Our prediction for this match:
Finland
Match Time & Date:
29/03/2022
11:00 AM
Prediction: 1-0
Slovakia
Following a 1-1 draw with Iceland, Finland will look to return to winning ways when they host Slovakia to Estadio Enrique Roca on Tuesday. The Finns continue to rely on Norwich City attacker Teemu Pukki, who scored his 34th goal for the national team against Iceland, and the 31-year-old is likely to prove a handful for the opposition back-line. The Slovaks, on the other hand, aim to make amends for a 2-0 loss to Norway.
Stefan Tarkovic’s troops are not regarded as good travelers, and we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Finland’s party in Murcia. As for the visitors, Suslov misses out with injury, with Regali likely to step up. All Sekulic, Strelec, and Bero are pushing for a start, as well as Real Oviedo midfielder Erik Jirka, who came as a substitute in the loss to Norway.
Highlighted Player (Niklas Moisander):
Despite playing for Ajax during his youth career, Niklas Moisander began started playing for Finnish side TPS at senior level. However, after making 17 league appearances for the club in the 2002/2003 season, he returned to Ajax on 5 June, 2003. Moisander played for Jong Ajax in Beloften Eredivisie and in 2006 he joined Zwolle.
The Finnish defender signed for fellow Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar in 2008 and he spent four years at the club. In 2012 he returned to Ajax and he started playing for the Amsterdam Arena outfit on regular basis. After making 77 league appearances for Ajax between 2012 and 2015, he joined Sampdoria on March 2015 on a free transfer.
Moisander signed a three-year deal with the club and he played 22 league games for La Samp in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign. At the end of the season he moved to Werder Bremen. The former Ajax footballer was born on 29 September, 1985 in Turku, Finland.
Highlighted Team (Slovakia):
Slovakia only appeared on the international stage in 1993 as Czechoslovakia fell apart, and the new national team have yet to record a result worth mention. Repre have only qualified for two major tournaments so far, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2016, but the current generation definitely seem capable of improving the team’s profile in years to come.
Slovakia currently have quite a few players plying their trade in some of Europe’s top sides, with Marek Hamsik, Martin Skrtel and Juraj Kucka clearly the leaders of the national team at the moment, but they do struggle in some areas and are not exactly world beaters just yet. Under Vladimir Weiss and Jan Kozak, Slovakia have become a tough not to crack, relying on rock-solid back line and swift counter-attacks, and they even gave Spain a tough time during the Euro 2016 qualifiers.
Miroslav Karhan and Robert Vittek are the most capped player and top goalscorer respectively, with Robert Vittek another player worth the mention.
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