Classic home win, the away team steals it or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams KTP and Ilves meet at Arto Tolsa Areena.
- KTP have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ilves have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Veikkausliiga
It's no vacation for neither KTP nor Ilves as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
KTP form and stats
The overall Veikkausliiga results playing at home this season for KTP are 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for KTP bring valid hopes of a third.
Nothing to worry about in defence for KTP, as their goalkeeper Rasmus Leislahti has completely shut out the opponents for 206 minutes in the Veikkausliiga.
KTP's previous match was also a home event, the loss 1-2 versus Oulu (in Finland Cup).
Before that, KTP played out a Veikkausliiga draw 0-0 when visiting Mariehamn.KTP has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Ilves form and stats
Ilves have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Veikkausliiga, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Two away matches in a row for Ilves, whose coach Kallio could celebrate last time after the Finland Cup win against VJS.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs SJK.Will both teams score? This side's most recent fixtures suggest that, having finished 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each side.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ilves as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Ilves have not lost in the last 9 matches (7-2-0) against KTP.This was the result when the participants met previously this campaign; Ilves - KTP 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Pozo-Venta 2 goals |   D. Parfitt-Williams 2 goals | J. Mäkelä 1 goals |
KTP missing players
Ilves missing players
| KTP | Ilves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 79% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 17% | 31% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 69% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 6.4 | 8.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.9 | 9.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 7.7 | 8.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 23% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 35% |
| 10.9 | 11.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.3 | 10 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4 | 3.2 |
- Ilves have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Veikkausliiga
- Ilves haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- KTP have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | HJK | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | SJK | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Oulu | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Honka | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | KTP | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Ilves | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Haka | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Lahti | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 12 | VPS | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
