Balance after preliminary round

Austria is in 1st place in these statistics

Philipp Lienhart and his colleagues were particularly impressive with their physical play.(Bild: AFP/Ronny Hartmann)

The preliminary round is over and Austria are through to the round of 16 as group winners. The ÖFB team's run of success is primarily due to coach Ralf Rangnick's style of play. There is hardly another team where the coach's signature can be seen as clearly as with Austria. This is also reflected in the statistics after the three preliminary round matches.

With six points from three games, Austria took the most points in the preliminary round behind Spain and Germany. However, there are also statistics in which Austria is right at the top: