Rep. Of Ireland vs 01.10.26 18:452 – 2Full Time
Austria — UEFA Nations League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match report
Parrott double not enough as Austria fight back to draw at Aviva Stadium
Republic of Ireland and Austria shared four goals in a UEFA Nations League League B meeting at Aviva Stadium, the hosts twice leading before Austria clawed back to level at 2-2. The result left Hallgrímsson's side third in the group table on four points, while Rangnick's Austria sit top with seven points from three games.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Troy Parrott put Ireland ahead after 12 minutes, finishing from an assist by Adam Idah, and doubled the lead from the penalty spot right on the stroke of half-time to send the sides in with the hosts 2-0 up. Austria were far better in the second half, Alexander Prass pulling one back in the 71st minute from a Patrick Wimmer assist before Michael Gregoritsch levelled six minutes later to make it 2-2.
Austria dominated possession with 58 per cent of the ball and produced 16 shots to Ireland's nine, seven of them on target compared to three for the hosts, reflecting the pressure that eventually yielded their equaliser. Ireland held firm for long periods but could not see out the advantage built in the opening 45 minutes.
Troy Parrott scored both of Ireland's goals, including a first-half penalty, to finish with a match rating of 8.2.
Austria's dominance in the second half was underlined by their 16 shots to Ireland's nine over the course of the match.
Rep. Of Ireland and Austria drew 2–2 (half-time 2–0).
Rep. Of Ireland met Austria in the UEFA Nations League (League B - 3). Kick-off was Thursday, 1 October 2026, 18:45 UTC at Aviva Stadium. Referee: Allard Lindhout.
Team pages: Rep. Of Ireland · Austria · UEFA Nations League
Key moments
- 12' Goal: Troy Parrott (assist: Adam Idah) — 1–0 · Watch Troy Parrott's goal video (12')
- 45' Goal (penalty): Troy Parrott — 2–0 · Watch Troy Parrott's goal video (45')
- 71' Goal: Alexander Prass (assist: Patrick Wimmer) — 2–1 · Watch Alexander Prass's goal video (71')
- 77' Goal: Michael Gregoritsch — 2–2 · Watch Michael Gregoritsch's goal video (77')
Starting line-ups
Rep. Of Ireland (3-4-2-1)
Austria (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Rep. Of Ireland 34%, the draw 25%, Austria 41%. It finished Rep. Of Ireland 2–2 Austria.
Austria's rating edge outweighs Rep. Of Ireland's home ground — Austria are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Austria's 41%. The draw at 25% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Austria at 41%?
Austria sit 142 points higher on our strength rating — 1686 to 1828. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 40.0% of 13,726 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 26–26–48.
Why only 41%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 41% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 25% and Rep. Of Ireland at 34%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.6%. These teams' recent games average 3.2 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,776. The goals environment takes 2.4 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Austria have averaged 11 percentage points more possession than Rep. Of Ireland in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Austria scored +0.38 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,822 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 41.4% vs 42.4% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Rep. Of Ireland vs Austria final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Nations League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Troy Parrott's goal against Austria (12').
- Watch Troy Parrott's goal against Austria (45').
- Watch Alexander Prass's goal against Rep. Of Ireland (71').
- Watch Michael Gregoritsch's goal against Rep. Of Ireland (77').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Rep. Of Ireland 2–2 Austria. Explore more on the Rep. Of Ireland and Austria team pages or the UEFA Nations League page.