Sweden vs. Finland: World Youth Championship Match Prediction

International

Sweden U20

Sweden

World Championship U20 Final Stage

4 January 12:30 UTC

Finland U20

Finland

The teams of Sweden and Finland will play in the first semi-final of the World Youth Championship. At the previous stage, the teams managed to overcome fairly easy opponents and are approaching the face-to-face match in excellent physical shape. Who will be able to reach the final on January 5? Whose victory should you bet on? The answer is in our forecast.

Command Analysis

Sweden U20

Sweden

Current form

The Swedish national team has won all of its matches in the tournament so far, and overtime has never been needed to determine the winner. In the first two matches, the team managed to achieve crushing victories over Slovakia (5:2) and Kazakhstan (8:1), and in the third round, they managed to beat Switzerland with a score of 7:5. By the middle of the third period, the Swedes were leading 7:2, but then relaxed and conceded three goals from the underdog in nine minutes. In the last match of the group stage, the Swedish national team confidently dealt with the Czech Republic (4:2), securing first place in the group and a meeting with modest Latvia in the 1/4 finals.

It seemed that the Latvians would be routed in the quarterfinal match and everything really started off well for the Swedes - two goals in the first ten minutes. At the beginning of the second period, Sweden scored another goal and it seemed that the Scandinavians would have no problems. But then the favorite relaxed again and let in two goals, so the Swedish fans were on edge until the final siren. Nevertheless, they managed to hold on to their minimal advantage (3:2).

Interesting trends for betting

The team has won its last six matches
The Swedes have never scored less than three goals in a match in the tournament.

Finland U20

Finland

Current form

The tournament did not start off so optimistically for Finland. In the first match, the Finns suffered a major defeat against the tournament hosts, the Canadians (0:4). Due to the failure, the team was unable to fight for first place in the group, although they managed to win all other matches of the group stage. The Finns even won against the first-place team, the USA, scoring the decisive goal in overtime (4:3 OT). In the last round, the Finns easily won a confident victory over Latvia (3:0). Another victory was won against Germany (3:1), which took the last place.

In the first playoff match, Finland faced Slovakia, the third-placed team in the neighboring group. The beginning of the match promised a rout - Suomi scored three unanswered goals in the first period, but the Slovaks almost got back into the game. Four minutes before the end of the match, Slovakia came within one goal, but Jesse Nurmi soon removed all doubts about the winner (5:3).

Interesting trends for betting

Finland won the third period in only one match of the tournament
In the last two head-to-head matches, the Finns did not score a single goal against the Swedes

Trends

Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals

This bet has played in three of Finland last five matches

2.00

Goal in each period bet - no

Sweden last two games have seen one period go without a goal

2.50

Tip and bets

2Sweden victory

Team Sweden slows down at certain points in the match, but always knows when to step up. The team is very confident in the tournament and is determined to fight for gold medals. Finland has already suffered one defeat in the championship, and did not show its best game in the quarterfinals. We believe that the Swedes will go further in this pair.

Our prediction is Sweden victory at 2.00

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1.75total under six goals

Bet on total

The opponents are playing a pragmatic style and often go on the defensive when the score is favorable for them. The teams understand that any mistake can cost them a place in the final, so they will probably play with caution. We think that we should not expect more than six goals scored here.

Our prediction is total under six goals at 1.75

Bet on individual total

Finland has not shown high efficiency even in matches with weak opponents, such as Germany or Latvia. The Swedes play quite reliably in defense, and have not missed a single puck from the Finns in the last two face-to-face matches. We believe that the representatives of Suomi will not be able to surprise the favorites with anything.

Our prediction is Finland individual total under 2.5 goals at 1.92

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