The 6th round of the 2022 World Preliminary European Zone F group kicked off at Happel Stadium. Scotland went to Vienna to face the long-awaited home team Austria. With a penalty kick taken by Dax, Scotland finally won a 1-0 victory over Austria. They are currently ranked second in the standings with a record of 3 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss and 11 points.

As soon as the Soviet and Austrian battle started, Austria, who was sitting at home, immediately gained an absolute advantage on the scene through aggressive running. They were shot by Anau's first shot after 5 minutes after the start of the game. However, after that, the Highlanders who took the initiative to surrender the ball not only repeatedly hit the Austrian offense through a solid defense in the following period, but also used a few opportunities to threaten their opponents during the period: just like In the 8th minute of the game, McGinn stretched his right foot when he was about to run out of the baseline and sent a high-quality cross for Dax. Unfortunately, the latter failed to break Bachmann's ten-finger pass with a header. .

The balance of the game was finally broken by an Austrian foul in the 26th minute: As the defender Hintregg dragged Adams with the ball into the penalty area during the defensive process, the referee decided to give a penalty after watching the VAR video playback. Penalty kick. After 3 minutes, Dax, who took the kicker, lied to the goalkeeper and kicked a penalty kick into the center of the goal, helping Scotland to open the scoring 1-0. Seeing a goal scored by their opponents at home, Austria immediately confronted the Scots again. However, whether it was Anau, Grilich and Lehmer, the Highlanders' terrible finishing ability kept them until the end of the first half. Failed to open the situation, Scotland also took a lead into the intermission.

As the defensive performance became more and more stable, the Scots even had room to attack after returning from a break; unfortunately, until the second half of the game for 25 minutes, O'Donnell and McGinn were also a little short-lived, so that the piper was still unable to During the rewrite of the score, they even wasted an excellent single-handed opportunity. When the game came to the 78th minute, the Austrian set off a final total attack towards the opponent, but it was too late: at the Scottish national goal Gordon rushed to block the shots of Baumgartner and Gregridge rejected one after another. Outside the door, the Highlanders finally maintained a 1-0 score to win the game.