Betting preview: Oulu vs Mariehamn should be interesting

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sat 07.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Raatin stadion (6996 seats)

Oulu are looking to add to their goals scored at home in this game against Mariehamn.

Insights:
  • Oulu have the most conceded goals (26) in Veikkausliiga
  • Mariehamn have the fewest scored goals (9) in Veikkausliiga

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Oulu form and stats

Oulu's results here at Raatin stadion in the Veikkausliiga have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Oulu will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Veikkausliiga game against Ilves (placed 7th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at SJK.

This is expected to be a close game, with Oulu perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Oulu as a small favourite), we find two games. Oulu has won one of these, drawn zero and lost one.

Oulu aren't scoring a lot here at Raatin stadion in the league, with only 4 goals from 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Oulu defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Mariehamn form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Veikkausliiga, on their Veikkausliiga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Mariehamn failed to get anything from their last game, a Veikkausliiga home match vs Inter Turku (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-2.

Before that, Mariehamn travelled to Lahti and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Mariehamn in our archives, and the results are: one win for Mariehamn, three draws and zero defeats.

Mariehamn have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. As for defending, Mariehamn rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Mariehamn - Oulu 3-1. Last five meetings between the teams: Oulu won one, Mariehamn won two and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

OuluN. Jokelainen
N. Jokelainen
2 goals
OuluR. Bonet Badía
R. Bonet Badía
2 goals
OuluL. Opara
L. Opara
2 goals

Oulu missing players

Mariehamn missing players

Oulu Mariehamn
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 1 6 13
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
11 5 0 Lost L 0 3 8
11 4 1 Scored S 3 6 9
26 12 1 Conceded C 1 10 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 77%
43% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 46%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 17% 15%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 23%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
50% 57% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 69%
 
4.2 3.1 9 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.3 4.5
5.1 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.7 5.4
1.6 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
5.9 4.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9 8.1
2.6 2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 2.8 2.7
31% 29% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 26%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • All of Mariehamn's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Oulu's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Mariehamn have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mariehamn have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mariehamn have the fewest scored goals (9) in Veikkausliiga
  • Mariehamn have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Veikkausliiga
  • Mariehamn haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 the fewest clean sheets (0) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the most conceded goals (26) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 14 11 2 1 25 7 7 6 1 0 15 4 7 5 1 1 10 3 18 35
2 KuPS 13 9 1 3 19 9 7 5 1 1 9 3 6 4 0 2 10 6 10 28
3 Lahti 14 7 5 2 21 13 8 5 2 1 14 8 6 2 3 1 7 5 8 26
4 Inter Turku 13 8 1 4 21 11 7 5 1 1 11 4 6 3 0 3 10 7 10 25
5 SJK 14 7 3 4 15 11 7 3 2 2 9 7 7 4 1 2 6 4 4 24
6 HIFK 13 5 5 3 13 11 7 2 2 3 7 9 6 3 3 0 6 2 2 20
7 Ilves 14 6 2 6 15 16 7 5 0 2 9 7 7 1 2 4 6 9 -1 20
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 14 1 5 8 12 25 6 0 2 4 4 12 8 1 3 4 8 13 -13 8
12 Oulu 14 2 1 11 11 26 7 1 1 5 4 12 7 1 0 6 7 14 -15 7

Read more about Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga is the premier division in Finnish football. It has its name from the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, the main sponsor. Seasons run from April to October in a league of twelve teams. These play two fixtures against each other in the regular season. After that the league table splits in two. The top teams play a championship round and the bottom half play a relegation round.