Sweden hosts Finland in a friendly international match. The match will be played on Saturday, May 29th at Friends Arena (Solna)
Sweden is an experienced team that can be categorized as a strong middle peasant. In the European Championship qualification, the Swedes (21 points scored) took second place after the Spaniards and received a direct ticket to the prestigious tournament. Now the winning streak of the Yellow-Blues lasts three matches in a row. The men of Janne Andersson beat Estonia (1-0) in a friendly match, and before that, they dealt with Georgia and Kosovo in the World Cup qualifiers, sending four unanswered goals to the opponents' nets. Recently, the football world learned that Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned to the Swedish national team at the age of 39, but the injury at the end of the season will not allow the striker to play in the upcoming test match. Moreover, he will miss Euro 2020.
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Finland looks weaker than the upcoming opponent. This national team cannot boast of any good results. The Finns have never been promoted to the FIFA World Cup, and the first international tournament with their participation will be the upcoming European Championship 2020, which will be held this summer. In the Euro qualification, Markku Kanerva's men managed to take second place and overtake the closest opponent in the group, Greece, by four points. The Finns score a little, concede a little and, like the Swedes, are characterized by fighting qualities. They can already be proud of the start of the World Cup qualification. Being the outsiders of the group according to bookmakers, the Finland national team managed to take points from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine. Both matches ended in a draw. The head coach's only problem is the injury of the main striker Teemu Pukki. The participation of Norwich player is questionable.
Both teams cannot be called super attacking and productive. The fans should not count on a large number of goals scored. The season turned out to be very difficult for the players, and they were probably tired. The game is friendly, and the result is not in the first place. As mentioned above, the main forwards Ibrahimovic and Pukki will not play in the upcoming match. Before the start of Euro 2020, both coaches will be reviewing young footballers to weed out unnecessary players from the extended EURO roster. We also add that the last head-to-head match, which took place in 2019, ended with a score of 1-0.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored