Ilves look to Ratinan Stadion supporters for inspiration before Lahti match

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sat 18.June
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ratinan Stadion (5040 seats)

Get set for Ilves - Lahti! Even considering the recent results, this game should be a riot!

Insights:
  • Ilves have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Lahti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Lahti could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Finland Cup game only four sleeps ago.

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Ilves form and stats

When playing at home in the Veikkausliiga, Ilves have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

Ilves shared the glory with Inter Turku in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Honka the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ilves handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Veikkausliiga game versus HIFK in only four days. This game is also played here at Ratinan Stadion.

5 goals have been conceded.

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Lahti form and stats

Playing away, Lahti have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Veikkausliiga this season.

The supporters enjoyed Lahti's previous match versus Atlantis, a Finland Cup win (4-2) played at home.

A 1-1 draw at Haka's stadium before that.

Lahti are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

The schedule is very tough for Lahti now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Veikkausliiga game at Inter Turku is waiting in only four days.

Lahti are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Ilves, zero draws and six wins for Lahti. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

LahtiA. Zeqiri
A. Zeqiri
3 goals
IlvesK. Meriluoto
K. Meriluoto
2 goals
IlvesE. Oteng
E. Oteng
1 goals

Ilves missing players

Lahti missing players

Ilves Lahti
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 5 10
3 3 2 Won W 0 2 2
3 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 5
14 8 4 Scored S 1 8 9
13 5 1 Conceded C 1 5 16
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
78% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
78% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 40%
44% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
11% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
78% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 40%
22% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 20%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 50%
 
3 3.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.4 4.1
5 5 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 6.1
1.9 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.6 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.4 5.5 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.6 7.6
3 3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.6 3.6
52% 67% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 25%
 
9.2 5.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.2 11.4
4.2 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.8
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • Ilves have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Ilves haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Lahti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lahti have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KuPS 10 8 2 0 17 5 5 4 1 0 9 3 5 4 1 0 8 2 12 26
2 HJK 11 8 2 1 17 9 5 4 0 1 11 8 6 4 2 0 6 1 8 26
3 Honka 9 5 2 2 16 9 4 3 1 0 10 4 5 2 1 2 6 5 7 17
4 Oulu 10 4 3 3 15 13 6 3 2 1 9 7 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 15
5 Inter Turku 10 4 2 4 18 14 6 2 2 2 10 8 4 2 0 2 8 6 4 14
6 Ilves 9 3 3 3 14 13 4 3 0 1 8 5 5 0 3 2 6 8 1 12
7 Haka 10 3 2 5 12 18 5 2 2 1 6 6 5 1 0 4 6 12 -6 11
8 VPS 9 3 1 5 16 13 4 0 1 3 3 6 5 3 0 2 13 7 3 10
9 SJK 10 3 1 6 8 16 4 2 0 2 4 4 6 1 1 4 4 12 -8 10
10 Lahti 10 2 3 5 9 16 5 0 1 4 1 11 5 2 2 1 8 5 -7 9
11 Mariehamn 9 1 4 4 6 13 5 1 3 1 5 6 4 0 1 3 1 7 -7 7
12 HIFK 9 0 3 6 7 16 5 0 1 4 2 9 4 0 2 2 5 7 -9 3

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.