Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Finland
Match Time & Date:
17/11/2024
12:00 PM
Prediction: 0-1
Greece
Finland and Greece go head to head at Helsinki Olympic Stadium in what is expected to be an interesting Europa League game. The Finns are not enjoying a campaign to remember, losing each of their five group games and, no doubt, they are low on confidence following a 1-0 defeat to Republic of Ireland. DC United midfielder Matti Peltola suffered an injury in the Aviva Stadium defeat, with Daniel O’Shaughnessy likely to step up.
Ivan Jovanovic’s men, on the other hand, aim to recover from a heavy 3-0 loss to England. Greece, though, are more of a team than Finland and we predict that Vangelis Pavlidis and Co. are going to prove their worth on the field. Speaking of the away team, Panathinaikos forward Fotis Ioannidis is widely expected to return to the starting XI. When the two teams met in Piraeus earlier in the process, Greece defeated Finland 3-0.
Highlighted Team (Greece):
Former European champions Greece played their first official match on April 7, 1929, with the team suffering a heavy 4-1 loss to Italy in Athens. The Greeks booked their place at the FIFA World Cup finals in 1994 for the first time ever, but they failed to impress at the showpiece tournament in United States of America.
The Galanolefki were eliminated in the group stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup as well, but they made it to the knockout stages of the tournament in Brazil four years later. However, the Greeks were more than unfortunate not to book their place in the quarter-finals as they were beaten by Costa Rica on penalties. However, Greece did remarkably well to win the 2004 European Championship and that is considered the national team’s biggest success.
Otto Rehhagel outplayed the likes of France and Czech Republic in the knockout stages to set up a meeting with hosts Portugal in the title game. Thanks to Angelos Charisteas’ goal 12 minutes into the second half Greece won the European Championship.
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