Finland vs Austria Prediction 16 May 2024

🔊The Austrians delivered the match of their life, but do they have enough strength for another feat? In the match against Team Canada, the Austrians probably played the best third period in their history: nine shots on goal, 13 saves, six blocks, and five pucks netted. It seems the players gave their all in this segment of the match and didn't have enough left for overtime. The Finns routinely thrashed Great Britain and Norway and conceded just one puck in the tournament.Finland tactically plays the same way as in all recent World Championships and Olympic games. Strict defense and positional offense without quick transitions through the middle zone. The team's main goal in each match is to minimize mistakes. In attack, the Finns wait for the opponent's errors, then capitalize on the advantage in the offensive zone. After that, they try not to lose the advantage gained in this way and focus even more on defense. It's very difficult to play hockey against such a team.Austria unexpectedly managed to take one point in the match against the Canadians, losing only in overtime. In the third period of the meeting, the Austrians had simply fantastic combinations. They regularly broke into fast breaks and effectively realized their scoring moments. Was this a one-time surge or is the team really capable of playing like this throughout the entire match? The answer will be given in today's game. The fast attack of the Austrians will meet with the sticky Finnish defense.Probable line-ups
Finland: Säteri – Rissanen, Kaski – Oksanen, Kapanen, PuljujärviAustria: Madlener – Heinrich, Nickl – Raffl, Nissner, HuberThere are no injured players in the line-ups of the playing teams. Information about player injuries will be updated during the tournament.Goalkeepers
Harri Säteri has already had two shutouts in this tournament and overall looks very solid. The low Finnish defense suits his style of play well. Austrian goalie David Madlener lets in a lot of pucks, but often it's not his fault, as Austria's defenders allow too much at their goal.Editorial prediction
The Finns are unequivocally the favorites in this meeting, but their leisurely defensive style of play sharply contrasts with the fast attack of the Austrians. A likely scenario of the match is that Team Finland, leading in the score, will not rush events and will try to "dry out" the game. Therefore, in our opinion, the Finns will not score more than four pucks in this match.

📊Statistics are everything to us! And we are ready to provide them:

• officially, the clubs have played in 3;

• today's ice hosts have 3;

• the guests have – 0;

• the hosts struck the opponent's goal 10 times;

• the guests – 3 times.