Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Finland
Match Time & Date:
11/09/2018
02:45 PM
Prediction: 2-0
Estonia
The two nations have met 33 times in total before this League of Nations match. Finland have more wins, 16 overall, while Estonia have managed to win seven times. Their last match was in November last year, which Finland won 3:0. The other two nations in this League C, Group 2 are Greece and Hungary so it’s important for both teams to get any points they can in a fight to win the group. Finland needs their supporters at the Veritas stadium in Turku to provide the necessary backup. They are also in rising form in their last 10 matches recording six wins, three draws and only the one loss to Romania a few months back. Estonia have four wins, together with three draws and three losses which all came in the last four games which is not a good sign. In their last match, Estonia lost to Morocco at home 3:1. Finland are likely to take all three points here.
Highlighted Player (Thomas Lam):
Thomas Lam is a footballer who can play as both centre back and defensive midfielder. Lam was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 18 December, 1993, but seeing that his mother is Finnish, he was eligible to play for the Finland national team.
After making 11 appearances for the Finland U21 team, he made his debut for the senior team on 9 June, 2015, in a friendly against Estonia. He started the game, but the Finns suffered a 2-0 loss to the Estonians in Turku. Speaking of his club career, Thomas Lam played for AZ Alkmaar between 2011 and 2014 and then he joined fellow Eredivisie side Zwolle.
The 188-cm-tall footballer scored four goals in 64 appearances for the club and in July 2016 he signed a contract with Nottingham Forest. Lam won the KVNB Cup with AZ Alkmaar in 2013 and he was named Promising Player of the Year in 2011. His agent is world-famous Mino Raiola and his contract with Forest expires on 30 June, 2018.
Highlighted Team (Estonia):
Former Soviet republic Estonia declared its independence on August 20, 1991 and they have been participating in FIFA and UEFA competitions ever since. The Estonians have yet to make it to the finals of a major tournament, but they often made life difficult for European giants in the qualifiers.
In 2010 Estonia did well to beat Serbia in Belgrade in the Euro 2012 qualifiers, but they eventually failed to qualify for the showpiece tournament. “The Blueshirts” welcome their rivals at Le Coq Arena in Tallinn and the capacity of the stadium is 10.500. Sergei Zenjov, who played for the likes of Blackpool, Karpaty and Torpedo Moscow in the past is one of the most famous Estonian footballers.
Ragnar Klavan is yet another notable footballer who plays for both Estonia national football team and Liverpool. The Estonians play their home games in blue shirts and black shorts, while they wear white shirts and white shorts when playing on the travels.
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