Czech Republic U20 vs Finland U20 Prediction: Expect a high-scoring match

Prediction for the World Cup U20 match which will take place on January 5. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Czech national team rarely pleases its fans with good results at the youth level. The most successful period in the national team's history was at the beginning of the XXI century when the Lions won the 2000 World Cup and the 2001 World Cup. Since then, they have never become world champions, and with other awards, they are quite sad: in 2005, they won the bronze, and in 2023, they won the silver. Considering the last success, the Czechs have a solid performance at the 2024 FIFA World Cup. At the group stage, they scored 7 out of 12 possible points, qualifying them for the playoffs from third place. In the quarterfinals, they sensationally beat the Canadians 3:2, but there was not enough strength and emotion for the semifinals, so they lost to the Swedes 2:5.

The Finnish national team is a 5-time world champion in the under-20 age group, and the Suomi have won three titles in the last decade. Alas, now they are not the strongest generation, which a year earlier was eliminated at the quarterfinal stage and performed poorly. The debut at the 2024 World Championship was extremely unsuccessful for the Blue-Whites, as they lost to the Canadians and Germans - 2:5 and 3:4, respectively, after which they regrouped and beat the Latvians - 4:0, and then the Swedes - 5:4, making it to the playoffs from the third place. In the quarterfinals, the Finns beat the Slovaks with great difficulty - 3:4, then lost to the Americans - 2:3.

This is only the second time in history that the Czech national team has come close to winning medals at two consecutive Youth World Championships. The first time was a quarter of a century ago, when the Lions won two titles in a row, and now they can win the bronze medal after the silver medal. The Czechs have a very solid generation, which has already managed to knock out the Canadians in the playoffs at the 2024 World Championship, and the day before, they still lost to the Swedes without much chance of success. But the Finns played their semifinal with the Americans a little later, and the battle turned out to be more emotional and energy-consuming.

The rivalry between the Czech Republic and Finland at the World Youth Championships has recently been characterized by solid goal-scoring activity. In the previous five head-to-head meetings, the rivals have combined for 34 goals (6.80 per game on average). In addition, the teams have scored at least three pucks in four of the five meetings during this stretch.