
Montenegro
11
28
Finland
18
29
Israel
15
30
Luxembourg
17
31
Georgia
8
32
Republic of Ireland
6
33
FYR Macedonia
8
34
Armenia
8
35
Moldova
10
36
Azerbaijan
7
37
Lithuania
6
38
Kazakhstan
18
39
Belarus
12
40
Iceland
10
41
Cyprus
0
42
Gibraltar
0
43
Malta
0
44
Latvia
3
45
Faroe Islands
2
46
Estonia
1
47
Bulgaria
4
48
Northern Ireland
9
49
Kosovo
11
50
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9
51
San Marino
0
52
Andorra
2
53
Liechtenstein
0
This Sunday’s Euro 2020 Qualifier in Haifa comes from Group G. It sees two sides who will at least view qualification as a possibility meet, although both Israel and Austria are still awaiting their first victories after one game. Defeat for either here would leave them with a huge amount of work to do over the rest of the campaign.
Israel drew 1-1 at home to Slovenia in their opening match on Thursday night. It was a reasonable start but they would have been keen to win one of their opening two fixtures with home advantage so they’ll be gunning for three points here. Poland are the favourites to win this group which could potentially leave as many as four teams jostling for 2nd.
Austria will certainly expect to be one of those sides and they did make it to the most recent European Championship in 2016. However they’ve declined badly since then, making little impact on World Cup Qualifying while they finished 2nd to Bosnia in their Nations League group. Their bid to reach Euro 2020 started with a 1-0 home defeat to Poland on Thursday, which really ramps up the pressure on them here.
This promises to be a pretty even game but there isn’t any significant reason to fancy either to win it. Israel have only won 4 of their last 15 internationals. Their recent record in home qualifiers is poor with their only victories since 2014 coming against minnows Liechtenstein and Andorra. They have been more impressive at home in recent games, seeing off Albania and Scotland in the Nations League and their draw against Slovenia suggests they can get something out of what should be a comparable test.