Norway vs. Greece: Tips, Prognosis & Odds - 06.06.2021 - friendly match
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Norway vs. Greece: Tips, Prognosis & Odds - 06.06.2021 - friendly match
The eagerly anticipated 16th edition of the European Football Championship will start in a week with EURO 2021. In addition to Norway, the former European champions Greece are not part of the game. Both teams missed the successful qualification for the finals and go into the summer break after the final test match, in which it is only a matter of laying the groundwork for a successful future.
In the run-up to the game between Norway and Greece, the odds are in the direction of Løvene. A detailed forecast of the EM 2021 favorites can be found in the linked post.
However, the Greek national football team is entering the game with momentum. The Ethniki drew 1-1 against secret favorites Belgium on Thursday evening and remained unbeaten in their ninth international match in a row. It is accordingly difficult to place a tip on the outcome of the game in Norway against Greece.
Significantly more value lies in the bet that a maximum of two goals will be scored. After all, the focus in both nations is mostly on the defensive. By the way, if you are looking for a betting provider who still accepts the Paysafecard, you will find it in this practical article: the best bookmakers with Paysafe.
Norway - statistics & current form
The Norwegian national soccer team has only been able to qualify for the finals of a European championship once. At the EM 2000 in the Netherlands and Belgium, however, the group phase promptly ended again for the Løvene (in German: the lions), who also failed in the EM qualification in 2021.
The Northern Europeans sold themselves very dearly in their qualifying group F, in which they actually only lost one of their ten group games. With five draws, there was still a gap of four points on Sweden in the end.
Six out of nine possible points in the 2022 World Cup qualification
The Norwegians still had the back door through the Nations League, in whose first edition the Løvene won group C3. In the semi-finals of the playoffs, the number 42 in the FIFA world rankings was defeated by Serbia 2-1 at home after extra time.
Accordingly, a rebuilding is currently taking place under the former Cologne trainer Ståle Solbakken, within the framework of which solid results have already been achieved at least in the 2022 World Cup qualification. The Norwegians won two of their three games and scored six out of nine possible points in Group G.
Norway have won three of their last four international matches without conceding a goal
Exactly for those World Cup qualifications 2022, it is now in the final test against Greece before the summer break to gain further knowledge. Most recently, however, the Løvene barely missed a disgrace again. In the test against football dwarf Luxembourg, the redeeming 1-0 winner by superstar Erling Haaland only fell in the 92nd minute of the game.
Nevertheless, against the Norwegians, who have won three of their last four international matches without conceding a goal, favored in the friendly. The bookmaker ComeOn, tested by Wettbasis, offers odds of 2.25 for the victory of the Solbakken team in Norway against Greece.
Expected formation of Norway:
Hansen - Meling - Strandberg - Ajer - Svensson - Hauge - Thorsby - Ödegaard - Elyounoussi - Sörloth - Haaland
Greece - statistics & current form
The Greek national football team is one of only ten nations that have so far been able to become European champions. The Ethniki are the only former European champions who missed the successful qualification for this year's finals and are therefore condemned to watch.
The Greeks, who had already missed the EURO 2016 and World Cup 2018, ultimately failed very surprisingly in Group J, in which football dwarf Finland was able to qualify for a major tournament for the first time.
Greece have only lost one of their last 15 international matches
Because the Ethniki had no back door through the Nations League - in the first edition of 2018/19 Greece only finished third in Group C2 behind Finland and Hungary and thus did not qualify for the playoffs - there was again a missed European Championship qualification nothing to shake either.
Accordingly, John van ´t Schip was installed as a new trainer in July 2019 in order to lead the European champion of 2004 into a more successful future. The interim conclusion is quite positive. Only one of the last 15 international matches has been lost.
Most recently, an average of only 1.77 goals in total per international match
Most recently, the Ethniki were completely unbeaten nine times in a row, but did not get beyond the draw in five of these nine games. In particular, the 1-1 draw at home against Georgia in the 2022 World Cup qualification was painful. In Group B, after two draws, there are already five points missing from leaders Spain.
There were only 16 goals in the last nine international matches of the Greeks - an average of 1.77 hits per game. Accordingly, there is a lot of value for Norway against Greece in the tip that a maximum of two hits will also be scored in this international match.
Expected formation of Greece:
Vlachodimos - Tsimikas - Tzavellas - Papadopoulos - Androutsos - Galanopoulos - Bouchalakis - Giannoulis - Bakasetas - Masouras - Pavlidis
Direct comparison / H2H
Head to head: 2 - 2 - 4
There have already been a total of eight international matches between Norway and Greece and the Ethniki lead the direct comparison with four wins. The Løvene also lost their last international match, which took place in Oslo on August 15, 2012, with 2: 3.
Betting base forecast & Norway Norway - Greece Greece tip
In the case of Norway against Greece, the prognosis must take into account that the Greek national football team has not lost in nine international matches, but on the other hand only 1.77 goals per game were scored in these nine international matches. In addition to a rather tame offensive, this also points to the defensive qualities of the Ethniki.
They face a Norwegian team that hopes for Erling Haaland and otherwise also focuses on the defensive. In three of the last four international matches, the Løvene played to zero, but remained in the other match without their own goal.
So there is much to be said for a rather low-goal duel when two teams meet for testing whose focus was recently clearly on the defensive.
For under 2.5 goals, odds of 1.67 are available at Norway versus Greece, which we play with four units at Bet365. You can also bet with this bookmaker comfortably on the go with the practical Bet365 app for smartphones or tablets.
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