Football Results

The most interesting match in the group will be played in Athens but this one is also very interesting given Finland’s high ambitions. BiH is anyway a favourite to qualify for the European Champioship and they want at least the second place. The Bosnians started the qualifications with a victory and draw, while Finland lost and won. The two national teams met just once, in 2004 and BiH won by 1-0.

Finaland

Finland showed in the Nations League that grew up into a team that cannot be neglected any more. They managed to win the first place in the group, ahead of Hungary and Greece, and that is definitely a success, but they don’t want to stop there. They have a good chance to reach the European Championship through the Nations League, and they will try to surprise in the qualifications. They failed to surprise Italy in the first round, but they didn’t play badly not defeated and they lost by 2-0. In the second round, they won Armenia away by the same result although the home team wasn’t an easy rival. Lam, Hamalainen and F. Jensen won’t take part in this match.

Probable lineups Finland: Hradecky – Granlund, Toivio, Arajuuri, Uronen – Sparv, Kamara, Lod, Soiri – Pukki, Karjalainen

Bosnia-Herzegovina

BiH has never reached the European Championship and they want to do that through these qualifications. They played very well in the Nations League where they won the first place ahead of Austria and Northern Ireland, but they focus now on these qualifications. They started with a home victory over Armenia when they didn’t exactly make a name for themselves. They played furious 20 minutes against Greece in the second round, also at home and had a lead of 2-0, but later on the lost steam should be happy with draw 2-2. They lost Pjanic because he was sent off in match with the Greeks and cannot play now, while Kolasinac and Krunic are out of action due to injury.

Probable lineups BiH: Sehic – Bicakcic, Sunjic, Zukanovic, Civic – Besic, Cimirot – Visca, Saric, Duljevic – Dzeko

Verdict:

Finland is not naive team at all, especially when the play at home which is why Bosnia-Herzegovina will not have an easy time in Tampere. The guests are weakened with absence of one of their best players and it wouldn’t be a surprise if they have to accept a draw.

Pick: Asian handicap 0 BiH 1.82 - 82/100 @1XBet