Finland and the Czech Republic started the Karelia tournament with good performances.
Finland celebrated against Switzerland, how about the Czech Republic? Petri Saarelainen / AOP
The most interesting game of the day
The Karelian tournament continues for Finland on Saturday with a match against the Czech Republic. The Lions’ opening game on Thursday went perfectly after the team defeated Switzerland 4–0. Although the match was more even in terms of events and expected goals than the final result, the Finnish performance showed the usual game discipline and teamwork. The most successful of the field players Antti Suomela with a hat stamp.
There will be a lot of changes to the Lions’ lineup on Saturday from the Switzerland match. The number one, who performed well and scored three goals in Suomela’s hat, continues in the form of Ahti Oksanen–Antti Suomela–Sebastian Repo. In the middle of the second chain Janne Kuokkanen replaces Henrik Borgström; Jerry Turkulainen and Kristian Vesalainen. In Kolmose, on the other hand, center Hannes Björninen will remain, but on the wings Joona Ikonen and Anton Levtchi change Ville Koivusen and Niko Huuhtanen. The national team debuts of Koivunen and Huuhtanen are very interesting to watch. Nelonen continues as before.
Among the defenders, after Thursday’s Huil, Niklas Friman and Jesper Mattilawho now, at least in principle, gets to the same field as his brother Julius Mattila with.
The player who played a clean sheet will score Christian Heljangon replaced by HIFK Roope Taponen. For Tapose, the first national team game of his career offers a great opportunity to brighten his shield, because the first season in the League has not gone exactly as expected, with the save percentage falling below ninety (89.4%). Thursday’s clean sheet on Heljango sets the bar fairly high.
Without a doubt, the most noteworthy thing about the Czech Republic is the team’s really upbeat performance in the opening match of the tournament against Sweden. The Czech Republic, which went into the match as a big underdog, beat Sweden fully deservedly 5–2. The brightening of the Czech game compared to, say, the performances of last spring’s World Cup can be reflected through the change of coach. It’s not at all far-fetched that Kari Jalonen changing the control dial Radim Rulik too Even a Czech-style pacer can get more out of the current Czech team, both mentally and game-wise.
At least a great start in the new coaching does not weaken the team’s self-confidence and good spirit. For traveling from Sweden to Tampere, a marginal minus can be calculated for the Czech Republic. In terms of betting, the Czech Republic’s upswing and speed of play will, in my opinion, skew the Finland-Czech Republic match even more in the direction of both the visitors and the goal scorer. The best bets for the match are the final victory of the Czech Republic with a coefficient of 2.16 and over 5.0 goals with a coefficient of 1.85.
Finland–Czech Republic starts at 17:00.
The best betting tip of the day
The best bets of the day can be found on football. The most delicious idea is offered from La Liga. In the Rayo–Girona match, I believe that the home team Rayo will be able to give Girona, the surprising top team in the series, a challenge that is several times harder than the match. Although Girona is playing very well and seems to be able to do everything, it is still the biggest overachiever in La Liga so far this season in relation to game events and goals scored.
In my own shadow league table, Girona has six points “too much” and even more overperformance in the team’s balance is seen by the statistical website Understat.com, according to which Girona’s “correct” number of points should be 20 instead of the 31 that has now been realized. Here until the games, both Rayo+0’s 2.14 and over 2.5 goals reach 1.86. Rayo–Girona starts at 15:00.
Other possible searches are Almeria-Real Sociedad over 2.5 goals at odds 1.92 (starts at 17:15), -0.25 handicap Cardiff against Norwich at odds 1.71 (17:00), Coventry-Stoke over 2.5 goals at odds 2.00 ( 17.00) and Hull–Hudds under 2.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.86 (17.00). In addition to this, other possibles are +1 underdog Swansea away from Ipswich at odds 1.80, -1.5 underdog Leeds with odds 1.68 (17.00) and QPR–Bristol City under 2.5 goals with odds 1.72 (17.00).
Today’s games: Rayo+0–Girona 1 (coefficient 2.14) and Rayo–Girona over 2.5 goals (coefficient 1.86), Almeria–Real Sociedad over 2.5 goals (coefficient 1.92), Cardiff-0 .25–Norwich 1 (odds 1.71), Coventry–Stoke over 2.5 goals (odds 2.00), Ipswich–Swansea+1 2 (odds 1.80),
Total balance of the day’s games for the year: 117/208/98%
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