Preliminary Round. Group A.
Stadium: Avicii Arena (Stockholm).
11.05.2025 21:20
Finland vs France: Prediction and Odds on the Match on 11 May 2025
The match will take place on 11 May 2025 at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm. It'll be the first match of the group stage of the 2025 Ice Hockey World Cup. Finland and France's national teams will be playing against each other. The start of the confrontation is scheduled for 9.20pm. Telecomasia has the prediction, including all the key stats.
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The Finnish national team had a great time under Jukka Jalonen, when they won the Olympics and twice the World Championship, but the last two world championships in a row, the Suomi finished in the quarterfinals. This all led to the mentor leaving his post, and Antti Pennanen became the new head coach.
The Blue and White team had already played together at the Four Nations Tournament, where they beat the Swedes 4-3. But they lost to the Americans and Canadians 1-6 and 3-5, so came last. At the 2025 FIFA World Cup, the Finns also had a very tough start, beating a pretty average Austrian team 2-1.
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The French national team has become a big name in the top division recently, but the French team has only made the play-offs once, when they played in the quarterfinals of the 2014 World Cup in Minsk. Since then, they've definitely dodged relegation, but they haven't fixed the bigger problems.
The Frenchmen didn't bring a lot of their best players to the 2025 World Cup. The star of the national team is 40-year-old Pierre Bellemare, who played in the NHL last season. All the other hockey players are much lower down the league, so it was no surprise that the team lost 1-4 to the Latvians in the first match of the tournament.
Finland vs France Head to Head Statistics
In the last six head-to-head meetings at the World Championships, the Finnish national team won five times, and the French team was stronger once. The last time the two teams met at the World Cup in 2023, Finland won 5-3.
History of Head-to-Heads
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Finland vs France: Betting Tips & Odds
- The French team lost to Finland with a difference of three or more pucks only once in the last five head-to-head meetings. You can bet on the French national team with a handicap (+2.5) with odds of 2.30 on the line of 1xbet.
- In four of the last six head-to-head meetings, there was a bookmaker's total under. You can bet on the total under 5.5 pucks at odds of 1.75 on the line of 1xbet.
- In five of the last six personal meetings, at least one of the teams scored less than two pucks. You can bet ‘Each team will score more than 1.5 pucks - No’ with odds of 1.45 on the line of 1xbet.
- The French national team scored less than two goals against Finland in four of the last six head-to-head meetings. You can bet on France's individual total under 1.5 pucks at odds of 1.50 on the line of 1xbet.
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Finland vs France: Betting Tips & Odds
The experts at 1xbet think the Finnish team is the one to beat. It looks like the chances of Finland winning in regular time are pretty high, with odds of around 1.15. You can bet on the French team to win with odds of 12.00, and there's a 9.00 odds boost for a draw.
If you fancy Antti Pennanen's team to win, including overtime and a shootout, you can get odds of 1.10. The French are the favorites to win, with odds of 7.50.
The bookie reckons there'll be fewer goals in the match between the Finnish and French national teams. You can bet on the total over 5.5 pucks at odds of 2.05, and on the total under 5.5 pucks at odds of 1.75.
Finland vs France Match Prediction 11 May 2025
The Finnish national team hasn't been doing too well lately. At the last World Cup, it was touch and go for the Suomi to make the play-offs, but they again fell at the quarterfinal stage. The Blues and Whites didn't do too well at the Four Nations Tournament and lost all three games at the last stage of the Eurotour. Also, Antti Pennanen's team had a tough time against the Austrians in their first game at the 2025 World Cup, almost losing points. Now it won't be easy for the Finns.
The Finnish team played a pretty solid game, winning 2-1 against the Austrians. I don't think the 'blue and white' team will change their style of play in the next match. They'll try to put as much energy into it as the situation needs to get a good result. The Swedes and the Finns are going to be fighting it out in just 24 hours, so it's unlikely that they'll go out of their way to defeat the French.
Our match prediction: IT1U (3.5) for a coefficient of 2.36 in the 1xbet bookmaker.
Our betting tip on the match: H2 (+2.5) for a coefficient of 1.67 in the bet365 bookmaker.
Our final betting tip on the match: TU (5.5) for a coefficient of 1.71 in the betway bookmaker.
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