Sweden take on the visitors New Zealand in a friendly international match. The match will be played on Friday, June 16th at Friends Arena (Solna).
The Swedes are preparing for their qualifying match and have decided to compete against a rather exotic opponent, the New Zealand team. Naturally, the Scandinavians are the clear favorites, and they are likely to confirm their status. The Swedes are not shy about crushing modest opponents along their way. For example, in a match during their March training camp, they defeated Azerbaijan with a score of 5-0. Regarding their experience in matches against non-European opponents, they had a couple of such matches at the end of last year, but the opponents there were far more formidable than the New Zealand team. However, the Swedes did not falter even then, defeating Algeria 2-0 and Mexico 2-1. Therefore, it can be assumed that they will dismantle the humble New Zealand team without any difficulties.
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New Zealand rarely encounters teams outside the Oceania region, and each match against a non-Oceania opponent is a big challenge for them. As for their matches against European opponents, it's a complete disaster since even when facing outright underdogs from the continent, New Zealand still ends up losing. Such encounters are not frequent, but in 2019, they faced Lithuania and Ireland, with the Irish beating them 3-0 and even the low-ranking Lithuanians defeating them 1-0. New Zealand rarely deals with opponents of the strong level of Sweden, so it can be presumed that the hosts will dismantle them. Considering this, one can look at the option of a confident and significant victory for the Swedes.
The Swedes are clear favorites in this match, and it's reasonable to consider a betting option where the Europeans win by a margin of 2-3 goals, at the very least. New Zealand lacks substantial experience playing against relatively strong opponents, so any European national team poses a real challenge for them. Based on this analysis, my choice would be to bet on the victory of the Swedes with a handicap of -1.5.
Prediction for the match: Sweden to win with -1.5 handicap.
