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Peter Green - July 21, 2023
HJK vs Ilves Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Finnish Veikkausliiga on Saturday, 22 July 2023.
Ilves had a decent start to this Veikkausliiga season. They have failed to maintain the same further as the team turned inconsistent. Moreover, they are on a seven-match unbeaten streak in the league at the moment.
They will visit HJK on Saturday. Going on, HJK had an impressive start to this season and have maintained it further. The team follows a decent form and are sitting at third in the standings.
HJK are on a 11-match unbeaten streak against Ilves. They won 10 of those 11 matches.
Nine of the last 11 h2h clashes had goals over 2.5 ft. HJK are yet to concede a defeat against Ilves at this stadium and have won every meetings barring a single match.
HJK will enter this fixture off the back of a Champions League qualification victory over Larne. It was their third unbeaten recording in the last four home outings.
Meanwhile, Ilves recorded a disappointing goalless draw against KTP in their most recent road trip to make a thread of three consecutive winless road trips in the league.
Since HJK have been the dominant force of this clash, we expect a win for them on Saturday against this Ilves side.
They both have been recording under 2.5 goal matches consistently. This looks perplexing as their h2h clashes have been high-scoring. However, the recent display matters the most and we like to go with the trend which is under 2.5 ft.
HJK owns a very strong defensive line at home. The team sealed a clean sheet display in three of the last four matches across all competitions. Knowing that Ilves have an unimpressive offensive line on the road, we expect a one-sided affair here.
HJK was unbeaten in seven of their total 8 league outings at home. Their ninth home fixture against Ilves on Saturday might end up as a win for them considering all the above observations.
We therefore like to place HJK to win as the main betting tip for this match. Under 2.5 goals will be our second tip considering the low-scoring display of both.
