LiontipsLatvia - Austria: betting tip and bets for the World Cup match
Command Analysis
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
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
2.10There is no goalbetin each period.
In four face-to-face matches out of six, the teams failed to score a goal in each period.
1.87Tip and bets
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
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
