Finland U21 vs Norway U21 — League #850 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 4+ matches
Finland U2154%
Norway U2122%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Finland U21 creates 69% more chances
Season form · 5 home / 4 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over53
- Under47
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes54
- No46
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Finland U21 ↓
Most likely 1–0 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Finland U21 at home — creates 1.80, concedes 0.60 · 5 matches
Norway U21 away — creates 1.50, concedes 1.75 · 4 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Finland U21 attack 1.80 + Norway U21 defence 1.75 → ÷2 → 1.77
Norway U21 attack 1.50 + Finland U21 defence 0.60 → ÷2 → 1.05
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 54%?"
Finland U21 at 54% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 54% does not mean "Finland U21 will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Norway U21 substitutes
Head to Head
Finland U21 host Norway U21 on Friday, 10 June 2022 at 15:00. The match is part of the League #850 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Finland U21 vs Norway U21
Norway U21 beat Finland U21 2-0 in League #850 on June 10, 2022.
Goals: E. Ceïde (63'), F. Oppegård (78').
The match was played at Veritas Stadion in Åbo.