SJK arrive at Tammelan Stadion on Saturday for the Veikkausliiga fixture with hosts Ilves.
All Ilves v SJK match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below (plus the best game odds).
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Ilves
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Ilves will be looking for another win after the 5-0 Veikkausliiga success vs FF Jaro.
For Ilves, the goals were scored by Jardell Kanga (4', 38'), Teemu Hytönen (8', 26') and Roope Riski (81').
Fixtures involving Ilves have tended to be exciting encounters of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, the sum total of 21 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 11 of them coming from Ilves.
SJK
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After a loss in their previous game against VPS Vaasa in Veikkausliiga action, SJK and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
The only name on the scoresheet from SJK was Jeremiah Streng (38'). Simon Lindholm (60') and Luka Smyth (88') scored for VPS Vaasa.
The stats don’t lie, and SJK have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals overall. Defensively, SJK have seen their frailties exposed. That trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this match, however.
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Head to head
Looking over their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 19/10/2024 shows that Ilves have won 1 of these games and SJK 2, with the number of draws standing at 3.
There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 22 in all which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.
The previous league fixture featuring the two was Veikkausliiga match day 5 on 02/05/2026 when it finished SJK 1-1 Ilves.
The match was refereed by Amir Hajizadeh.
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Team News: SJK
Thanks to a mainly available group of players, there’s only a single fitness issue for the SJK manager Jarkko Wiss to be concerned with. Albin Björkskog (Knee injury) won’t be playing here.
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Prediction
We’re inclined to think that SJK should get enough chances to find the back of the net against this Ilves lineup, but that might not quite be enough to avoid a loss.
We are anticipating both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Ilves by the conclusion of the game. We’ll have to see what happens.
Peter Guest,
03:01 23/06/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Ilves
Formed: 1931
Stadium: Tammelan Stadion (8,017)
Captain: Otso Virtanen
Chairman: Petri Ojala
Manager: Joni Lehtonen
Competitions: Veikkausliiga position 8
🔑 Key Man: Roope Riski
Normally playing in the Striker position, Roope Riski was born in Askainen, Finland. After having played his first senior match for TPS Turku in the 2010 season, the accomplished Forward has netted 2 league goals in this Veikkausliiga 2026 season to date in 6 appearances.