The Veikkausliiga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 2nd and 6th respectively.
Ilves have less rest than Lahti in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Veikkausliiga game only four days ago.
Ilves form and stats
The first game here at Tammelan Stadion resulted in a draw. Last season Ilves's home game statistics were 7 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 17 games. Ilves haven’t lost a game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus KuPS.Happy days for Ilves in their previous game, a Veikkausliiga match away at SJK that ended with a 1-0 victory. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus VPS.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Ilves matches with similar probabilities have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from one game).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Ilves at home. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Lahti form and stats
Only one away game so far for Lahti and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 7 draws and 6 losses from 16 travels.There were no winners in Lahti's previous match, a Veikkausliiga home game that ended 1-1 vs Inter Turku. Prior to that result Lahti won their away game at HIFK. The scoreline was 1-0.
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 Lahti playing away, we found two games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 0 home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Lahti are hosting VPS in the Veikkausliiga only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Lahti has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Ilves, 5 draws and 3 wins for Lahti.Top Goalscorers
  I. Järvinen 1 goals |  I. Mettälä 1 goals |
Ilves missing players
Lahti missing players
| Ilves | Lahti | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | Played | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | Scored | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | Both teams to score | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | Clean Sheet | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% |
| 2.3 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | 4 | 3.7 |
| 3 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | 4 | 2.7 |
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 3 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
| Ilves | Last season | Lahti | ||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 33 | 17 | Played | 16 | 33 |
| 45 | 21 | Scored | 10 | 30 |
| 41 | 12 | Conceded | 18 | 38 |
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | 75% | 82% |
| 73% | 59% | Over 1.5 | 62% | 70% |
| 39% | 29% | Over 2.5 | 31% | 33% |
| 27% | 12% | Over 3.5 | 6% | 9% |
| 15% | 6% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 6% |
| 45% | 35% | Both teams to score | 38% | 48% |
| 33% | 53% | Clean Sheet | 31% | 33% |
| 30% | 29% | Failed To Score | 56% | 36% |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners For (avg) | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | HJK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Ilves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | SJK | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Mariehamn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Honka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Lahti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | RoPS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | KuPS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 10 | VPS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | KPV | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | HIFK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
