Czech Republic - Sweden: forecast for the Eurotour match

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Czech Republic

SWISS Ice Hockey Games

15 December 02:30 UTC

On December 15, in the first match of the final round of the Swiss Hockey Games, the Czech team can win the main prize ahead of schedule. Radim Rulik team scored six points in the two starting days and conceded only one goal in 120 minutes. The Swedes confidently beat the tournament hosts, but the day before they had a poor match against the Finns. Who will win this match? Read about it in our forecast

Czech Republic vs Sweden Prediction and Betting Tips (15.12.2024)

Command Analysis

Czech Republic

Current form

The Czechs were close to success in Finland at the Karjala Cup, but lost to the Finns (0:4) and were unable to finish first in the table. Radim Rulik team arrived in Switzerland in a fighting mood and took revenge on Suomi (3:1) in the opening match, not allowing the Scandinavians to fully realize their attacking potential. A day later, the Czech team beat the hosts dry (2:0), scoring two goals in the opening 20 minutes.

Dominik Kubalik and Matej Stransky scored twice each and contributed greatly to their team success. Simon Zajicek was good in the last line against the Swiss and stopped 25 shots on goal.

Interesting trends for betting

On average, the Czech Republic receives 8.2 minutes of penalty time per match
The team concedes an average of 1.8 goals per match

Sweden

Current form

The Swedish national team performed poorly at the tournament in Finland and lost all three games in the previous stage of the Euro Hockey Tour. Sam Hallam team showed poor defense and conceded at least three times in each game, only scoring in the match against Switzerland (3:4, B). The new stage began for Tre Kronor with a victory over the hosts (4:1), whom the "blue-yellows" routed in the second period, scoring three times. Before the meeting with the Czechs, Tim Heed team played terribly against the Finns (0:3) and failed to score.

Lucas Wallmark has played a lot of NHL games and he not that old these days. The 29-year-old forward has two points (1+1) in the goal-assist system, but Linus Sandin also has two assists.

Interesting trends for betting

On average, Sweden receives 7.2 penalty minutes per match
The Swedes win an average of 49% of their throws.

Trends

Bet 3rd period: total under 1.5 goals

In the last four games involving the Czechs, the third period was low-scoring

2.02

Bet 1st period: Czech Republic win

The Czechs are making great starts to the games and have won the opening periods of their last three games.

2.75

Tip and bets

1.8Czech Republic wins the match

The Czechs start their matches well and regularly take the initiative from the first minutes. At this tournament, Radim Rulik team won in the first periods and did not let their opponents get close to them. Sweden lacks stability. Tre Kronor played rather poorly in defense in Finland and failed in the last game against the "white-blues". The nominal hosts need not to lose in regulation time to win the stage, but, in our opinion, the Czech team will play to win and will be able to achieve the desired result.

Our prediction is a Czech Republic victory in the match for 1.80

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1.75Sweden IT less than 2.5 goals

Bet on individual total

The Swedes had a good second period against Switzerland, but were unable to score even one goal against the Finns. The Czech Republic is good in defense and conceded only one goal in the first two matches of the stage. We do not think that the nominal guests will score more than twice.

Forecast - Sweden individual total under 2.5 goals for 1.75

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Radim Rulik charges will dictate their terms to the opponent and must control the course of the match. The Swedes lack teamwork and stability, so Tre Kronor can only hope for their goalkeeper. We believe that the match will be closed and will not please the stands with a large number of goals.

Forecast - total under 5.5 goals for 1.65

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