Germany vs Czech Republic Prediction: Kari Jalonen's squad will get a comfort win

On 26 May 2022, Germany will face Czech Republic in a World Cup quarter-final at the Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki.

The German national team performed very well in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup and qualified for the play-offs for the second year in a row. In seven games, Toni Söderholm's side was left without a point after losing 3:5 to the Canadians in their opening game at the tournament. The Germans followed that local defeat with five straight victories but failed to Switzerland 3:4 in the final match. Germany finished second in the Group A standings.

The Czech Republic team has long been unable to boast decent performances in major international tournaments. Still, before the 2022 World Cup, they appointed a new head coach - Kari Jalonen. Under his guidance, the Lions have had a great two stages of the European Tour, but they have again experienced severe problems at the World Championships. In seven games, the Czechs managed four wins and three defeats, with their particularly poor performance coming in a sensational 1:2 loss to Austria. The uneven results left the Czech Republic in third place in the table.

The German team played well on the group stage, but they were against the strong-named Czech Republic. It's possible that Kari Jalonen's charges, playing their last game against the Finns, deliberately avoided putting up a good fight in the quarter-finals because they beat the Germans by a combined score of 22:6 in their previous four encounters. As a result, we'd have to bet on the Czech Republic to win with a handicap (-1.5) at about 2.21.

 In the previous four head-to-head encounters, the Czech Republic has scored 22 times (5.50 goals per game on average). Even at the 2022 World Cup, Tony Söderholm's charges did not look too reliable on defense. They conceded 20 goals in seven games (an average of 2.86 per game), so the Czech national team's individual total over 3.5 pucks at odds of about 2.45 seems ideal for our prediction.

Filip Hronek's performance at the 2022 World Cup is a tremendous surprise. The Czech defender has yet to score a single point in seven games played at the tournament. In the two previous World Championships, he scored 15 points (4 goals + 11 assists) in 17 games. He scored 38 points (5 goals + 33 assists) in the regular season, even in the NHL. The playoffs are a time for him to show off his skills, so we suggest betting on Filip Groeneck's Total Over 0.5 for 8.

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