Wellinger vs. Geiger Prediction on December 28–January 6, 2023

Match info

The Four Hills Tournament men’s ski jumping, considered a component of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, is arguably the most well-known ski jumping series ever. Every year around the turn of the year, it’s customarily hosted in four sites around Germany and Austria. The same holds true for the 2023–24 season. Oberstdorf (GER), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER), Innsbruck (AUT), and Bischofshofen (AUT) host the four events. The Four Hills Tournament starts on December 28, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. local time in Oberstdorf (at ORLEN Arena Oberstdorf on the northwestern slope of the Schattenberg mountain) with a qualification competition. The official Oberstdorf competition takes place on December 29, the day following the qualifier.

Meeting statistics

When Oberstdorf jumping ends, the next qualification competition takes place on New Year’s Eve in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. On New Year’s Day, there’s an official tournament in Garmisch. The Tournament travels to Austria after Garmisch, where the last two competitions are held. The jumpers participate in Innsbruck on January 3 (qualifying on January 2), and the final competition takes place in Bischofshofen on January 6 (qualification on January 5) at 4:30 p.m. local time at Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze.

At the Four Hills Tournament’s fourth tournament site, an incident leads to problems. A week and a half before the event officially begins, the aftermath of a snow avalanche is posing a challenge for the Bischofshofen organizers. An avalanche slid into the run because the nets were torn. It’s currently necessary to restore the damage to the Paul-Außerleitner-Schanze’s landing slope and run-out. According to this perspective, leaping is safe because the organizers have been using an excavator to clear the spots and raise the nets.

Halvor Egner Granerud of Norway won the World Cup as a whole the previous season. It is the 27-year-old’s second huge Crystal Globe victory since 2020–21. Dawid Kubacki of Poland finished second. Stefan Kraft of Austria completed the podium. Of the three jumpers that won medals last season, since this season began in Ruka, Finland, only the third one has been receiving accolades.

Match analytics

Because of his strong season debut, Stefan Kraft is seen as the clear favorite for the Tournament. However, the German eagles around the empowered senior Pius Paschke. Andreas Wellinger and Karl Geiger, are also thought to be strong contenders for victory at the storied ski jump event, as they’ll try to redeem from missing the podium last season.

Betting on ski jumping is always more thrilling when you pick the two contenders going one-on-one. We think that the last two guys we mentioned will be close, and Wellinger is the second-biggest favorite to win the event as per online bookies with no deposit bonuses in the form of free spins. However, here we give the edge to Geiger, given that he claimed a double win in Klingenthal on December 9-10. Hence, place your bet on him for the Event H2H – Andreas Wellinger vs. Karl Geiger market with odds of 1.96 on Mystake.