The Veikkausliiga tie at Project Liv Arena on Saturday will see home side FF Jaro facing Ilves.
View all FF Jaro v Ilves tips, stats and our pre-match poll below (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
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FF Jaro
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FF Jaro will be hoping for a better result following a 3-2 Veikkausliiga loss in their previous game against TPS Turku.
The only scorer from FF Jaro was Herman Sjögrell (30', 39'). Albijon Muzaci (8', 91') and Timo Zaal (47') scored for TPS Turku.
It has been seldom in recent games that FF Jaro haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that FF Jaro have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 16 goals during that time.
Analysis of their past results shows that FF Jaro:
- have not won against Ilves in their last 4 league matches.
- are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.
Ilves
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In their previous fixture, Ilves drew 2-2 in the Veikkausliiga match with SJK.
The only player to score from Ilves was Jardell Kanga (52', 56'). Samuel Chukwudi (82') and Kasper Paananen (88') scored for SJK.
Proving their penchant for action-packed matches, we’ve had goals 24 times in the previous six games in which Ilves have played, giving a mean average of 4 goals per fixture. Their opponents have hit 11 of those goals. Having said that, time will tell if that pattern will be replicated in this next match.
Coming into this meeting, Ilves have not won away from home in their last 8 league games. It's not a good run at all.
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Head to head
A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 29/04/2015 tells us that FF Jaro have won 2 of these & Ilves 4, with the tally of draws standing at 0.
A combined total of 17 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them from Jaro and 10 created by Ipa. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.
The previous league clash between these clubs was Veikkausliiga match day 11 on 17/06/2026 when it finished Ilves 5-0 FF Jaro.
The match was refereed by Joona Kontinen.
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Prediction
We believe that FF Jaro might well have a job on their hands to hit the back of the net against this Ilves lineup who we think will likely get the vital goal that wins it.
That’s why we have predicted a highly competitive game with a 0-1 winning margin for Ilves after 90 minutes.
Should be interesting.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Regarding the current betting odds in the full-time result market, staking on FF Jaro can be had for 3.4, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 3.5 & staking on victory for Ilves is 1.95. They’re the best returns being offered as of now.
Victor Martins,
07:01 03/07/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
FF Jaro
Formed: 1965
Stadium: Project Liv Arena (3,600)
Captain: Erik Gunnarsson
Chairman: Dan Käldman
Manager: Jens Karlsson
Competitions: Veikkausliiga position 11
⭐ Star Player: Herman Sjögrell
Mostly taking to the field in the Right Wing position, Herman Sjögrell was born in Sweden. After having played his first senior match for IK Sirius in the 2021 season, the gifted Forward has managed to score 5 league goals in the Veikkausliiga 2026 campaign so far from a total of 14 appearances.