Austria vs. Turkey: Euro 2024 Round of 16 Odds, Prediction
Austria is coming off a sensational march to the top of the Group D table, capped by a narrow 3-2 victory over Netherlands and have now claimed victory in eight of their past 10 contests across all competitions. Turkey return to the knockout stage for the first time since their epic march to the semifinals at Euro 2008 after falling short of first place in Group F on tiebreakers. The Crescent Stars advanced on the strength of character victories over Georgia and Czechia after entering the tournament on a five-match winless streak.
One of the most improved squads in Europe in recent years, Austria have emerged as -105 favourites on Tuesday’s Euro 2024 odds while Turkey trail as a +290 bet. The odds of this contest being tied after 90 minutes sit at +240 while a wager on the total going OVER 2.5 is pegged at -115.
Austria vs Turkey Betting Odds
Tuesday afternoon’s matchup is the second meeting of this calendar year between these two teams and their first non-friendly clash since 2011. Austria dominated in 1 6-1 friendly victory in March and have now picked up at least a point in three of four head-to-head dates after losing their previous five meetings with Turkey. The Crescent Stars’ success at this year’s tournament flips the script on a previous dismal run in Euro action that featured losses in six of their previous seven tournament matchups while getting outscored by a wide 15-5 margin.
Austria
After dropping a heartbreaking 1-0 decision to France on an own goal in their Euro 2024 group stage opener, Austria rebounded with a pair impressive performances, scoring three goals in each of their victories over Polan and Netherlands. Overall, this squad has scored 22 total goals during their current 8-1-1 surge with 15 of those goals coming over their past five matches. Michael Gregoritsch emerged as the hero of Das Team’s recent rout of Turkey. The veteran forward tallied a hat trick in that contest and leads all players on Tuesday’s anytime goalscorer odds as +188 chalk despite failing to record a shot in the first three matches of this tournament. So far five different players have bulged the twine for Austria at the Euro including three members of this team’s veteran core, led by Marco Arnautović, who has scored three times over his past six non-friendly appearances with Das Team and joins Gregoritsch atop the anytime goal scorer odds.
Turkey
Turkey have produced some of the most exciting soccer of this tournament while booking a return trip to the knockout stage. The squad leveraged a pair of late goals to escape with a 3-1 win in a very entertaining group stage opener against tournament debutants Georgia, and while they put up little resistance against Portugal in a 3-0 loss, they managed to outlast a shorthanded Czechia squad in a 2-1 win that ended with an on-field brawl. Fortunately for the Crescent Stars, they avoided any discipline for the post-game antics in the win over the Czechs, and will likely need contributions from up and down the lineup to reach the quarterfinals. While there is no shortage of talent on this club, there is plenty of youthful inexperience. That was on display during the squad’s pre-tournament friendlies that featured losses to Poland and Wales and a scoreless draw with Italy. However, Turkey enjoys the benefit of a veteran goalkeeper in Mert Gunok, who made five saves while backstopping the side to victory over Czechia and will likely need to put on a repeat performance for Turkey to overcome the talented Austrians.
Austria 2, Turkey 0