Peter Green - August 3, 2023
Ilves vs Haka Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Finnish Veikkausliiga on Friday, 4 August 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 nine-match unbeaten streak in the league at the moment.
They will play host to Haka on Friday. Going on, Haka have been maintaining a dreadful form so far in this season. They have dropped into the bottom of the standings after recording 11 consecutive winless outcomes.
Haka follows a six-match unbeaten streak against Ilves at the moment. Their latest clash ended in a 1-1 draw.
At this venue, Ilves have a 100% unbeaten record against Haka barring two matches. Three of the last four matches had goals under 2.5 ft.
Ilves had an unbeaten run before losing to VPS in their most recent home match. They were having a five-match unbeaten streak before losing that match.
Meanwhile, Haka have not recorded a win or draw in the past 8 road trips in a row. In fact, they lost 12 of their last 15 road trips across all competitions.
Considering these observations, we expect a win for Ilves on Friday despite of the head to head upper hand of Haka.
Ilves are on a streak of low-scoring matches for the past many weeks. Only four of the total 17 matches played by Ilves were low-scoring. Moreover, their recent h2h match-ups were low-scoring too. Thus, we expect this match to have goals under 2.5 goals ft.
Haka owns a dreadful attacking form on the road for the past several games. In fact, they have scored just 5 goals in their 9 road trips so far this campaign. Such a form doesn’t assure a both teams scoring display here.
The recent unbeaten form of Ilves at home looks impressive. Their head to head form against Haka at this stadium looks impressive too.
Considering these observations, we like to place Ilves to win as the main betting pick for this match. Under 2.5 goals is our second betting pick for this game considering the attacking side of both at respective patches.