SJK enter this fixture following on from a 1-1 Veikkausliiga tied result versus VPS Vaasa.

The only scorer from SJK was Jaime Moreno (65\'). Martti Haukioja (46\') was the scorer for VPS Vaasa.

SJK have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, but they have also found ways to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that SJK have been punished defensively in 6 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches. We will see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Heading into this fixture, SJK haven\'t lost in the league to Ilves in their previous 3 games.

Since suffering a loss in their previous game against IF Gnistan in Veikkausliiga competition, Ilves will be aiming to make amends here.

For Ilves, the goalscorers were Roope Riski (36\', 81\'), Oiva Jukkola (40\') and Doni Arifi (66\'). Joakim Latonen (60\', 73\', 78\'), Pauli Katajamäki (68\') and Benjamin Tatar (85\', 94\') scored for IF Gnistan.

Indicating their penchant for action-packed encounters, goals have been celebrated 27 times in the previous 6 games in which Ilves have taken to the pitch, yielding a mean average of 4.5 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have got 10 of this grand total.

Leading up to this clash, Ilves:

have not beaten SJK in away games against them for the last 4 league games. Not the best of away records.

are unbeaten in their last 3 away league matches.

Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 16/07/2021 shows that SJK have won 3 of them and Ilves 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

20 goals were scored between them in this period, with 11 of them for SJK and 9 for Ipa. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The previous league match between these sides was Veikkausliiga match day 13 on 01/07/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Ilves 1-1 SJK.

The referee was Mohammad Al-Emara.

Team News: SJK

The SJK boss Toni Lehtinen doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all coming into this game owing to a fully injury-free group available to select from.

Team News: Ilves

Thanks to a fully injury-free group available to choose from, the Ilves manager Joonas Rantanen has zero fitness worries to speak of before this game.

Prediction

It’s looking like Ilves and SJK may well end up cancelling each other out here.
It could well end in a draw. That’s why we have predicted a hard-fought score draw after 90 minutes.