Latvia - Austria: betting tip for the World Cup match

International

Latvia

18.05.25

Slovakia1 : 5Latvia

17.05.25

Finland2 : 1Latvia

14.05.25

Latvia0 : 6Sweden

13.05.25

Slovenia2 : 5Latvia

11.05.25

Latvia1 : 7Canada

10.05.25

France1 : 4Latvia

World Championship Preliminary Round Grp. A

20 May 03:20 UTC

Austria

18.05.25

Slovenia2 : 3Austria

16.05.25

Austria5 : 2France

15.05.25

Canada5 : 1Austria

12.05.25

Austria3 : 2Slovakia

10.05.25

Sweden4 : 2Austria

09.05.25

Austria1 : 2Finland

Latvia will play the most important match in the group stage of the World Cup on May 20, in which it will compete with Austria. This match will determine the fourth participant in the playoffs from Group A. Will the Austrians be able to earn a ticket to the main stage of the tournament for the first time since 1992? You will find the answer in our betting tip, which also contains the best bets

Latvia vs Austria Prediction and Betting Tips (20.05.2025)

Command Analysis

Latvia

Current form

Latvia approached this World Cup in good shape and consistently demonstrates its best hockey in duels with opponents of its level, as well as defeating obvious outsiders. Thus, the team coped with France (4:1) and Slovenia (5:2) without any problems. However, it was not without complete failures, which, of course, could be expected, given the level of the national teams. The team was unable to give a decent rebuff to Canada and Sweden, suffering defeats with a score of 0:7 and 1:6, respectively.

In one of the final matches of the group stage, the Latvians showed an excellent game, which allowed them to win a landslide victory over Slovakia (5:1) and take the fourth place in the table. But the national team still has not received its ticket to the playoffs, as everything will be decided in the upcoming match, and a defeat may leave the team without the main stage of the tournament.

Disqualifications and injuries

To date, Latvia has no problems with the composition.

Interesting betting trends

Latvia gets an average of 9.6 minutes of penalty time per match.
According to statistics, Latvians make 23 shots on target

Austria

Current form

Few people could have expected such a confident performance from Austria this year. Yes, the team got points with great difficulty in the group stage, but still it was able to snatch the most important victories in the matches with Slovakia (3:2 OT) and Slovenia (3:2 OT). Victoria won the only victory over France in regular time, defeating it with a score of 5:2. Striker Dominic Zwerger scored an assist hat-trick. Marco Kasper, the only NHL player in the squad, also played well, scoring a double, and has already scored five goals in the World Cup.

What is especially noteworthy is that the Austrians performed well in the matches against the grandees, losing with a minimum gap of one goal to Finland (1:2) and two goals to Sweden (2:4). The team suffered a complete defeat only from Canada with a score of 1:5. Thanks to such successful performances, the national team got a chance to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in 33 years.

Disqualifications and injuries

To date, Austria has no problems with the composition.

Interesting betting trends

On average, Austria gets eight minutes of penalty time.
The Austrians make an average of 17 shots on target.

Trends

First Goalbet: Austria

In four of the six head-to-head matches, Austria opened the scoring

2.10

There is no goalbetin each period.

In four face-to-face matches out of six, the teams failed to score a goal in each period.

1.87

Tip and bets

1.92Austria will not lose

Bookmakers in the upcoming match do not believe in Austria's success and give a huge coefficient for its victory. Indeed, if you look at the face-to-face meetings, Latvia has won nine matches in a row, although only four of them in regular time. Austria is not an easy opponent, especially in its current form, and it is quite capable of giving a decent rebuff to the Latvians and competing for passage to the playoffs. The Austrians are incredibly motivated to reach the main stage of the tournament for the first time in so many years. We believe that they, at least, will not lose in regular time.

Our betting tip is that Austria will not lose in 1.92

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1.65total more than 4.5 goals

Bet on the total

Also, we should definitely expect a lot of dropped goals in the upcoming match. Latvia cannot boast of a reliable defensive game, which the Austrians will certainly try to take advantage of. So we choose the total more as the second bet.

Betting Tip - total more than 4.5 goals in 1.65

Betting on the outcome of the first period

Austria often shows a good game at the start of a match and consistently creates serious problems for opponents of their level already in the first period.

Betting Tip - Austria will not lose in the first period for 1.50

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