Veikkausliiga: The average league table positions shows the journey Ilves and VPS have been on uptil now. Both teams are up for it; let's get this boat on the water!
- Ilves have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- VPS is in the best form (5-0-1) in Veikkausliiga
Ilves and VPS 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
Ilves have collected 11 points from their Veikkausliiga home games so far after 2-5-1. The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Ilves has racked up an amazing five draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?
Pennanen was the last player to score a league goal for Ilves and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ilves haven't scored in 305 minutes.
The followers are hoping that Ilves will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against HJK (placed 3rd). The first loss after collecting points through three league fixtures.
In the match before that, Ilves hosted Mariehamn and drew the game 0-0.Trench warfare? In this club's last 11 league matches, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.
The Ilves fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches.
VPS form and stats
There's been little loot from VPS's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Veikkausliiga. VPS only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Ilves.
Reid, Michael (2) and Sawyer scored in VPS's previous match, the home game against Haka that ended 4-1.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Oulu.Look out: 8 of the last 10 league fixtures involving this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
The attacking power of VPS when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. VPS have conceded 12 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
VPS - Ilves 0-2 was the scoreline in these sides' previous head to head fixture, played this season. Previous ten meetings with these teams: Ilves won five, VPS were winners in two and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Parfitt-Williams 2 goals |  K. Multanen 2 goals | J. Pikkarainen 1 goals |
Ilves missing players
VPS missing players
| Ilves | VPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 19 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 65% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 35% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 47% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 8.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.4 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 25% | 29% |
| 9.7 | 8.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4 |
- Ilves have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- VPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- VPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- VPS is in the best form (5-0-1) in Veikkausliiga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SJK | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | KuPS | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | HJK | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Oulu | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Honka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | VPS | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Ilves | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | KTP | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Lahti | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Haka | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
