Veikkausliiga preview: Can Lahti edge out victory against Oulu?

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lahden Stadion (14500 seats)

Lahti have taken 17 of their 28 in total here at their home arena. Will they claim the win against Oulu?

Insights:
  • Lahti have the most points from losing position (11) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Veikkausliiga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Lahti form and stats

When playing at home in the Veikkausliiga, Lahti have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Lahti, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Lahti are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Ilves.

Before that, Lahti played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Oulu.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lahti handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and zero defeats.

The manager I. Zeneli will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to KTP in only four days.

The Lahti fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. On the other hand, Lahti have conceded 11 goals.

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Oulu form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Oulu so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-7 (win-draw-lose).

Oulu lost away at HIFK (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Lahti.

Oulu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and seven defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Oulu have another match away in just four days, a Veikkausliiga fixture against Inter Turku. A hard diary for the guests!

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Oulu have scored 9 goals in 9 league games away. In the opposite end, Oulu have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent game: Oulu - Lahti 1-1. Previous seven meetings involving these sides: Lahti won two, Oulu were winners in four and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

LahtiG. Charles
G. Charles
5 goals
LahtiM. Kandji
M. Kandji
4 goals
OuluL. Opara
L. Opara
3 goals

Lahti missing players

Oulu missing players

Lahti Oulu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 9 19
7 5 1 Won W 0 2 5
7 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
5 3 1 Lost L 3 7 12
24 14 4 Scored S 1 9 17
20 11 3 Conceded C 5 17 30
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 79%
37% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 37%
16% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 56% 26%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
53% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 47%
26% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 16%
26% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 37%
 
3.5 3.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7.3 5.4 5
6.1 5.4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6 5.7
2.5 2.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.7 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.3 9.3 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 7.9 6.8
3.9 4.8 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.2 2.9
32% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 31% 30%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • Lahti have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lahti have the most points from losing position (11) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Oulu have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 19 15 3 1 32 9 9 7 2 0 17 5 10 8 1 1 15 4 23 48
2 KuPS 19 13 3 3 35 13 10 7 2 1 18 5 9 6 1 2 17 8 22 42
3 SJK 19 10 3 6 23 17 9 5 2 2 16 9 10 5 1 4 7 8 6 33
4 Inter Turku 19 10 2 7 29 20 10 6 2 2 16 9 9 4 0 5 13 11 9 32
5 HIFK 18 8 5 5 21 18 10 4 2 4 12 15 8 4 3 1 9 3 3 29
6 Lahti 19 7 7 5 24 20 10 5 2 3 14 11 9 2 5 2 10 9 4 28
7 Ilves 19 8 2 9 18 23 9 7 0 2 11 7 10 1 2 7 7 16 -5 26
8 Honka 19 7 3 9 28 28 9 4 1 4 12 12 10 3 2 5 16 16 0 24
9 Oulu 19 5 2 12 17 30 10 3 2 5 8 13 9 2 0 7 9 17 -13 17
10 Mariehamn 19 5 2 12 13 28 10 2 1 7 5 15 9 3 1 5 8 13 -15 17
11 Haka 18 4 3 11 14 25 8 1 2 5 5 11 10 3 1 6 9 14 -11 15
12 KTP 19 1 5 13 14 37 9 0 2 7 5 17 10 1 3 6 9 20 -23 8

Read more about Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga is the premier division in Finnish football. It has its name from the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, the main sponsor. Seasons run from April to October in a league of twelve teams. These play two fixtures against each other in the regular season. After that the league table splits in two. The top teams play a championship round and the bottom half play a relegation round.