Ilves vs KTP Prediction & Tips
Ilves and Kotkan meet at Tammelan Stadion, in a match for the 9th round of the Veikkausliiga. The history of recent head-to-head matches is favorable to the home team, which registers 4 victories in the last 4 matches. The last head-to-head meeting between these two teams, on 02-27-2021, ended with the victory of Ilves by (3-0). Despite being a match between 4th and 9th in the table, it is actually a confrontation between the 11th ranked in home games and the 2nd away.
After 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, the home team is currently in 4th position, with 7 points won. In their last match, they beat KuPS at home by (3‑2), after having drawn (1‑1) away in the previous match, in a match against HIFK. This is a team that tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since they have won 4 points away and 0 in their stadium, with 3 goals scored and 1 suffered as away, against 3 goals scored and 5 suffered at home. In their last 10 home games Ilves have 5 wins and 5 losses. Their defense has not been very strong, since they have suffered goals in 3 of the last 4 matches, but their offense has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition.
The local team comes to this game excited for having managed to beat a top-level rival on the last day. Ilves Tampere started 2021 with three consecutive defeats in the Finnish Cup and one elimination in the group stage (something that has never happened in the current format of the competition). However, to the relief of their fans, Ilves started the Veikkausliiga with an opening victory and, despite being beaten by Helsinki in their next match, they were unbeaten in their last two matches. After drawing a difficult game with Helsingfors, away from home, Ilves Tampere faced KuPS (until then ranked third) and achieved a heroic victory, which guaranteed them fifth place in the table: playing at home against the reigning champions of the Finnish Cup, Ilves managed well, especially in the offensive sector, and won 3×2. Now, faced with a team struggling at the bottom of the qualifying table, Ilves Tampere hope to score all three points at home to stay close to the top finishers.
The visiting team is currently in 9th position, with 4 points won, after 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they won away against Haka by (0‑3). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Inter Turku by (2‑1). This is a team that tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since they have won 4 points away and 0 in their stadium, with 5 goals scored and 3 suffered as away, against 1 goal scored and 3 suffered at home. In the last 10 away matches for all competitions, Kotkan won 2, drew 2 and lost 6. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 3 of the last 4 matches, so it has not presented great defensive strength, but its Attack has scored regularly, having always scored at least one goal in the last 4 matches for this competition.
The visiting team comes to this game motivated by being able to stay away from the relegation zone in these first days of the Veikkausliiga. Runners-up in the Ykkönen (Finland’s second division) last year, FC KTP managed to return to the Veikkausliiga in 2021 after beating the traditional TPS Turku in the play-out. It is a recently created team, barely this century, but constantly competing among the best. This season, despite worrying fans with three straight losses that eliminated the team right in the group stage of the Finnish Cup, including a 6×1 beating of Helsinki, the KTP are at least managing to compete in the Veikkausliiga. In the four rounds played so far, he has achieved a victory (against a team that is also expected to fight for relegation this season), a draw and two losses (both against teams that tend to fight in the upper half of the leaderboard). ). Now, on matchday five, the KTP will once again face a highly qualified team, which is currently fifth in the Veikkausliiga. Therefore, although you will have to look for at least one point, you will hardly be able to avoid a defeat in this match, at home against Ilves Tampere.
Ilves – KTP FREE TIPS
Ilves – Win @ 1.45
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
