LiontipsFinland vs Latvia. Prediction and Betting Tips for IIHF World Championship (May 30, 2021).
Command Analysis
Finland are on top of the group B standings with 13 points. The Finnish national team has a good chance of making the playoffs from the first position, but for that, the Finns need to win the two remaining group games. In the previous matches, the Finns beat Norway (5: 2), Italy (3: 0), and Germany (2:1). The game against the Germans was quite tough.
Suomi are exhausted after that last game, because the Germans, although they rarely threatened the Finnish goalbox, still forced the defenders to work very hard. Jukka Jalonen's players are known for their high-quality defensive play and are one of the least conceding teams at the tournament.
Latvia started their campaign at this World Championship with a victory over Canada, and it seemed that the home ice would help the Latvian team to get to the playoffs. Indeed, Latvia still have chances to qualify for the quarterfinals, but they will face powerful opponents in the remaining group games. In two previous matches, the Latvians lost to the USA (2:4) and unexpectedly lost to Norway in a shootout with a score of 3:4.
There was a chance to avoid overtime and shootouts in the game against Norway because Latvia created many good chances, but they could not take advantage of them. Now Latvia need to apply all of the remaining strength in order to get qualified.
Trends
Ставка1st Period: Total Under 1.5
In three of Latvia's games out of five, less than two goals were scored in the first period.
Ставка1st Period: Latvia Not To Lose
In the last five games, the Latvians have not lost in the first period.
Tip and bets
Finland spent a lot of energy in the last game against Germany, so the players did not have time to rest and properly recover. Latvia need to score points, which is very obvious to the team, therefore they will devote all of them to winning this game. Finland do not usually defeat their opponents with a crushing score, and so we suggest taking a positive handicap of the Latvians.
Our prediction isLatvia to win with the Asian handicap (+2.5) goals.
The previous games of Finland weren't high-scoring, and Latvia also mostly tries to play on defense. Based on this, we believe that the teams won't score more than 5 goals.
Second wager - total under 5.5 goals.
