As part of one of the matches of the hockey World Championship, the players of the Czech and Latvian national teams will fight face to face. On whose side will the victory be in this meeting? Our sports portal evaluates the chances of rivals for success.
Czech
The Czech squad started at the World Hockey Championship with a confident victory over the Great Britain team, which managed to beat with a score of 5:1. It is worth noting that after this victory, the Czechs seemed to be replaced. At first they lost to Sweden (3:5), being the favorites of the meeting, after which they could not do anything with Austria (1:2 B), who won by shootout. As a result, after 3 rounds, the Tricolor team fell out of the playoffs, and is now on the 5th line in the standings.
Latvia
As for the Latvians, they started the tournament with a defeat from the USA with a crushing score of 1:4. After this unsuccessful match, Latvia gave a fight to Finland, but still lost to the hosts (1:2), despite the fact that it scored first. In the last game Latvia finally managed to win. She defeated Norway in a face-to-face meeting. The match ended with a score of 3:2 in favor of the red-white team, which helped to rise to the sixth position in the group and bypass Austria.
Statistics and figures:
- The Czech Republic is the favorite of the meeting;
- The Czechs lost 2 meetings in a row;
- Latvia won 3 out of 5 meetings;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the rivals ended with a score of 6:3 in favor of the Czech Republic.
Forecast
I assume that the Czech Republic will gather in this meeting and will be able to confidently beat the opponent. At least, the "tricolor" should throw at least 2 more goals, because they have a more balanced and stellar composition, unlike the opposing team.