The Latvian ice hockey team suffered its second defeat at the Beijing Olympics, losing to the Finnish team in the group stage match.
Group C meeting on Friday ended with the score 3:1 (0:0, 1:0, 2:1) in favor of the Finns. The winners scored Valtteri Kemilyainen (38th minute), Leo Komarov (55) and Marco Anttila (59). The only goal scored by the Latvians was Rodrigo Abols (44).
Hockey players of the Swedish national team defeated Latvia at the Olympics Olympiad 2022 In the match with the Finns, the Latvian team could not count on Dynamo Riga forward Mārtiņš Karsums. As the head coach of the team Harijs Vitolins said before the game, Karsums passed a positive test for coronavirus.
The Finnish team won the second victory in two matches and is in the lead in the quartet table. The Finns are ahead of the Swedish national team due to the better goal difference.
The Latvian national team did not score points, but ranks third in the group, ahead of the Slovakian team also due to the better goal difference.
In the third round, the teams of Finland and Sweden will compete with each other for leadership in the group and a direct ticket to the 1/4 finals, while the teams of Latvia and Slovakia will fight for the third line.
Fonbet considers the favorite of this meeting. You can bet on their victory with a coefficient of 2.15, on a draw in regular time - 4.15, on the Swedes - 2.85.
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