Ilves vs IFK Mariehamn Prediction & Betting Tips

Ilves will take to the pitch with visiting rivals IFK Mariehamn at Tammela Stadion in this Veikkausliiga match on Wednesday. Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Ilves v IFK Mariehamn - as well as the best betting odds.

📏 Form Guide

Ilves LLWLDW

Ilves, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-1 Veikkausliiga victory over HJK. For Ilves, the goals were scored by Jair (47') and Tiemoko Fofana (64'). Eetu Vertainen (3') scored for HJK.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Ilves have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Ipa have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 8 goals along the way.

IFK Mariehamn DLDWLL

Following on from a loss in their previous game against FC Honka in Veikkausliiga - Play Offs competition, IFK Mariehamn and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

The numbers tell their own story, and IFK Mariehamn have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals in all. In defence, Grönvitt just haven’t been too solid at all. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels going back to 13/05/2018, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Ilves winning 2 of those games, IFK Mariehamn 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

An aggregate of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 10 of them for Ipa and 9 created by Grönvitt. The average goals per game has been 3.17.

The last league fixture between these sides was Veikkausliiga match day 4 on 06/10/2019 when it finished IFK Mariehamn 2-2 Ilves. The match was refereed by Dennis Antamo.

📋 Team News: Ilves

Ilves manager Jarkko Wiss has a full complement, with no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match thanks to a fully injury-free group available for selection.

📰 Team News: IFK Mariehamn

Out of a mainly full-strength group, there’s only the one fitness worry for the IFK Mariehamn gaffer Lukasz Syberyjski to contend with. Yvan Yagan (Unknown Injury) won’t be in action.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that IFK Mariehamn must be fancied to breach the defence of this Ilves outfit, but that realistically won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede. We are anticipating a narrow 2-1 victory for Ilves after 90 minutes.

Andre Moura, 23:15 26/06/2020