This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Veikkausliiga game of the season. Both Ilves and Mariehamn are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.
Ilves and Mariehamn should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Ilves form and stats
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Ilves's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.
Ilves have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Ilves scored 7 goals and let in 1 goal during these three games.
Last season, Ilves's league statistics were 11 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Veikkausliiga. Over these 22 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 18. Playing at home last season Ilves managed 4-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 10 conceded.
Mariehamn form and stats
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Mariehamn when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing zero and winning one game.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Mariehamn have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from four fixtures.
Let's have a look at how Mariehamn performed last season in the Veikkausliiga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 15/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Ilves victories, three draws and two Mariehamn wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Ilves missing players
Mariehamn missing players
| Ilves | Mariehamn | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Ilves | Last season | Mariehamn | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 16 | 31 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 34 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 38 | ||
| 89% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 90% | ||
| 59% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 65% | ||
| 37% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 22% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 19% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 41% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 39% | ||
| 37% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 33% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 39% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 319 | 202 | Total Shots | T S | 172 | 329 | ||
| 109 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 67 | 134 | ||
| 31% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Haka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | HIFK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | HJK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Honka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ilves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | KuPS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Lahti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | RoPS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | SJK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | TPS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |