FC Inter Turku vs Helsinki IFK Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

FC Inter Turku

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FC Inter Turku will be hoping to bounce back here after a 2-1 Veikkausliiga loss in their previous game against FC Honka.

In that match, FC Inter Turku had 44% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. For FC Inter Turku, the goalscorers were Matias Tamminen (48') and Rick Ketting (86' Own goal). At the other end, FC Honka got 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Agon Sadiku (49') scored for FC Honka.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that FC Inter Turku have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that FC Inter Turku have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 7 goals during that time. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Helsinki IFK

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In their previous fixture, Helsinki IFK drew 1-1 in the Veikkausliiga match with AC Oulu.

The only player to score from Helsinki IFK was Eero Markkanen (51'). Enoch Banza (20') was the scorer for AC Oulu.

It has become apparent that Helsinki IFK have suffered from a lack of goals over their last 6 clashes, contributing the disappointing return of just 4. In those matches, Tähtirinnat have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 11.

Coming into this fixture, Helsinki IFK are without a win away from home in their last 8 league matches. Their travelling support will be needed here, for sure.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 16/08/2019 tells us that FC Inter Turku have won 4 of these & Helsinki IFK 1, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined sum of 18 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 12 of them for Sinimustat and 6 coming from Tähtirinnat. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was Veikkausliiga match day 1 on 03/10/2021 which ended up with the score at FC Inter Turku 2-0 Helsinki IFK.

That day, FC Inter Turku had 53% possession and 12 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. The scorers were Benjamin Källman (50') and Martti Haukioja (87').

At the other end, Helsinki IFK had 6 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Ville Nevalainen.

📋 Team News: FC Inter Turku

The FC Inter Turku manager Miguel Grau doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match with a completely healthy squad ready to go.

ℹ️ Team News: Helsinki IFK

Thanks to a fully injury-free group to pick from, the Helsinki IFK manager Mixu Paatelainen does not have any fitness worries at all ahead of this game.

✨ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that FC Inter Turku look likely to score at least once against Helsinki IFK, who won’t find it easy to get a goal of their own.

We’re predicting a 2-0 win for FC Inter Turku after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:12 10/05/2022