Spain vs Finland: The Spanish Women Team look to begin their Euro 2022 in style when they face Finland in their Group B opener on Friday.
Match Details:
Teams: Spain vs Finland
Venue: Stadium MK, Bletchley, England
Date: Friday 8th July, 2022
Time: 09:30 PM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Spain head into this after a 2-0 win over Scotland in their previous Women’s World Cup Qualifier clash in April.
The victory ensured qualification to the World Cup as Spain finished top of the table with 18 points from 6 matches.
However, Spain hasn’t played any competitive football since then and could be under the pump to begin on a positive note.
On the other hand, Finland last played in April where they beat Georgia 6-0 in the Women’s World Cup Qualifiers.
Alanen, Summanen (2). Engman, Kalandadze and Danielsson scored for Finland in that thumping victory.
However, it wasn’t enough to help the Finnish team reach the main event as they finished in 3rd place with 10 points; just a point below the required tally.
Finland will need to improve on their levels of performance as they have lacked consistency in their desire to stay on top.
Both teams last met in the Women’s WCQ in 2018 where Spain won 5-1.
Form Guide
Spain: WDDWW
Finland: WDLLL
Alexia Putellas has torn her ACL three days before Spain play their opening Women’s Euro 2022 match, reports @Andrea_Pelaez_ pic.twitter.com/SiRcnA3ZqU
— B/R Football (@brfootball) July 5, 2022
Last Matches of both teams:
Scotland 0-2 Spain
Finland 6-0 Georgia
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Spain vs Finland in India?
The match is live streamed on Sony LIV, YouTube and Jio TV App, while the broadcast is on Sony Ten 2.
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— Helmarit (@HelmaritFI) July 5, 2022
Team News
Spain possible 11:
Panos, Batlle, Paredes, Leon, Ouahabi, Bonmati, Guijarro, Caldentey, Castillo, Gonzalez and Garcia
Finland possible 11:
Korpela, Koivisto, Pikkujamsa, Westerlund, Hyyrynen, Engman, Oling, Summanen, Alanen, Franssi and Sällström
Prediction: Spain 2-1 Finland
Spain is one of the top sides in the competitions and could be a threat in the race to the title.
Meanwhile, Finland haven’t been at their best. But we see them going all out in order to start the competition well.
But the Spanish side should do enough to get the result.