Turkey VS Finland Match Prediction

In 13 meetings all time, Finland hold a seven to three edge in wins with three draws between the two sides.  Here's how the last five have played out:

May 26, 2012: Finland 3-2 Turkey (Friendly)
May 29, 2008: Finland 0-2 Turkey (Friendly)
Jun 5, 1999: Finland 2-4 Turkey (European Championship Qualifier)
Oct 14, 1998: Turkey 1-3 Finland (European Championship Qualifier)
Feb 12, 1997: Turkey 1-1 Finland (Friendly)

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Turkey vs Finland Prediction

Turkey are going to get a win here, and it's really up to them as to how many goals they score.

Correct Score Prediction: Turkey 3-0 Finland

Turkey vs Finland Betting Tips and Odds

Bet365 have Turkey at 2/5 to win, a draw at 7/2, and a Finland win at 7/1.

The double chance odds for a Finland win or draw are at 2/1. The same for Turkey is at 1/11.

Both teams to score is set at 5/4 for yes and 4/7 for no.

A 1-0 win for Turkey would bring you just 9/1 odds at full time if correct.

Reason: The bookmakers are leaning heavily toward Turkey here because Finland are experiencing a real down turn in fortunes over the last few years.  Any head to head record needs to be thrown out because Turkey are just much better, and they are the side at home, which will not help matters much at all.

Team News

Bayer Leverkusen man Hakan Calhanoglu will miss out due to being suspended by FIFA for a rules violation, but they will be confident of having enough firepower to overcome the Finns with him.

Key Man

Turkey's captain Arda Turan probably hasn't had the time that he'd have hoped for at Barcelona so far, but he has been a part of some history being made there.  Turan has been chastised on occasion by the club's support for perceived poor play, but the winger is still very capable of causing pure chaos on his day.  His pace, which was never that great, has seemingly diminished already at 30, but he skill on the ball makes him quite the danger man to face off against a side that are low on confidence.  Look for Turan to be a provider for the Turks in this one as they look to replace Calhanoglu.

Team Form

Turkey have picked up five points from a possible 12 so far.  They won 2-0 at home to Kosovo last time out to give them some hope of advancing, but it still looks unlikely.

Expected Line-up: 4-2-3-1

Key Man

If the Finns are to have any hope of going to Turkey and getting an unlikely win, they will need their goalkeeper to be in the form of his life.  Luckily for them, they do have a very good goalkeeper that might just keep them in the game for longer than they deserve.  Lukas Hradecky is currently playing for Eintracht Frankfurt, and he helped his side climb up the Bundesliga table in impressive fashion at the start of the season as the club's number one goalkeeper.  Hradecky, you'd think, will have to make several saves if Finland are to get a result here, but he's very capable when he's on his game.

Team Form

Finland have just one point from their first four matches in the group.  They lost in Ukraine 1-0 in their last match back in November.

Expected Line-up: 5-4-1

Turkey haven\'t started Group I in the greatest ever manner, but their win over Kosovo might just give them some hope of qualifying. They must beat Finland in order to continue their hopes, but it does look unlikely that they will be able to jump two of Iceland, Ukraine, and Croatia in this group. It will take nearly a perfect run for them, but they are in luck that they are facing a real underwhelming Finnish side here.

Finland have only registered one point thus far, and that was against the weakest side in the group (Kosovo) on the opening day of the round.