Finland vs Austria Prediction: Suomi should take advantage of their opponents' problems

Prediction for the World Championship 2024 match between Finland and Austria which will take place on May 16. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Finland

The Finnish national team is one of the most successful national teams in the world in recent years. They won the Olympics in 2022, became world champions in 2019 and 2022, and won silver honours in 2021. Now the Blue and White are one of the favourites to win the tournament, despite a less than stellar selection of performers. In their debut game at the 2024 World Cup, Suomi demonstrated their classic hockey against the Czech Republic, so the regular time and overtime ended without goals, but the Finns lost 0:1 on a shootout. This failure did not embarrass them, and then they easily beat Great Britain and Norway - 8:0 and 4:1, respectively, which allowed them to rise to third place in Group A.

Austria

The Austrian national team has already made history at the 2024 World Cup. The Red and White played an incredible match against Canada the day before. Already by the end of the first ten minutes they were losing 0:2, and after two periods the score was 1:6. It seemed that in the final twenty minutes the Maple Leafs would beat the opponent, but in fact Roger Bader's wards started to work miracles, scoring one puck after another, and 49 seconds before the end of the main time they evened the score - 6:6. Never before the team could come back from a five-goal deficit. The Austrians lost 6:7 in overtime, but before that they lost to the Danes and the Swiss 1:5 and 5:6, respectively, so they are seventh in Group A.

Expert Betting Tips

The Austrian team made an incredible comeback against Canada the previous day, taking a five-goal lead in the third period, but still lost in overtime - 6:7. There is no doubt that this match took a lot of energy and emotions from the Eagles, and that's why they will be devastated in the battle with Finland. Suomi, who had a rest the day before, should take advantage of their opponent's problems. Even all things being equal, the Blue-Whites must beat the Austrians by a solid margin, and under the current circumstances, the Red-Whites have minimal chances for a decent outcome.