Delightful dogfight as daring Ilves duels with determined HIFK

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ilves and HIFK.

HIFK play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for HIFK when playing on grass are 6 wins, 5 draws and 13 defeats from 24 matches. They have scored 32 goals and conceded 42 times in these games.

Ilves form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Ilves, who have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Veikkausliiga, have to build on here at Tammelan Stadion in the Veikkausliiga.

Ilves's previous game was a Veikkausliiga match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus HIFK. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Ilves played out a draw 2-2 when visiting HIFK.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ilves handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W5-D2-L0.

The Ilves fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Ilves have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

HIFK form and stats

There's been little loot from HIFK's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Veikkausliiga. HIFK only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws. HIFK has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

HIFK play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Ilves. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Ilves.

We have checked recent matches where HIFK have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were W1-D2-L6.

The attacking power of HIFK when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. HIFK have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ilves - HIFK 3-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 7 Ilves victories, 2 draws and 1 HIFK win. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Ala-Myllymäki 12 goals / 1 assists

Tiquinho 6 goals / 1 assists

I. Mettälä 4 goals

Ilves missing players

HIFK missing players