Possible nail-biting contest in Ilves - HIFK game

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tammelan Stadion (5040 seats)

Statistics, trends, results, last matches, H2H stats, lineups and much more: Here's all you need to know about Ilves - HIFK!

Insights:
  • Ilves have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Veikkausliiga
  • HIFK have the fewest conceded goals (2) away 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!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting HIFK have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-9-10 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.

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Ilves form and stats

Ilves are steadily winning Veikkausliiga games and points here at Tammelan Stadion. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games.

Ilves are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Honka.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Oulu.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ilves have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost four.

The Ilves fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Ilves's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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HIFK form and stats

HIFK have an excellent away record in the Veikkausliiga so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games.

There were no winners in HIFK's previous match, a Veikkausliiga home game that ended 2-2 vs KTP (placed 12th). The draw against KTP came from a losing position. The HIFK manager J. Gómez brought on Tino Palmasto as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Inter Turku at their stadium, the result 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with HIFK playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two HIFK wins, three draws and three defeats.

HIFK have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. HIFK are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was HIFK - Ilves 1-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ilves six wins, four draws and HIFK zero victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

IlvesE. Mömmö
E. Mömmö
4 goals
IlvesE. Vertainen
E. Vertainen
4 goals
IlvesT. Miettunen
T. Miettunen
2 goals

Ilves missing players

HIFK missing players

Ilves HIFK
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 1 6 13
6 5 0 Won W 0 3 5
2 0 0 Drew D 1 3 5
7 2 1 Lost L 0 0 3
16 9 0 Scored S 1 6 13
20 7 1 Conceded C 1 2 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 85%
67% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 54%
40% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 23%
20% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 15%
13% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
47% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 38%
27% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 46%
27% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 31%
 
5.1 5.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4.5
5.1 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 5.1
2.1 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.1 11.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.7 9.2
4.4 5.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.5
24% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 29%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • HIFK have not yet lost a game away.
  • HIFK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • HIFK have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Veikkausliiga
  • Ilves have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ilves have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Veikkausliiga
  • Ilves 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 15 12 2 1 26 7 7 6 1 0 15 4 8 6 1 1 11 3 19 38
2 KuPS 14 9 2 3 21 11 8 5 2 1 11 5 6 4 0 2 10 6 10 29
3 Lahti 15 7 6 2 23 15 8 5 2 1 14 8 7 2 4 1 9 7 8 27
4 Inter Turku 15 8 2 5 23 14 8 5 2 1 13 6 7 3 0 4 10 8 9 26
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 15 6 2 7 16 20 7 5 0 2 9 7 8 1 2 5 7 13 -4 20
8 Honka 15 5 3 7 20 20 7 3 1 3 9 8 8 2 2 4 11 12 0 18
9 Haka 14 3 3 8 11 18 6 1 2 3 4 8 8 2 1 5 7 10 -7 12
10 Mariehamn 14 3 2 9 9 22 7 1 1 5 3 11 7 2 1 4 6 11 -13 11
11 Oulu 15 3 1 11 12 26 8 2 1 5 5 12 7 1 0 6 7 14 -14 10
12 KTP 15 1 5 9 12 26 7 0 2 5 4 13 8 1 3 4 8 13 -14 8

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.