On paper it looks like advantage Ilves in this game against Oulu, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!
- Ilves have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Oulu have the most conceded goals (25) in Veikkausliiga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Ilves form and stats
Ilves are steadily winning Veikkausliiga games and points here at Tammelan Stadion. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Ilves's attacking players as they have now played 241 minutes without scoring in a league game. E. Mommo was their last goal scorer.
Ilves faced defeat in their previous match, away at KuPS (0-1).
Preceding that match was a defeat to SJK (0-1).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Ilves's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.
The Ilves fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Ilves have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Oulu form and stats
Oulu have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Veikkausliiga, after 1-0-5 (6 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on J. Ahola, the Oulu manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Oulu play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to SJK (placed 5th).
Before that, Oulu secured a home win against HJK with the score 2-1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Oulu playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
Oulu have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. For Oulu, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Ilves and Oulu have met before this season: Oulu - Ilves 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Ilves three wins, one draw and Oulu four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Vertainen 4 goals | E. Mömmö 3 goals | T. Miettunen 2 goals |
Ilves missing players
Oulu missing players
| Ilves | Oulu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 46% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 31% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 8% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 23% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 5 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 11 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.3 | 5.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 25% | 28% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | 33% |
- Ilves have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ilves haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Oulu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Oulu have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Oulu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Oulu have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu have the fewest points (3) away in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu have the most conceded goals (13) away in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu have the most conceded goals (25) in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Veikkausliiga
- Oulu have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Oulu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HJK | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 34 |
| 2 | KuPS | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Lahti | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | SJK | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | HIFK | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Ilves | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Honka | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -12 | 11 |
| 10 | Haka | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 11 | KTP | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 12 | Oulu | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 7 |