Can Lahti beat Oulu in Lahden Stadion clash?

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Fri 22.October
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lahden Stadion (14500 seats)

Veikkausliiga: What this match might not have in glamour it should make up for in effort and attitude. Get ready for Lahti - Oulu!

Insights:
  • Lahti have the most points from losing position (11) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the fewest scored goals (17) in Veikkausliiga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Lahti form and stats

5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for Lahti so far this season.

Lahti manager I. Zeneli and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Haka in the Veikkausliiga.

Ahead of that match, Lahti won a home game hosting KTP (2-1).

Lahti has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Lahti have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Oulu form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Oulu so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-8 (win-draw-lose).

Oulu failed to get anything from their last game, a Veikkausliiga home match vs Mariehamn that ended with defeat 1-2.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Haka.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Oulu have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides encountered each other earlier this campaign: Lahti - Oulu 0-0. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - two - four (Lahti wins - draws - Oulu wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LahtiG. Charles
G. Charles
6 goals
LahtiM. Kandji
M. Kandji
5 goals
LahtiA. Zeqiri
A. Zeqiri
4 goals

Lahti missing players

Oulu missing players

Lahti Oulu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 12 24
9 6 2 Won W 0 2 5
9 3 1 Drew D 0 2 4
6 3 1 Lost L 3 8 15
30 16 6 Scored S 1 9 18
27 12 4 Conceded C 5 21 37
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
75% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 58% 71%
42% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 38%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 25%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
58% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 42%
25% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 21%
25% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 46%
 
3.5 3.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7.3 5.2 5.1
6.1 5.7 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.2 5.7
2.4 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 1.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.1 9.8 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 7.2 6.9
4.1 5.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.8 2.9
30% 24% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 26% 26%
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 conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Oulu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Oulu have the fewest scored goals (17) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Veikkausliiga
  • Oulu is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 22 15 4 3 38 14 11 7 3 1 18 5 11 8 1 2 20 9 24 49
2 HJK 22 15 4 3 32 12 11 7 2 2 17 8 11 8 2 1 15 4 20 49
3 Inter Turku 22 12 3 7 36 22 11 7 2 2 20 9 11 5 1 5 16 13 14 39
4 SJK 22 11 4 7 29 24 11 6 3 2 22 12 11 5 1 5 7 12 5 37
5 HIFK 22 9 6 7 23 23 11 4 2 5 12 18 11 5 4 2 11 5 0 33
6 Ilves 22 10 3 9 21 23 11 8 1 2 13 7 11 2 2 7 8 16 -2 33
7 Lahti 22 8 8 6 27 25 11 5 3 3 14 11 11 3 5 3 13 14 2 32
8 Honka 22 7 5 10 28 29 11 4 2 5 12 13 11 3 3 5 16 16 -1 26
9 Haka 22 7 3 12 21 26 11 3 2 6 11 12 11 4 1 6 10 14 -5 24
10 Mariehamn 22 7 2 13 20 32 11 3 1 7 9 17 11 4 1 6 11 15 -12 23
11 Oulu 22 5 3 14 17 35 11 3 2 6 8 14 11 2 1 8 9 21 -18 18
12 KTP 22 1 5 16 18 45 11 0 2 9 7 21 11 1 3 7 11 24 -27 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.