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HJK vs Ilves Live Stream, Predictions
The Veikkausliiga match at Bolt Arena on Sunday will see home side HJK prepare for the visit of Ilves.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for HJK v Ilves can be found here - as well as the best betting odds.
📊 Form Guide
HJK
WWWLWW
HJK will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 0-1 Veikkausliiga victory vs FC Inter Turku.
In that game, HJK had 48% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for HJK was Bojan Radulović (42'). FC Inter Turku had 7 attempts on goal with 1 on target.
An interesting theme in recent HJK games is the number of nil scores.
From their prior 6 matches leading up to this one, in 5 of them a bet on both teams scoring would have lost.
Ilves
WLLDWW
Ilves head into the clash following a 3-1 Veikkausliiga win as they beat SJK in their previous fixture.
In that game, Ilves had 46% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Ilves, the goalscorers were Tuomas Ollila (35') and Kai Meriluoto (52', 89'). On the other side, SJK got 6 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Josepablo Monreal (9') was the scorer for SJK.
Ilves have attacked well leading up to this encounter, scoring 13 times in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Ilves can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same games. In any event, it remains to be seen if that trend shall be maintained in this game.
Ahead of this meeting, Ilves have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.
👥 Head to head
A glance at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 19/10/2019 tells us that HJK have won 5 of these & Ilves 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.
An aggregate of 19 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 13 of them from Klubi and 6 being from Ipa. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.
The previous league meeting between these sides was Veikkausliiga match day 2 on 16/10/2021 when it finished Ilves 2-3 HJK.
In that game, Ilves managed 37% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Tuomas Ollila (83').
On the other side, HJK had 6 shots at goal with 4 on target. Murillo (2' Own goal), Valtteri Moren (14') and Jair (45', 47') scored.
The match was refereed by Joni Hyytia.
📋 Team News: HJK
The HJK manager Toni Koskela has no fitness concerns at all coming into this clash owing to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from.
🗞️ Team News: Ilves
Thanks to a fully injury-free group ready to go, the Ilves manager Toni Kallio has zero fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match.
✨ Prediction
We’re of the view that HJK will most probably dominate possession and create several successful chances.
However, Ilves may well find it hard getting on the scoresheet although we do reckon that they could well end up converting at least once here, too.
We reckon that it will be a decent 3-1 winning margin for HJK at full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 00:52 04/05/2022

🏟️ Team Focus:
HJK
Formed: 1907
Stadium: Bolt Arena (10,770)
Captain: Miro Tenho
Chairman: Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Manager: Toni Koskela
Competitions: Veikkausliiga position 2, Europa League Qualifiers (Play-Offs)
🔑 Key Player: Bojan Radulović

Generally taking up the Striker position, Bojan Radulović was born in Lleida, Spain. Having made his senior debut playing for AIK in the 2020 season, the accomplished Forward has accumulated 2 league goals in the Veikkausliiga 2022 season to date coming from a total of 5 appearances.
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7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | LWWLL |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | WLLLW |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | LLDWW |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 7 | LWLLW |
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5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 6 | DDDWL |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 3 | LLLLL |
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 2 | DLLLD |
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Përparim Hetemaj | 1 |
Anthony Olusanya | 1 |
Kai Meriluoto | 4 |
Tuomas Ollila | 3 |
Petteri Pennanen | 3 |
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