Finland vs Italy. Prediction and Betting Tips for IIHF World Championship (May 27, 2021).

Finlandare on the fourth line of the standings and have scored seven points in three games. The Finnish national team almost managed to do without major upsets, but nevertheless, they lost to Kazakhstan, who were luckier in a penalty shootout - 1:2.

In two other games, Suomi beat the United States (2:1) and Norway (5:2). Usually, Jukka Jalonen's men demonstrate high-quality defensive play and concede no more than two goals per game. They do not act in a spectacular manner in attack, and even in their games against obvious outsiders, they don't score a lot.

Italy came to this World Championship as a clear outsider and from the start had no chance of making the playoffs. The Italian national team is now on the last line of the standings, and the Italians have been defeated in all gamees so far. Moreover, in each case, they lost with a difference of at least three goals.

Even against Norway and Latvia, the Italians lost 1:4 and 0:3. Greg Ireland's team managed to open the defense of their opponent more than twice only in the game against Germany, but the problem is that they almost never create dangerous moments themselves and rely mainly on the big mistakes of their counterparts.