Date: Tuesday 2nd July, 2024
Time: 8:00 pm
Stadium Red Bull Arena Leipzig
Referee Artur Dias (Portugal)
Goal Scorer:
Austria
Ralf Rangnick's return to Leipzig, where he experienced several years of success as a club coach and advisor, will see the 66-year-old make at least one change to a winning side, as Wolfsburg winger Patrick Wimmer must serve a suspension.
Either Konrad Laimer or Christoph Baumgartner - the latter of whom has been directly involved in nine goals across his last eight international appearances - should therefore step up from the bench.
Record caps-holder Marko Arnautovic again battles it out with Michael Gregoritsch to spearhead an aggressive attack, while any two from Max Wober, Kevin Danso, Gernot Trauner and Philipp Lienhart will start in central defence.
No fewer than eight men would miss the next game if booked: Arnautovic, Baumgartner and Laimer among them.
Austria possible starting lineup:
Pentz; Posch, Danso, Lienhart, Mwene; Seiwald, Grillitsch; Schmid, Baumgartner, Sabitzer; Arnautovic
Turkiye
Vincenzo Montella, meanwhile, must do without captain Hakan Calhanoglu and centre-back Samet Akaydin on Tuesday, after both picked up their second bookings of the tournament against Czech Republic.
Akaydin is also struggling with a muscle strain and joined goalkeeper back-up goalkeeper Ugurcan Çakir in missing training on Monday - the latter doing so only as a precautionary measure. First choice Mert Gunok is still troubled by a knee injury that kept him out of the loss to Portugal but has trained and should start between the posts.
Abdulkerim Bardakci is back from suspension and should join Merih Demiral at the heart of Turkey's back four, with Vienna-born Mert Muldur likely to feature at right-back; left-back Ferdi Kadioglu created more chances from open play than any other player during the group stage (10).
In midfield, Okay Yokuslu, Kaan Ayhan and Orkun Kokcu are all vying to replace the influential Calhanoglu.
Should Juventus star Kenan Yildiz (19 years and 59 days) and Real Madrid's Arda Guler (19 years and 128 days) both be selected, it will be just the second time any nation has started two teenagers in a knockout game at the Euros - and the first since 1964.
Some 10 players are walking a tightrope in terms of suspension, with each only one yellow card away from missing a potential quarter-final - Yildiz and Guler being the most notable.
Turkey possible starting lineup:
Gunok; Muldur, Demiral, Bardakci, Kadioglu; Yuksek, Yokuslu; Kahveci, Guler, Yildiz; Yilmaz
Prediction: Austria 2-1 Turkey
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