Austria and Ukraine will meet in a friendly match. Who will be stronger?
Austria
So far, the Austrians are taking the quantity, not the quality, having only one victory in seven games played. It was obtained in the confrontation with Hungary (1-0). After that, Austria conceded goals in batches, of which a total of 25 turned out. As for the abandoned pucks, there are only five problems with them. In the last match, Austria lost 1-3 to Slovenia, and this loss was one of the best, if so it can be called. After all, among the defeats there were also defeats: 1-5 from Belarus, 0-5 and 2-7 from the Czech Republic.
Ukraine
Ukraine performs at its own level-just below average. The team does not jump above its head, but also does not allow serious failures. And sometimes it provides decent resistance to more cool opponents, almost achieving sensational victories. A striking example of this is the defeat of the Polish national team (3-4), which happened only after the puck was missed in overtime. In regular time, the teams played 3-3.
Statistics and figures:
- Austria has lost six games out of seven this year;
- Ukraine played one match, losing to Poland 3-4;
- In the previous seven face-to-face battles, Austria won.
Forecast
Austria will try to break a series of defeats, and Ukraine will fight for the first victory of the season. I think that the fight will be productive, so I suggest playing a total of more than 4.5.