Norway - Finland predictions and free betting tips [13/05/2024]

The World Hockey Championship elite division group "A" match kicks off. Fans of international hockey are in for a showdown between Norway and Finland.

Norway

Norway's hockey team has been competing in the elite division of the World Championship for quite a while and doing it with stability. More or less consistent results allow Norway to hold on in the elite, defeating outsiders and rivals of equal class. Last year, Norway managed to beat Canada, but that was probably just a fluke. Speaking about the current World Championship being held in the Czech Republic, Norway is performing weakly so far. Norway's opponents in the first two opening matches are from Europe. Initially, Norway lost to opponents representing Switzerland.

In this match, Norway did not perform too poorly and managed to score twice. Norway showed even better quality against the Czech Republic - the hosts of the current World Championship won against Norway only with a score of 6:3. Norway has some decent gameplay, but there is definitely room for improvement. Norway's chances of victory are quite slim right now, but the matches with the underdogs are yet to come. Norway has little chance of victory in the match against Finland. It would be best to aim for a match without injuries and keep the line-up intact for the crucial games. 

Finland

Finland's team is the reigning Olympic champion, but they performed far below their capabilities in the last World Championship. Right under the gaze of their own fans, they crashed out in the quarterfinal stage, losing with no real chance of victory to Canada, who later became the trophy winners. The Finnish team has big plans for the tournament in the Czech Republic. In the first match of the tournament, the top European team played against the hosts and performed weakly. It all ended with a defeat in overtime with a scoreline of 1:0.

In the second match of the Championship, Finland played against Great Britain, who made a comeback to the elite division of world hockey. As expected, the team from the island could not put up a worthy resistance against Finland. The final whistle confirmed Finland's victory with a scoreline of 8:0. So far, Finland is not impressive. The match against Norway will be a tougher test than the match against those who were in the First division a year ago. Finland needs to keep progressing from match to match and only in this scenario, they can hope for medals. 

Head-to-Head Meetings

Norway and Finland have faced each other in 21 official matches. Finland's team accounts for 20 victories, while Norway came out on top in 1 encounter.

Over/Under Total Bet

The individual total for Finland will be over 3 goals.

Prediction

Finland will win in regular time. Currently, Finland is not in its best form and will likely be gaining momentum through the group stage meetings. However, even in such a state, the reigning Olympic champions should easily defeat Norway - an average team without any special stars, which puts up a fight, but does not have any real chances of victory.