Soccer betting preview: Mariehamn welcomes KTP in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sat 01.Jul
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Wiklöf Holding Arena (4000 seats)

Mariehamn are putting faith in their home fans to aid them to do well in this game with KTP. Who will win at Wiklöf Holding Arena?

Insights:
  • KTP have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Mariehamn nor KTP 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.

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Mariehamn form and stats

Mariehamn's results here at Wiklöf Holding Arena in the Veikkausliiga have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Mariehamn are returning here after visiting KuPS and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ngueukam scored the goal(s). At last, a league victory after five games without.

Before that game, a nice away victory at VIFK. A Finland Cup match. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mariehamn have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Mariehamn, as the Finland Cup home game vs KuPS is only four days away.

Mariehamn have scored {5 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Mariehamn have conceded 9 from these games.

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KTP form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for KTP so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as KTP have lost on their last two travels.

The fans enjoyed KTP's previous fixture versus Lahti (placed 10th), a 2-0 win played at home.

Before that, the win at home against EIF in the Finland Cup (3-0). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by KTP in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for KTP, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oulu in just four days.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, KTP have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other already this season, with the result KTP - Mariehamn 2-1 entered in the official records. Statistics for the previous eight meetings involving these two teams are: five wins for Mariehamn, one draw and two wins for KTP. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

KTPW. Pozo-Venta
W. Pozo-Venta
2 goals
MariehamnC. Carvalho da Silva
C. Carvalho da Silva
1 goals
KTPJ. Mäkelä
J. Mäkelä
1 goals

Mariehamn missing players

KTP missing players

Mariehamn KTP
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 2 6 13
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 1 Drew D 1 1 3
7 3 0 Lost L 1 4 6
12 5 1 Scored S 2 4 12
19 9 1 Conceded C 4 8 16
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 85%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 54%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 31%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 15%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 15%
67% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 31%
17% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 38%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 46%
 
3.6 3.8 1 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 6.5
5.8 5.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.8
2.7 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.4 9.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 8.2 8.9
3.6 3.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.2 3.8
28% 23% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 21% 24%
 
10.2 9.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.5 10.5
4.8 4.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.2 3.9
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • KTP have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • KTP have won significantly less corners away then at 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 KuPS 14 9 1 4 17 6 8 5 0 3 10 5 6 4 1 1 7 1 11 28
2 HJK 14 7 6 1 23 10 7 5 2 0 14 2 7 2 4 1 9 8 13 27
3 SJK 12 8 3 1 16 7 7 5 1 1 9 7 5 3 2 0 7 0 9 27
4 Oulu 13 6 3 4 20 19 6 2 1 3 7 12 7 4 2 1 13 7 1 21
5 Honka 14 5 4 5 12 12 7 3 1 3 6 5 7 2 3 2 6 7 0 19
6 Inter Turku 10 5 2 3 16 13 5 4 1 0 10 3 5 1 1 3 6 10 3 17
7 KTP 13 4 3 6 12 16 7 3 2 2 8 8 6 1 1 4 4 8 -4 15
8 Ilves 12 3 5 4 13 13 6 2 3 1 8 7 6 1 2 3 5 6 0 14
9 Haka 13 2 5 6 15 22 6 1 5 0 11 9 7 1 0 6 4 13 -7 11
10 Lahti 11 2 4 5 8 15 4 1 1 2 3 4 7 1 3 3 5 11 -7 10
11 Mariehamn 12 2 3 7 12 19 6 1 2 3 5 9 6 1 1 4 7 10 -7 9
12 VPS 12 1 3 8 6 18 6 1 2 3 2 6 6 0 1 5 4 12 -12 6

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.