1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Austria - Latvia
2:1 (1:1)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 358 | 09 November 1996 | Vienna / Ernst Happel Stadium | 01:00 | 15700 |
- Toni POLSTER (AUT) 43',
- Vits RIMKUS (LVA) 44',
- Andreas HERZOG (AUT) 73'
Goals scored
Austria
- Michael KONSEL (GK)
- Markus SCHOPP
- Peter SCHOETTEL
- Anton PFEFFER
- Goran KARTALIJA
- Andreas HERAF
- Adolf HUETTER (-59')
- Arnold WETL
- Toni POLSTER
- Andreas HERZOG
- Peter STOEGER (-59')
Line-up
- Franz WOHLFAHRT
- Heimo PFEIFENBERGER
- Dietmar KUEHBAUER (+59')
- Stephan MARASEK
- Michael HATZ
- Herfried SABITZER
- Dieter RAMUSCH (+59')
Substitute(s)
Latvia
- Olegs KARAVAJEVS (GK)
- Igors TROICKIS
- Vitalijs ASTAFJEVS
- Mihails ZEMLINSKIS
- Juris SHEVLJAKOVS
- Igors STEPANOVS
- Valerijs IVANOVS
- Imants BLEIDELIS
- Vits RIMKUS
- Vladimirs BABICEVS (-65')
- Andrejs STOLCERS
Line-up
- Arturs ZAKRESEVSKIS
- Sergei IVANOVS
- Aleksandrs STRADINS
- Rolands BULDERS
- Marians PAHARS (+65')
- Aleksandrs JELISEJEVS
- Raimods LAIZANS
Substitute(s)
- Vits RIMKUS (LVA) 62'
- , Igors TROICKIS (LVA) 75'
- , Andrejs STOLCERS (LVA) 80'
Cautions
- Igors STEPANOVS (LVA) 61'
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Milan MITROVIC (SVN) | |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |
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