Both Teams Need a Win to Boost Automatic Qualification Hopes as Finland Host Kazakhstan
Finland vs Kazakhstan - 17/10/2023
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One of the big fixtures in 2024 European Championship qualifying on the 17th of October comes from the Helsinki Olympic Stadium as Finland meet Kazakhstan in Group H.
As things stand in the group ahead of this game, Finland are in third place on 12 points while the visitors are one place below but on the same number of points.
Finland come into the match on the back of a disappointing 3-0 away defeat to Slovenia.
It was a huge match in terms of automatic qualification and Finland conceded the opening goal from the penalty spot after only 16 minutes.
Slovenia doubled their advantage 12 minutes later and Finland were 2-0 down at the interval.
Finland could not find a way back into the match in the second half and Slovenia scored their third in added time.
The defeat in Slovenia means Finland have lost their last 2 fixtures, both of which were in 2024 European Championship qualifying.
There was a 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Denmark, which was another blow to the chances of automatic qualification for Finland.
Trends show in their last 6 home games in all competitions, Finland have recorded 5 undefeated encounters.
They have won 4 of their last 5 home European Championship qualifiers and have kept a clean sheet in each of those 4 victories.
Kazakhstan travel to the Helsinki Olympic Stadium having lost 3-1 to Denmark on Saturday in Group H.
Having held out for over 30 minutes, Kazakhstan conceded the first goal in the 36th minute and allowed a second on the stroke of half time.
Denmark made it 3 early in the second half and Kazakhstan scored a consolation goal in the 58th minute.
The defeat in Denmark means Kazakhstan have lost 2 of their 3 most recent fixtures.
The other defeat came in the reverse game against Finland in 2024 European Championship qualifying and the match ended 1-0.
However, Kazakhstan did beat Northern Ireland 1-0 at home, a result which keeps them in with a chance of qualifying.
Trends show Kazakhstan have won 4 of their last 6 games, all of which have been in European Championship qualifying.
However, they have won just 7 of their last 43 away matches in all competitions and just 4 of their 19 most recent away European Championship qualifiers.
Team news: Finland could make a couple of changes to their team from the defeat in Slovenia. Joel Pohjanpalo could come into the attack with Daniel Håkans starting in midfield.
Kazakhstan could also make some changes to their starting XI, with Askhat Tagybergen and Yan Vorogovskiy the most likely to move up from the bench.
Both teams need to win this game if they are going to have a chance of moving into the automatic qualifying positions.
Finland have a good recent record at home in European Championship qualifying and could snatch a narrow 1-0 win to keep their qualification hopes alive.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EuQ
492823
1
1 - 0
2.29
2°
1.65
1.65
3.60
6.00
no
no
no
1 - 2(1 - 0)
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