Lahti vs Ilves betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Veikkausliiga match on June 29th, 2024

Lahti and Ilves will play on Saturday, June 29th, 2024, at 16:00h (UTC), in a Veikkausliiga game to be held in Finland, check the Lahti vs Ilves betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Lahti vs Ilves will occur

The game will be played in the small Lahden Stadion stadium, in the city of Lahti, with a capacity for 14500 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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

Introduction to the Lahti vs Ilves 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 2.95 goals per match.

Lahti last match

Lahti in its last official match lost (2-1) against KPV, in a match valid for Finland Cup.

This defeat was not expected at all. They were favorites and were still beaten, in a scenario that counted with odds of 5.75.

Ilves last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Veikkausliiga, Ilves, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the SJK team with a final score of 2-2.

A bad outcome at the end of the match with the draw (odd 4.00), especially considering that the chances of winning were quite high.

Lahti vs Ilves h2h

When these teams last met at Veikkausliiga, Ilves was 11th place while Lahti was in 7th place. Ilves deployed in a 4-4-2 formation while Lahti set up a 4-3-3 alignment.

The last time these teams met was in a Veikkausliiga themed match that took place on the 06-04-2024 during the 2024 football season, it ended in a 0-0 draw, a competitive one it was.

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

The Ilves team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Lahti its counterpart.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

Lahti

Veikkausliiga leaderboard now

With 8 points, 1 win, 6 losses 5 draws, and a negative balance, Lahti enters this game in 11th place in the Veikkausliiga.

In the 13th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point against Oulu team who occupies position 10.

Lahti will try to utilize the home factor as an advantage to get a win. This, despite being situated in the middle of the league table in the Finland Veikkausliiga and having no high aspirations or relegation concerns.

Lahti analysis

Lahti after 12 matchdays have scored 11 goals and conceded 23 goals, and therefore shows a negative goal difference.

Lahti seems to be facing a problem in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could be an indication that they are struggling to generate good scoring opportunities and need to improve their attacking performance.

Best goalscorer from Lahti

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Luke Ivanovic. The Attacker has already scored 3 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Lahti, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Ilves

Veikkausliiga leaderboard now

The Ilves team with 22 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 6 wins, 4 draws, and 3 losses.

Which means that the team has the same score, in the 13th round, with the SJK team in hot pursuit at 5th place.

Ilves analysis

We have reached matchday 12 in Veikkausliiga and at the moment Ilves has made 25 goals and conceded 15.

Ilves does not average a high number of shots, but in terms of accuracy, the team's results are really good. The team, in fact, averaged 3.92 shots towards the opponent's goal in each match, averaging 1.92 goals. In fact, 2 out of every 5 shots end up in the net.

This is a top 5 team in the Veikkausliiga that wants to keep up with the good performances!

With Ilves having a balance of 3 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws when playing away in the Veikkausliiga, they usually allows little chances for opponents to win.

Ilves is a more offensive team than Lahti, having 1280 attacks vs. 997 from Lahti, having scored 25 times, in comparison, Lahti converted into goal 11 times.

Best goalscorer from Ilves

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack Santeri Haarala has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Ilves with 5 goals this season, the Attacker has been a key player in winning triumphs.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 3 of the 5 goals scored have this characteristic.

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

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Lahti is Luke Ivanovic, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Ilves is Santeri Haarala, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

Ilves has conceded 3 away goals in 6 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Ilves will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 0-0, something to take into consideration.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Ilves scores an average of 1.17 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 5.75 corners.

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 7 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 4.25 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 time this season, very different from Lahti who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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