Czech Republic vs Switzerland Prediction: Chance to continue the winning streak

Prediction for the IIHF World Championship Czech Republic vs Switzerland match which will take place on May 21st. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Czech Republic

At the 2023 World Cup, the Czech national team looks like completely unmotivated players have come to play at an amateur tournament. They seem forced to play hockey, although they do not want to. Nevertheless, they still need to gain points. The only mistake they made in the confrontation with Latvia was losing in overtime – 3:4. In the other four games, Kari Jalonen's wards won. The most impressive example of their game is the game with the Slovenes when they could not show good hockey for two periods, and then they sent five pucks into the opponent's goal and won – 6:2.

Switzerland

Switzerland continues to demonstrate perfect results in the group stages of the world championships. Already at the last World Championship, they started a winning streak of seven meetings in the group. Only then they lost in the first round of the playoffs. Despite this, the wards of Patrick Fisher began to collect points from the very first games of the 2023 World Cup. In the five opening matches, they dealt with Slovenia – 7:0, Norway – 3:0, Kazakhstan – 5:0, Slovakia – 4:2, and the day before, they even beat Canada – 3:2. Now Switzerland is the absolute leader of the Group B standings.

Expert Betting Tips

The national teams of the Czech Republic and Switzerland are currently the leaders of group B. The current position of Switzerland is slightly better, two points ahead of the opponent, but they also show a much more spectacular game than the Czech Republic. Kari Jalonen's wards act exceptionally pragmatically, but the lineup level for the 2023 World Cup is inferior to Switzerland. Patrick Fischer has gathered almost all the leaders and has every chance to continue the winning streak.

The Czech national team aims to play careful and pragmatic hockey but still needs to play more effectively. In the five previous games at the 2023 World Cup with the participation of the Czech Republic, 28 goals were scored in total (5.60 on average per game), which is not so little. The Swiss national team is the highest-scoring team in Group B, which has scored 22 goals (4.40 on average per game) in five matches.