FC Haka arrive at Tammelan Stadion on Friday for the Veikkausliiga tie with home side Ilves.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Ilves v FC Haka, scroll down (including the best match odds).
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Ilves
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Ilves will be looking for an improved result here following the 1-0 Veikkausliiga losing effort in their last game against VPS Vaasa.
Fixtures with Ilves have tended to be exciting affairs recently with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, a total of 23 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 16 of these accredited to Ilves.
Ahead of this meeting, Ilves are undefeated in their last 10 home league matches. It's been impressive.
FC Haka
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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against FF Jaro in Veikkausliiga competition, FC Haka and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Severi Kähkönen (88') was the scorer for FF Jaro.
The stats don’t lie, and FC Haka have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals overall. Defensively, FC Haka seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. We will see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.
Looking at their past form shows that FC Haka:
- have not registered a win against Ilves when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
- are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.
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Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 07/06/2023, neither club has come out on top overall with Ilves winning 2 of those games, FC Haka 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.
There were also goals galore in those games, with 26 in total at an average of 4.33 goals per meeting.
The last league fixture between these clubs was Veikkausliiga match day 1 on 14/09/2024 when it finished Ilves 3-2 FC Haka.
The referee was Oliver Reitala.
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Prediction
We’re inclined to think that Ilves should dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.
However, FC Haka might well find it a difficult task to score themselves but we do fancy them hitting back at some stage here, too.
Our tip is for a fairly comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Ilves by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.
Victor Martins,
09:06 05/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Ilves
Formed: 1931
Stadium: Tammelan Stadion (5,050)
Captain: Otso Virtanen
Chairman: Petri Ojala
Manager: Joonas Rantanen
Competitions: Veikkausliiga position 4
⭐ Star Man: Lauri Ala-Myllymäki
Mostly taking to the field in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Lauri Ala-Myllymäki was born in Finland. Having played his first senior match for Ilves in the 2015 season, the skilful Midfielder has hit 2 league goals in this Veikkausliiga 2025 season to date in a total of 5 appearances.