Greece vs Finland Prediction and Betting Tips | September 7th 2024

Greece will face Finland at the Georgios Karaiskakis on Saturday in the opening game of their 2024-25 UEFA Nations League campaign. The home side missed out on a spot in the European Championship after losing on penalties to Georgia in the playoffs final, prompting the exit of head coach Gus Poyet after two years at the helm.

They performed well in the Nations League back in 2022, picking up five wins from their six games and finishing atop their group as they secured promotion to League B. The home side will be looking to pick up where they left off in the tournament this week as they target a positive start to life under new boss Ivan Jovanovic.

Like their opponents, Finland participated in the European Championship playoffs but were knocked out in the semifinals by Wales. They then engaged in friendly action in their subsequent outings, most recently playing out a 2-2 draw against Scotland, with Benjamin Kallman and Oliver Antman netting second-half goals to secure a draw for Huuhkajat.

Greece vs Finland Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

There have been 18 meetings between Greece and Finland. The hosts have won half of those games while the visitors have won six times. There have been three draws between the two teams.
The two teams last faced off in an European Championship qualifying clash back in November 2019 which the hosts won 2-1.
Greece have won two of their last three games in this fixture after winning just one of their previous five.
Finland are without a clean sheet in their last five games across all competitions.
To Piratiko were ranked 54th in the latest FIFA rankings and now sit nine places above their weekend opponents.

Greece vs Finland Prediction

Greece's latest result ended a run of back-to-back defeats and they will be looking to build on that this Saturday. They have lost just one of their last five home matches and will head into the weekend clash as favorites.

Finland are on a run of back-to-back winless outings and have won just one of their last four matches. They are without a win in their last three away matches and could see defeat here.

Prediction: Greece 2-0 Finland

Greece vs Finland Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Greece to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Five of the last six matches between the two teams have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of their last five matchups)