📏 Form Guide

SJK

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SJK will play in this match following on from a 1-1 Veikkausliiga drawn game vs VPS Vaasa.

The only player to score from SJK was Jaime Moreno (65'). Martti Haukioja (46') scored for VPS Vaasa.

SJK have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, but they have also found ways to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that SJK have been punished defensively in 6 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches. We will see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Heading into this fixture, SJK haven't lost in the league to Ilves in their previous 3 games.

Ilves

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against IF Gnistan in Veikkausliiga action, Ilves and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

For Ilves, the scorers were Roope Riski (36', 81'), Oiva Jukkola (40') and Doni Arifi (66'). Joakim Latonen (60', 73', 78'), Pauli Katajamäki (68') and Benjamin Tatar (85', 94') scored for IF Gnistan.

Indicating their penchant for action-packed encounters, goals have been celebrated 27 times in the previous 6 games in which Ilves have taken to the pitch, yielding a mean average of 4.5 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have got 10 of this grand total.

Leading up to this clash, Ilves:

• have not beaten SJK in away games against them for the last 4 league games. Not the best of away records.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes dating back to 16/07/2021 shows us that SJK have won 3 of these and Ilves 1, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

A combined total of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 11 from SJK and 9 belonging to Ipa. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was Veikkausliiga match day 13 on 01/07/2023 when it ended Ilves 1-1 SJK.

The referee was Mohammad Al-Emara.

ℹ️ Team News: SJK

The SJK manager Toni Lehtinen doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash thanks to a completely injury-free squad available for selection.

ℹ️ Team News: Ilves

With a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Ilves manager Joonas Rantanen doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report ahead of this clash.

🔮 Prediction

It’s looking like Ilves and SJK may well end up cancelling each other out here.

It could well end in a draw. That’s why we have predicted a hard-fought score draw after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 14:08 19/04/2024