Finland vs Bosnia & Herzegovina Predictions: Sportpesa Midweek Jackpot Predictions
European World Cup qualifiers kick off this International break and Finland will take Bosnia in the first match.
The FIFA rankings make this match between Finland (#55) and Bosnia & Herzegovina (#57) look tight, but the chances of a draw seem slim as Finland haven’t been involved in a stalemate for 29 games (W18, L11), during a run that saw the team that scored first win all but one of those fixtures. Scoring first here will therefore be of utmost importance for the Finns in their hunt to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in their history.
However their home record across the last two World Cup Qualifying (WCQ) campaigns is poor (W2, D3, L4), a period in which they scored first on just three occasions (W2, D1). However, to their credit, Finland have won ‘to nil’ in nine of their last 11 competitive home matches (L2), which includes five such wins against teams ranked inside FIFA’s top 60 – including a 2-0 victory versus Bosnia.
That’s surely going to worry this Bosnia side who have failed to score in four of their previous five matches (D1, L4). However, they have more World Cup pedigree than their hosts having appeared in the 2014 tournament, and should have the ability to cause Finland problems after grinding out a result in three of their last four WCQ away outings vs nations ranked inside FIFA’s top 60 (W1, D2, L1).
However, Bosnia only scored over 1.5 goals in one of those four games, something they’ve done six times across 13 competitive away games since the start of 2017, but just once against a top 60 ranked nation.
Players to watch: Finnish finisher Teemu Pukki scored a brace in the last H2H in Finland, and netted his nation’s last international strike – all three came after HT. Similarly, Bosnia’s Miralem Pjanić scored a brace in the previous H2H.
Hot stat: Bosnia have conceded 2+ goals in five of their previous six away outings vs top 60 teams (D1, L5). content from. courtesy of https://www.flashscore.com/match/8xUVf0xk/#match-summary
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