The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Ilves are in the 6th position while the guesting TPS worry at 10th.
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 TPS.
Ilves form and stats
Ilves have played 8 Veikkausliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Ilves.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Mariehamn.
The Ilves fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Ilves have conceded 9 in these home matches.
TPS form and stats
There's been little loot from TPS's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Veikkausliiga. TPS only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. TPS has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 18 days ago, in the Haka fixture. It's three draws from TPS's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to HJK.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far TPS have scored 8 goals in 8 league games away. TPS struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: TPS - Ilves 0-1. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's five Ilves victories, zero draws and zero TPS wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Ilves missing players
TPS missing players
| Ilves | TPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 23 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 23 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 82% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 71% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 65% |
| 41% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| 24% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 47% |
| 41% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 201 | 122 | 62 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 60 | 122 |
| 80 | 46 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 21 | 39 |
| 29% | 26% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 38% | 36% |
- Ilves have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- TPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | HJK | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | KuPS | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Honka | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | HIFK | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Ilves | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Lahti | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | SJK | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | TPS | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 11 | Haka | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -18 | 12 |
| 12 | RoPS | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -23 | 5 |