Finland-Kazakhstan is a match valid for the eighth day of Euro 2024 qualifying Group H and is played Tuesday at 6 p.m.: TV, predictions.
One of the most classic cases where a draw would not really serve anyone. Finland and Kazakhstan, after last Saturday’s results – both lost to the first and second in the group, Slovenia and Denmark, respectively – are obliged to win to continue their hopes of reaching one of the top two places.
Whoever, in fact, loses this in-or-out clash can forget about direct qualification to Germany 2024. However, Kazakhstan, unlike Finland, has one last “wild card” in its pocket thanks to winning its Nations League group. In case they do not make it to the top two, they are already certain of a place in the play-offs. But let’s look at the standings to get a clearer idea: Slovenia and Denmark, when there are three days left in the canonical qualifiers, have 16 points, four more than the Finland-Kazakhstan pairing. The Danes, however, will have an easy time in this round with San Marino, and Slovenia also has a good chance against a Northern Ireland already out of the picture.
That’s why a draw would be of no use to either Markku Kanerva’s men or Magomed Adiev’s men, who are almost forced to take the entire stake to “survive. “
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Adiev
Finland on Saturday fell for the second time in a row in Ljubljana: a stark defeat (3-0, a double by the little jewel Sesko) that could cost the Scandinavians dearly, who collapsed in just their two most important fixtures (Denmark and Slovenia) after four straight victories. Kazakhstan, on the other hand, failed another comeback over the Danes: Eriksen and his teammates had it easy this time, winning the challenge at the Parken (3-1).
The Prediction
The tie, as said, serves little purpose. And probably the one who is really playing for everything in this challenge is Finland, which unlike Kazakhstan does not have the playoff parachute. Let’s give confidence to the Scandinavians, who already last September were able to tick it off by a narrow margin in Astana (0-1): Antman’s goal in the final of a very balanced challenge was decisive.
The probable formations of Finland-Kazakhstan
- FINLAND (3-4-3): Hradecky; Hoskonen, Ivanov, Vaisanen; Alho, Schuller, Kamara, Uronen; Kallmann, Pukki, Pohjanpalo.
- KAZAKISTAN (3-4-3): Shatskiy; Bystrov, Alip, Marochkin; Kairov, Zaynutdinov, Kuat, Dosmagambetov; Orazov, Aymbetov, Samorodov.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-0
