Switzerland - Austria: betting tip for the World Cup match

The playoffs of the Ice Hockey World Championship will start on May 22, and Switzerland will compete with the Austrian national team in one of the first matches. The Swiss are superior to their competitors in all respects, but will they be able to take advantage of this? You will find the answer in our betting tip, which also contains the most optimal bets

Command Analysis

Switzerland

Current form
Switzerland began its performance at the World Cup with a defeat against the Czech Republic, but did not suffer any more setbacks. And in the duel with the Czechs, the team had every chance of success, but the opponent was a little more lucky with the realization of attacking chances, and had to concede in overtime (4:5). In all other meetings, the national team smashed its competitors with a difference of more than one goal. What is especially noteworthy is that the Swiss even easily coped with very serious opponents in the face of the United States and Germany, beating them with a score of 3:0 and 5:1, respectively.
Indeed, the national team assembled an excellent squad and approached the tournament in excellent shape, which allowed it to enter the playoffs from the first place in the Group B table. With such a game, Switzerland is quite capable of competing for medals and creating serious competition for the strongest opponents.
Disqualifications and injuries
Switzerland still has one of its most important players in the infirmary, Hisher.
Interesting betting trends
- Switzerland scores an average of 4.8 goals per game.
- In three out of seven matches, Switzerland has not conceded a single goal.

Austria

Current form
Austria has traditionally played at the World Cup as one of the main outsiders, and no one expected that the team could compete for the playoffs. Despite this, the national team showed an amazing game in duels with opponents of their level, winning all the matches. In particular, it is worth noting the matches with France and Latvia, in which they managed to defeat their rivals with scores of 5:2 and 6:1. The Austrians even imposed a worthy struggle on Finland, losing with a minimal advantage of one goal (1:2). Of course, it was not without disastrous performances. In the match with Canada, it turned out to be impossible to fight back, and they had to be defeated with a score of 1:5.
Thanks to such successful performances, Austria has earned a place in the playoffs for the first time since 1992, where it will try to play as well as possible, and maybe even make a sensation.
Disqualifications and injuries
To date, Austria has no problems with the composition.
Interesting betting trends
- On average, Austria concedes 2.6 goals per match.
- The Austrians make an average of 21 shots on target.
Trends
Bet First Goal: Switzerland
In five of the six face-to-face matches, Switzerland opened the scoring
1.40The goalratein each period is yes
In four face-to-face matches out of six, the teams scored a goal in each period.
1.50Tip and bets
Thanks to such successful performances in the group stage, Switzerland reached the playoffs as one of the main outsiders. Indeed, the Swiss are seriously superior to Austria in absolutely all respects, especially considering the current form of the team. So far, Fischer's team has been demonstrating their best hockey at this World Cup and is only getting better. Austria, of course, will try to fight back, but it has already completed its main task and is unlikely to be able to cling to victory.
Our betting tip is that Switzerland will win with a handicap of (-2.5) goals in 1.70
Bet on the total
Also, in the upcoming match, it is quite possible to expect a large number of abandoned goals. Switzerland will begin to create powerful pressure on Austria from the first minutes of the match and precisely realize their attacking potential. It makes no sense for the Austrians to sit out on the defensive, which means that we should expect effective hockey.
Betting Tip - total more than 5.5 goals in 1.75
Betting on the outcome of the first period
There is no doubt that Switzerland will gain an advantage over Austria after the end of the first period due to its total superiority over its opponent.
Prediction - Switzerland wins in the first period in 1.55