For the first time, a World Cup has a Round of 32 and Spain begin their knockout run under the closed roof of SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Thursday 2 July, 8pm UK time, La Roja against an Austria side that has made a habit of doing things the dramatic way.
Spain were imperious in the group stage – three matches, seven points, not a single goal conceded. Austria scraped in as Group J runners-up after that wild draw with Algeria. It is favourite versus gatecrasher, with a place against the Portugal-Croatia winner on the line.
We’ve explained every market below, each bet in plain English with the latest Spain vs Austria betting odds, to help you weigh up where the value might sit.
Spain vs Austria – Betting Odds
This is about as one-sided as a knockout tie gets on paper, and the Spain vs Austria odds make no secret of it. Spain’s prices are a reflection of a team that hasn’t yet been breached. Austria, by contrast, sit firmly in outsider territory across almost every market.
1X2 Betting Odds
The 1X2 market is the easiest place to start. It covers the three possible outcomes of the 90 minutes: a home win, a draw, or an away win. The “1” stands for a win for the team listed first (here, Spain), the “X” is the draw, and the “2” is a win for the team listed second (Austria). You simply pick the one result you think will happen.
1X2 settles on 90 minutes plus stoppage time only. Extra time and penalties don’t count towards it. So even though this tie cannot really finish level, a draw after 90 minutes is still a winning “X”. The shootout that follows is treated as a separate question entirely.
The odds tell you who the bookmaker expects to win. Spain swept their group without conceding, so they’re priced accordingly, with the draw and an Austria win drifting well out.
Here are the Spain vs Austria odds for the 1X2 market:
| Spain win (1) | Draw (X) | Austria win (2) |
| 4/15 | 4/1 | 10/1 |
Double Chance Odds
Double chance lets you back two of the three 1X2 outcomes in a single bet, which means two ways to win instead of one. There are three combinations:
- “1X” (Spain win or draw) covers the first team or the draw
- “12” (Spain or Austria) covers either team to win, with the draw the only losing result
- “X2” (draw or Austria) covers the draw or the second team
Because you’re covering more outcomes, double chance is a lower-risk bet than a straight 1X2, and the odds are shorter to match (which means less money if your bet wins). With Spain so dominant and two of the three results covered, “Spain or draw” is priced extremely short here.
| 1X – Spain or draw | 12 – Spain or Austria | X2 – Draw or Austria |
| 1/20 | 2/15 | 2/1 |
Handicap Betting Odds
Handicap betting evens out a mismatch by giving the strongest team a virtual deficit and the other a virtual head start. The favourite is “handicapped” with a minus figure, the underdog gets a plus figure, and that handicap is added to or subtracted from the final score to settle the bet.
It exists because backing a big favourite to win outright often pays very little, so the handicap asks them to win by a margin in exchange for a better price.
Let’s see an example with Spain -1: for betting purposes, Spain start a goal down, so they need to win by two or more goals for the bet to come in. If they win by exactly one, the handicap cancels the result out and your stake is simply returned, in what’s known as a “push”. Austria +1 is the mirror image: they begin a goal up, so the bet wins if Austria win, draw, or lose by a single goal.
The half-goal lines, Spain -1.5 and Austria +1.5, remove the possibility of a push altogether: Spain must win by two clear goals, or the Austria +1.5 bet lands instead.
| Spain –1.5 | Austria +1.5 |
| 4/5 | 20/23 |
| Spain –1 | Austria +1 |
| 2/5 | 7/4 |
Both Teams to Score (BTTS) Odds
Both Teams to Score does exactly what the name suggests: it asks whether both sides will find the net during the 90 minutes.
- “Yes” wins if each team scores at least once
- “No” wins if either team, or both, fails to score
Who actually wins the match is completely irrelevant. A 1-0, a 2-0 or a goalless draw all settle as “No”. A 1-1, a 2-1 or a 3-2 all settle as “Yes”.
The “Yes” and “No” prices reflect how open or how tight the game is expected to be. Spain didn’t concede a single goal across the entire group stage, which is why the odds lean firmly towards “No” in this market.
| Yes | No |
| 10/7 | 1/2 |
Goal Total (Over/Under) Odds
The goal total market is a bet on how many goals both teams will score combined, rather than on who scores them. The bookmaker sets a line, usually 2.5 goals, and you decide whether the match will finish above or below it.
- “Over 2.5” needs three or more goals in total
- “Under 2.5” needs two goals or fewer
The half-goal line is deliberate: because no match can produce exactly 2.5 goals, there is always a clear winner and no chance of a returned stake. Just like BTTS, it doesn’t matter which team scores: a 3-0 or a 2-1 both make Over win, while a 1-0 or a goalless draw both stay Under.
Remember: You can choose other lines as well, like 1.5, 3.5 or 4.5 – each one will have its own prices.
| Over 2.5 goals | Under 2.5 goals |
| 10/13 | 10/11 |
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Correct Score Odds
Correct score is the boldest market of the lot: you’re predicting the exact final scoreline, not just the winner. Because there are so many plausible results, this is one of the hardest bets to call, but that difficulty is precisely why the odds are so much longer and the potential returns so much bigger.
To win, you have to nail both teams’ goal tallies exactly. A single goal either way and the bet is gone.
The table below features a handful of popular scorelines for this match, but you can back any result you like.
| 0–0 | 1–1 | Spain 1–0 | Spain 2–1 |
| 11/1 | 9/1 | 14/3 | 17/2 |
Please note that the odds are accurate as per the publishing time of the article. Make sure to check the latest Spain vs Austria odds before placing a bet.
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