The Veikkausliiga game at Markku.fi Areena on Saturday will see hosts IF Gnistan go up against IFK Mariehamn.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for IF Gnistan v IFK Mariehamn can be seen below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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IF Gnistan
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IF Gnistan will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 1-0 Veikkausliiga defeat in their last game at the hands of FC Lahti.
Neemias (54') scored for FC Lahti.
Jussi Leppälahti's IF Gnistan have scored 9 times over their last half-dozen outings. The comparative tally of goals that they have conceded in those games amounts to 5.
Heading into this fixture, IF Gnistan are undefeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.
IFK Mariehamn
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to VPS Vaasa in Veikkausliiga action, IFK Mariehamn will be aiming to make amends here.
Luka Smyth (3'), Oluwaseyi Ogunniyi (32'), Olavi Keturi (75') and Akon Kuek (90') scored for VPS Vaasa.
The forward players for IFK Mariehamn have had real problems scoring goals over their last 6 clashes, contributing the poor return of just 1. In those matches, Grönvitt have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 16. That aside, we will just have to wait and see whether such a trend shall continue on in this upcoming match.
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Head to head
An examination of past results between these clubs stretching back to 26/05/2024 reveals that these encounters have been disappointments for IFK Mariehamn. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins at all while IF Gnistan have managed to find a way, winning in 83 per cent of those ties.
In all, 20 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 15 of them for IF Gnistan and 5 belonging to Grönvitt. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.
The last league match between these sides was Veikkausliiga match day 10 on 13/06/2026 which ended up with the score at IFK Mariehamn 0-3 IF Gnistan.
The referee was Oliver Reitala.
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Team News: IF Gnistan
It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the IF Gnistan manager Jussi Leppälahti to contend with from an otherwise complete group. Evgeniy Bashkirov (Knee surgery) won’t play.
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Prediction
It’s pretty clear that IFK Mariehamn may well find it hard to be scoring even one goal against a IF Gnistan lineup who have all the attributes to dominate this game and keep it tight in defence.
We’re going for a very comfortable 3-0 margin for IF Gnistan at the end of the 90 minutes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Checking the betting prices for this game on the win-draw-win market, a win for IF Gnistan is available for 1.38, a bet on a draw is 4.75 & betting on the winning team to be IFK Mariehamn will get you 6.5. These are the best prices being offered right now.
Peter Guest,
03:02 07/07/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
IF Gnistan
Formed: 1924
Stadium: Markku.fi Areena (2,700)
Captain: Gabriel Europaeus
Chairman: Antti Uusitalo
Manager: Jussi Leppälahti
Competitions: Veikkausliiga position 6
⭐ Star Player: Joakim Latonen
Mostly taking to the field in the Striker position, Joakim Latonen was born in Turku, Finland. After having made a senior debut playing for IFK Mariehamn in the 2022 season, the accomplished Forward has accumulated 3 league goals in the Veikkausliiga 2026 campaign so far in a total of 14 appearances.