Gnistan vs IlvesPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Gnistan host Ilves at the Markku.fi Areena in Helsinki with a four-point cushion: sixth on 29 points from nineteen rounds against a ninth-placed visiting side on 25. The home team have won eight, drawn five and lost six, scoring twenty-nine and conceding twenty-four; in front of their own crowd the record reads five wins, one draw and three defeats, with seventeen goals for and fourteen against. Ilves have scored thirty-one and conceded exactly the same number, and the split explains why: at home six wins and a draw set against two defeats, sixteen goals for and eight against, on the road a single win, three draws and six defeats with fifteen scored and twenty-three shipped. Both arrive in decent shape, each with three wins from their last five. The Veikkausliiga is running at 2.59 goals per game this season. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.