Ilves vs VPS betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Veikkausliiga match on July 21st, 2024

Ilves will be playing against VPS in a Veikkausliiga football match scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 21st, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), in Finland, check the Ilves vs VPS betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Ilves vs VPS will occur

The game takes place in the small Tammelan Stadion stadium, in the city of Tampere, with a capacity for 16800 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Ilves vs VPS betting tip 2024

In the current edition of the Veikkausliiga, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.56 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 3.08 goals per match.

Ilves last match

Ilves in its last official match lost (4-3) against Haka, in a match valid for Veikkausliiga. Coach J. Rantanen's lined up a 3-4-3 formation.

The odds of 4.10 show that no one expected a defeat for the team in this match. Despite being the favorites to win, they could not avoid defeat.

VPS last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Veikkausliiga, VPS, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the EIF team with a final score of 2-3.

The odds of 7.00 show that no one expected a defeat for the team in this match. Despite being the favorites to win, they could not avoid defeat.

Ilves vs VPS h2h

When these teams last met at Veikkausliiga, VPS was 2nd place while Ilves was in 4th place. VPS deployed in a 3-4-1-2 formation while Ilves set up a 3-4-3 alignment.

The last time these teams played against each other during the 2024 season in a Veikkausliiga themed match was a hard-fought battle as it ended in a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Ilves

Veikkausliiga leaderboard now

The Ilves team with 26 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses.

The team, in the 16th round, enjoys an advantage of 1 point against the VPS team which is ranked just below, in position 6 and with 1 point less than Haka team that is in the 4th place.

Ilves analysis

After 15 rounds, Ilves has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 33 goals for and 21 conceded.

The Ilves team comes from a defeat in the Veikkausliiga, and its coach Joonas Rantanen wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Ilves average number of shots towards the target is not among the brightest, with only 4.31 attempts towards the goal per match played; on the contrary, the team's goal-scoring average is very good, as it has scored 2.06 goals per match so far, and thus has gone on goal in 40% of the attempts made towards the opponents' goal.

Ilves is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 49.94%. In the next match against VPS a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Ilves will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

While they’ve won 3 games as the visiting team, this team proves that there is such a thing as a home-court advantage with their record of 4 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws.

Ilves is a more offensive team than VPS, having 1577 attacks vs. 1356 from VPS, having scored 33 times. In comparison, VPS converted into goal 25 times.

Best goalscorer from Ilves

Santeri Haarala has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 8 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Ilves to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

VPS

Veikkausliiga leaderboard now

The VPS team with 25 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 7 wins, 4 draws, and 4 losses.

Saddled with a slight disadvantage of 1 point against Ilves team in position 5, in the 16th round.

VPS analysis

VPS after 15 days has put up 25 goals scored, and taken 21, and thus record has a positive goal difference.

Chances of winning against VPS who playing away has a balance of 4 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw in the Veikkausliiga, are very slim.

Best goalscorer from VPS

In this season, the individual highlight is Mads Borchers that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 9 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that VPS achieved in several matches.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 5 of the 9 goals scored have this characteristic.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Ilves is Santeri Haarala, who has already scored 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of VPS is Mads Borchers, he has scored in 9 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Since VPS has an average of 1.43 goals per game when playing away from home, the market for under 2.5 goals can also be a good alternative. This option can be very good, considering that VPS does not concede goals playing outside their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.3.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 6.21 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Ilves is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.69 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Ilves in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.87 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Ilves side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 times this season, very different from VPS who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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