Germany vs. Kazakhstan: Forecast for the World Youth Championship match

Current form

The German U20 team failed to qualify for a playoff spot at the World Junior Championship. The team lost absolutely all matches at the tournament, managing to take only the last match, where the Germans met the Latvian team (3:4 OT), to overtime. Before that, Tobias Abstreiter team lost to the USA (4:10), Finland (1:3) and Canada (0:3) teams without much of a chance. The result of such a performance was the last place in Group A with one point to their credit. Now they will have to compete with Kazakhstan for a place at the next World Championship.

Disqualifications and injuries

The Germans have no problems with their squad ahead of the match.

Interesting trends for betting

• The team lost all matches in this tournament.
• Germany won the last two head-to-head matches with a total score of 10:0

Current form

Kazakhstan also failed to achieve a single victory in the tournament, but few could have expected a different result, given the level of the team. The start of the tournament was not at all successful for Sergei Starygin team - the team suffered two major defeats from Sweden (1:8) and the Czech Republic (2:14). Nevertheless, the performance of the Kazakh team in the last two matches of the group stage left rather pleasant impressions. In the match with Slovakia, the Kazakh team managed to score two goals at the end of the third period, playing in the minority, which helped bring the game to overtime. On December 31, the team managed to impose a fight on the Swiss team and lost with a score of 1:3, although a much more confident victory was expected from the Swiss.

Disqualifications and injuries

Kazakhstan has no problems with the composition.

Interesting trends for betting

• The team lost all matches in the tournament
• In three of the last four head-to-head matches, Kazakhstan failed to score a single goal