As part of the 2nd round of the Czech Hockey Games, the players of the national teams of Austria and Finland will clash face to face. On whose side will the victory be in this duel? LiveResult.Ru gives a forecast for this meeting.
Austria
The Austrian national team, as expected, could not do anything with the team from Sweden. The Austrians lost to their opponent, however, the victory of "tre krunur" turned out to be too modest. The thing is then that the Swedes clearly underestimated their opponent and were able to hold the only puck only in the 3rd period. Karlsson managed to take advantage of the opponent's numerical minority together with his partners and realized his chance at the opponent's goal. Ahead of the Austrians is a test of strength by the current Olympic champions.
Finland
As for the Finnish national team, it managed to beat the Czech national team in the first match through a shootout. It is worth noting that "Suomi" opened the account during the match. Already in the first period, Hartikainen realized the majority, after which Chernoh took a similar action. The main time of the match ended with a productive draw, and it came to shootouts, in which the representatives of Suomi were more successful. The current Olympic champions made a shock start at the tournament and will try to extend their positive trend in the upcoming confrontation.
Statistics and figures:
- Finns are the favorites of the meeting;
- Austria has won three times in 5 matches;
- Finland does not know defeats in 14 meetings in a row;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the opponents ended with a score of 8:4 in favor of Suomi.
Forecast
Finland will be more persistent in this match. She will be able to have enough fun in a duel against an opponent. This time the odds of the Austrians will not stand under the yoke of the opponent.