This could be yet another intriguing contest at Ratinan Stadion in the Veikkausliiga. Ilves is in 8th place and welcome SJK in 10th place. Learn more about the fixture here!
- Ilves have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Veikkausliiga
- SJK have the most conceded goals (7) away in Veikkausliiga
SJK play their home matches on artifical turf, while this match will take part on grass. Relevant results for SJK when featuring on grass are 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 15 goals and conceded 10 times on these occasions.
SJK could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Veikkausliiga game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Honka, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for SJK.
Ilves form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Ilves's two home games in the Veikkausliiga so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Ratinan Stadion.
A nice win for Ilves last time playing, versus VPS. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Meriluoto, Almen and Pennanen scoring for the victors.
A 2-2 draw away before that, with Oulu the opponent.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 ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost four.
Ilves are traveling soon after this match as the Finland Cup match at Ilves II awaits in three days.
Ilves has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
SJK form and stats
No Veikkausliiga points yet away for SJK, from their first 2 matches. It's a growing despair in SJK as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
SJK are travelling again after losing away to Honka in their previous match (1-5). SJK lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Prior to that match, the SJK manager Gómez faced defeat when travelling to KuPS and losing 0-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with SJK playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three SJK wins, one draw and four defeats.
1 goal so far away for SJK, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 7. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Ilves victories, one draw and four SJK wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Meriluoto 2 goals |  R. Wolsztyński 2 goals | E. Oteng 1 goals |
Ilves missing players
SJK missing players
| Ilves | SJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9.8 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 58% | 80% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 8.8 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 8.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
- Ilves have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Veikkausliiga
- SJK have the most conceded goals (7) away in Veikkausliiga
- SJK have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Veikkausliiga
| Ilves | Last season | SJK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | ||
| 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | ||
| 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | ||
| 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10 | ||
| 5.2 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 10.8 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8 | ||
| 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | HJK | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Haka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Honka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Mariehamn | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | VPS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Ilves | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Lahti | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | SJK | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 11 | Oulu | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | HIFK | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Honka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Ilves | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Lahti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
