Austria vs. Denmark Prediction on May 11, 2024

Match info

Austria’s and Denmark’s national teams will play a group stage (Group A) match at the start of the men’s hockey 2024 IIHF World Championship on the ice of the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, on Saturday, May 11. The Bookmaker Expert editors created the prediction for the match, whose scheduled start time is 4:20 p.m. local time.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Austria

The Austrian national team has developed into a formidable contender in the top world division. “The Eagles“ will be competing in their third consecutive World Cup among the most elite teams. Naturally, during the two previous world championships, there was no discussion about battling to make the playoffs, but they handled the primary duty – to stay in the top division. They’ll now try to avoid being demoted, but this will be very challenging because, along with Great Britain, they are outsiders in Group A both in terms of quality and the odds of ice hockey betting sites.

The head coach Roger Bader has brought a fairly young team to the competition in the Czech Republic. Their main player is 22-year-old Marco Rossi, who tallied 40 points in all 82 games he played for the NHL side Minnesota last season. The Austrians lost a test match against the Canadians before the 2024 World Cup: 1-5.

The current form of Denmark

Since 2003, the Danish national team has competed in the elite division, making them a higher-level side. During that time, though, they’ve only made it to the World Championship playoffs twice, and both times they came in eighth.

With too many older hockey players on its roster—many of whom have played their best years but still have NHL experience—it will be extremely tough for “The Lions“ to even hope to make it to the quarterfinals of the 2024 World Cup. As of now, the younger generation isn’t assuming leadership positions. Mikael Gath’s players took part in five control games before the start of the tournament in the Czech Republic. In these games, they defeated the Poles and the Norwegians 3-1 apiece, then lost three more times to the same Norwegians, 2-3, 3-4, and 1-2.

Key stats

The Austrian national team was defeated in regulation time in six of the past seven games.
Six of the Austrian team’s past seven games have seen them surrendering at least three goals.
Six of the last seven games that involved the Austrian national team saw “Total goals – over“.
For the past 12 games, the Austrian national team has managed to score fewer than three goals per game.

Match analytics

In addition to the Danish national team’s poor performance in previous years, they couldn’t invite all of the best nation’s players to the 2024 World Cup. They might easily finish up in the struggle for survival and it’s unlikely that they’ll be able to compete for the playoffs. It follows that they shouldn’t underestimate their opponent because the encounter against the Austrian national team is crucial for them. Since the Danes are more skilled, they should defeat the opponent, who has lost six of their previous seven meetings and is currently in horrible form.

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Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Austria vs. Denmark 1:5