FC Lahti take on visiting opponents FC Haka at Lahden Stadion in this Veikkausliiga match on Saturday.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for FC Lahti v FC Haka can be found here - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
FC Lahti
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FC Lahti will be hoping for a better result following a 4-0 Veikkausliiga defeat last time out to HJK.
Tope Keskinen (20', 44'), Lucas Lingman (57') and Hassane Bandé (69') scored for HJK.
FC Lahti have found it difficult to unlock defences of late. Their goals record stands at just 3 vs opposition teams over their previous 6 matches. In those games, FC Lahti have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them come to 12. That kind of pattern might not follow through into this next game, though.
Going into this encounter, FC Lahti have not beaten FC Haka in their previous 2 league games.
FC Haka
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FC Haka head into the clash after a 2-1 Veikkausliiga win in the defeat of Ekenäs IF in their previous match.
For FC Haka, the scorers were Maissa Fall (4') and Evangelos Patoulidis (46'). Salomo Ojala (78') scored for Ekenäs IF.
Over the course of their last six outings, FC Haka have bagged the sum of 9 goals. FC Haka have also scored in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they’ve had 6 goals scored by their opponents.
Ahead of this meeting, FC Haka are without a win away from home in their last 2 league matches.
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Head to head
Looking at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 16/10/2021 shows us that FC Lahti have won 1 of them & FC Haka 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.
A combined sum of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 4 for Mustat kuhnurit and 6 for Haka. The average goals per game has been 1.67.
The last league fixture between these sides was Veikkausliiga match day 3 on 01/10/2023 when it finished FC Haka 2-0 FC Lahti.
On that day, FC Haka had 44% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Juan Lescano (3', 75').
On the other side, FC Lahti had 22 attempts on goal with 4 on target.
The match was refereed by Petri Viljanen.
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Team News: FC Lahti
The FC Lahti boss Toni Lindberg has zero fitness concerns at all ahead of this game owing to a fully healthy squad available to choose from.
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Team News: FC Haka
Due to a completely healthy squad to pick from, the FC Haka manager Andy Smith has no fitness concerns to report coming into this game.
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Prediction
We feel that FC Haka and FC Lahti may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.
We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. We’re therefore expecting a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline when all is said and done.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
11:09 19/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
FC Lahti
Formed: 1996
Stadium: Lahden Stadion (14,465)
Captain: Mikko Viitikko
Chairman: Mika Halttunen
Manager: Toni Lindberg
Competitions: Veikkausliiga position 11