Montenegro will hope to extend the early lead in Group 3 of League B in the UEFA Nations League this week when they travel to Helsinki Olympic Stadium for match against Finland. Kickoffs at 19:00 EAT.
Nations League will take the centre stage for Finland in 2022, with the tournament offering a potential path to Euro 2024, after missing out on World Cup qualification. The home team has no win in the last four matches, losing twice and failing to score in two. In the last 10 matches, they have two clean sheets and they’ve scored more than a goal in just two of their last 16 matches.
In their previous fixture, Finland shared spoils 1-1 Nations League with Bosnia and Herzegovina. In that match, Finland had 44% possession, 12 shots with two of them on target and a goal scored by Teemu Pukki (45+1’). Bosnia got 14 shots with five of them and a goal by Smail Prevljak (90+3’).
While the hosts are taking part in their second League B campaign, Montenegro is appearing in the second tier of the Nations League for the very first time. In the 2020-21 edition of the competition, Montenegro managed to win promotion after collecting 13 points from their six matches to top a group that featured Luxembourg, Azerbaijan and Cyprus.
Montenegro will be aiming for another win following 2-0 Nations League win to beat Romania in their last fixture. In that match, Montenegro had 44% possession, 15 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Stefan Mugosa (66’) and Marko Vukcevic (87’). Romania got seven shots with only one of them on target.
Finland vs Montenegro head to head
This will be the first times these two teams go head to head in a competitive match.
- Finland 1-1 Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Finland 0-2 Slovakia
- Finland 1-1 Iceland
- Finland 0-2 France
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-3 Finland
Away
- Montenegro 2-0 Romania
- Montenegro 1-0 Greece
- Armenia 1-0 Montenegro
- Montenegro 1-2 Turkey
- Montenegro 2-2 Netherlands
Finland team news
There are no reported injuries or suspension concerns for them at the moment.
Montenegro team news
The Brave Falcons will travel to the Finnish capital with a 33-man squad without injuries or suspension concerns.
Prediction and odds
Montenegro has the better run here, but away from home they haven’t really done well lately. Finland hasn’t done well in their recent matches too, but it has been worse at home. With their home and away returns, a draw looks really likely here.
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Double Chance 1 or 2
