In a friendly match, the national teams of Slovenia and Austria will meet face to face. Who will be stronger?
Slovenia
Slovenia approaches the friendly match in high spirits, as it still remains in the fight for a place at the 2022 Olympic Games. In the third stage, Slovenia won Group G, easily beating Lithuania (12-2), Croatia (7-0) and Japan (6-2). By the way, all those meetings were held at the beginning of last year, and after that Slovenia did not perform. As for the composition, it is played by hockey players from various European championships, and the list of famous performers includes Sabolich, Zaits, Kuralt and Tichar.
Austria
At the beginning of 2020, Austria won an international tournament that was held on its territory. First, we managed to get out of the group, in which the opponents were Norway (1-3 loss) and Denmark (3-1 victory), and then we managed to win two matches in the playoffs: in the 1/2 final, Norway was outplayed (2-0), and in the final, the same Denmark (3-2, the winning goal happened in overtime). In 2021, Austria holds only friendly matches, of which there have already been six-one win and five losses, and in a row.
Statistics and figures:
- Slovenia qualified for the fourth qualifying stage of the 2022 Olympic Games;
- Austria has played 6 friendly games this year and won only one;
- Slovenia has beaten Austria in four of the previous five matches.
Forecast
In the face-to-face games, Slovenia and Austria play ambiguously - they will arrange a scoring extravaganza, then they will score only three goals for two. However, they throw both regularly, but in this match I suggest considering Slovenia's individual total of more than 2, since it has a stronger composition and generally looks more coherent.
