1. National teams
  2. UEFA Nations League
Thu 1 Oct 2026

Republic of Ireland v Austria

33%Republic of Ireland
30%Draw
37%Austria

Too close to call.

Tested

Out of 100: Republic of Ireland 33, draw 30, Austria 37. No result stands out.

Forecast by Vesta, published Thursday 1 October 2026, 17:41 CEST on our social channels, before kickoff.

Final score 2–2: Vesta gave this result 30%. Not the favourite: a probability says how often, not which one.
3 or more goals41%
Both teams score48%
Expected goals1.1 v 1.2
Most likely score1-114% chance

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals89%
2 or more goals68%
3 or more goals41%
4 or more goals21%
5 or more goals9%

Exactly

0 goals11%
1 goal21%
2 goals27%
3 goals20%
4 goals12%
5 goals5%
6 or more goals3%

Goals by team

Tested
Republic of Ireland: 1 or more67%
Republic of Ireland: 2 or more30%
Republic of Ireland: 3 or more10%
Austria: 1 or more70%
Austria: 2 or more34%
Austria: 3 or more12%
Both teams score48%
At least one team does not score52%

Winning margin

Tested
Republic of Ireland by 3 or more4%
Republic of Ireland by 29%
Republic of Ireland by 119%
Draw30%
Austria by 121%
Austria by 211%
Austria by 3 or more5%

Result combinations

Tested
Republic of Ireland win or draw63%
Either team wins (no draw)70%
Austria win or draw67%

Clean sheets

Tested
Republic of Ireland keep a clean sheet30%
Austria keep a clean sheet33%
Republic of Ireland win without conceding19%
Austria win without conceding22%
No goals at all11%

The first goal

Model estimate
Republic of Ireland score first43%
Austria score first47%
No goals11%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1529%
Minutes 16-3020%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-757%
Minutes 76-90+6%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Republic of Ireland goals down, Austria goals across. The outlined one happened.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
010.511.27.12.90.90.2
110.314.17.93.21.00.2
25.97.24.71.80.50.1
32.22.71.60.70.2·
40.60.70.50.20.1·
50.10.20.1···

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half65%
A goal in the second half71%
Republic of Ireland ahead at half-time26%
Level at half-time46%
Austria ahead at half-time29%
Republic of Ireland win the second half27%
Second half level41%
Austria win the second half31%
More goals in the first half31%
More goals in the second half41%
Same goals in both halves29%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
Republic of Ireland ahead at half-time, Republic of Ireland win19%
Level at half-time, Republic of Ireland win12%
Austria ahead at half-time, Republic of Ireland win2%
Republic of Ireland ahead at half-time, draw5%
Level at half-time, draw20%
Austria ahead at half-time, draw5%
Republic of Ireland ahead at half-time, Austria win2%
Level at half-time, Austria win14%
Austria ahead at half-time, Austria win22%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
Republic of IrelandAustria

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works