Finland hosts Bosnia & Herzegovina in round 3 of Euro Qualification. The match will be played on Saturday, June 8th at Ratina Stadion (Tampere)
The Finns managed to get important 3 points in Armenia. In that meeting, the Scandinavians held back the opponent's attack successfully and did not allow creating goal attempts. Then again, Finland played decently in Italy either. Squadra Azzurra won with a difference of 2 goals but got to the box of Finland with great difficulties. The Scandinavians are able to play much more successfully at home. Thus, they won all 3 matches in Finland in the Nations League and did not concede from the Greeks and Hungarians. The latter arranged total domination, delivered 17 shots, but didn’t manage to score the Finns.
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Bosnia somehow lost points in a home game with Greece, outscoring 2-0 in the course of the meeting. In addition, Pjanic picked up a red card in that match, and he won’t be able to help the team in Finland. The loss of one of the key offensive players will affect the actions of the Bosnians in the attack. The team has no equivalent substitute for the playmaker. However, even with Pjanic, Bosnia is far from permanent successful results on the road. In the previous World Cup qualifiers, for example, the Bosnians won only 2 of 5 away matches. They beat the Estonians with difficulties and coped with Gibraltar. In the Euro 2016 qualifiers, the Bosnians won only 2 of the 6 away games.
Scoring football is not about the Finns. We saw less than four goals in their 12 matches in a row. It is not surprising that Finland plays well in defense, especially in the home field. In the last World Cup qualifiers, the team conceded only 6 goals at home, although the opponents were difficult. At the same time, the Finns didn’t lose to the Icelanders and Turks at home and gave a battle to the Croats. Actually, the Scandinavians lost only 1 of the last 10 matches in Finland, and even then in a friendly game. They are quite capable of earning points in a match with the Bosnians. Without Pjanic, the attacks of the visitors will be less formidable, which is also in favor of an under. Moreover, the Bosnians could not even score in the last 3 away matches.
Prediction for the match: Finland to win with +0.5 handicap and Under 3.5 goals scored
