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Azerbaijan take on Austria this evening.
Azerbaijan are currently ranked 98th in the world by FIFA and they are climbing the world rankings after what has been, for the supposed minnows, a successful Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. Their seven points (so far) is the most that they have ever won in the qualification stages for a major tournament and the 1-0 win over Turkey was arguably the best result in the nation's history.
It is 14/5, at
bet365, that this feel good factor translates to another memorable victory, against Austria on Friday evening and there aren't many people who bet against that happening. The visitors are, of course, the favourites to win but evens about a team that have been very disappointing this campaign.
Austria would have expected to be challenging for qualification at this point but some bad defeats have left them just one point above Azerbaijan in the Group A table. A win for the hosts on Friday would see them leapfrog the nation that hosted the 2008 European Championships.
Unfortunately for home fans that looks fairly unlikely, as Austria won 3-0 in the reverse fixture in Vienna. Young Werder Bremen striker Marko Arnautovic scored twice in that match and the 22-year-old should prove too good for the visitors once again on Friday.
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