Greece vs Finland – UEFA Nations League B Preview
Match Information
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024
Time: 20:00 CEST
Competition: UEFA Nations League B
Venue: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece
Head-to-Head
Greece and Finland have met on 15 occasions in the past, with Greece having the better of the record. Greece have won 7 of those matches, while Finland have emerged as winners 4 times. The last meeting between the two sides came at the Euro 2020 qualifiers, with both sides managing to win their respective home games.
Recent Form
Greece go into this contest on the back of a 2-0 friendly win over Malta, courtesy of goals from Anastasios Bakasetas and Christos Tzolis. They finished top of the group in the last Nations League campaign to win promotion to League B.
Finland, on the other hand, played a 2-2 draw with Scotland in their last friendly match. They finished runners-up in their Nations League group last time out, just a point ahead of Romania and Montenegro.
Key Stats
Greece have won 6 of their last 7 home games against Finland.
- Finland have won 7 of their last 13 away competitive games, keeping 5 clean sheets.
- The teams have scored at least 2 goals each in 7 of the last 8 home games of Greece.
- Finland’s matches have seen an average of 3.1 goals per fixture in the last 10 away fixtures.
- Referee Urs Schneider has averaged 19 fouls and 2.5 yellow cards per game in the last 2 international matches.
Predicted Lineups
Greece (4-3-3)
Konstantinos Tzolakis; Lazaros Rota, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Konstantinos Koulierakis, Konstantinos Tsimikas; Petros Mantalos, Dimitrios Pelkas, Anastasios Bakasetas; Giorgos Masouras, Vangelis Pavlidis, Christos Tzolis.
Finland (4-2-3-1)
Lukas Hradecky; Nikolai Alho, Miro Tenho, Robert Ivanov, Jere Uronen; Glen Kamara, Rasmus Schueller; Robin Lod, Joel Pohjanpalo, Oliver Antman; Teemu Pukki.
Greece vs Finland Prediction
This should be a closely contested affair between two well-organized teams. Home advantage and recent form may give Greece the edge, but Finland have shown they can be dangerous on the road. I think the hosts will win 2-1.