Veikkausliiga next round preview – all fixtures

Our fixture-by-fixture Veikkausliiga round preview for the thirteenth week of the new season can be found below. We give you some interesting facts about each fixture, as well as, useful head-to-head information.

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Let’s begin our Round 13Veikkausliiga preview.

Ilvesvs HJK Helsinki

• Ilves have enjoyed a solid season so far – W6 D5 L3.
• Champions HJK are back in first place after a strong run of results in recent weeks – W8 D4 L3.
• HJK won 4 in a row in Veikkausliiga.
• Ilves are unbeaten in the last 4 Veikkausliiga rounds – W1 D3.
• Just over a month ago, the sides drew 1-1 in Helsinki.
• The previous H2H played in Tampere also finished 1-1.
• Both teams scored in 6 of the last 7 H2Hs.
• All of Ilves’s last 7 home games went over 2.5 goals.

VPSvs EIF

• VPS are firmly in the title race after a strong start to the season – W7 D4 L3.
• EIF are in the bottom 2 – W2 D3 L8.
• EIF are the weakest team on the road in Veikkausliiga – W1 D1 L5.
• VPS beat EIF 2-1 away from home in early June.
• VPS’s top goalscorer Mads Borchers (8 Veikkausliiga goals) netted both goals in this win.
• EIF lost all of the last 5 H2Hs.
• EIF conceded the first yellow card of the game in 10 of their 13 Veikkausliiga matches so far.  

IFK Mariehamnvs Haka

• Mariehamn has been solid enough so far – W4 D4 L5.
• Haka are well established in the top 6 already – W6 D3 L4.
• Mariehamn won all of the last 3 home H2Hs.
• Haka beat Mariehamn 2-0 at home in early June.
• Mariehamn scored 2 or more goals in 4 of the last 6 H2Hs.
• A penalty was awarded in 4 of Haka’s 6 away games so far.  

KuPS vs Gnistan

• KuPS are firmly in the title race after a solid start to the season – W7 D4 L3.
• Gnistan are managing to stay out of trouble so far – W3 D4 L7.
• KuPS lost all of their last 3 Veikkausliiga games.
• Gnistan are winless in the last 4 rounds – D1 L3.
• Back in May, the teams drew 0-0.
• KuPS have 4 draws on the road but they are yet to register one at home – W4 L1.
• Gnistan won only once on their travels so far – W1 D3 L3.

AC Ouluvs SJK Seinajoki

• AC Oulu have had a difficult season so far – W2 D6 L5.
• SJK are one of the title contenders after a strong start to the campaign – W7 D4 L3.
• SJK beat Oulu 2-0 at home only a few days ago in a Suomen Cup clash.
• SJK won both H2Hs so far in 2024, this after Oulu won the previous 4 H2Hs.
• SJK scored the opening goal of the game in all of their last 7 matches.

Inter Turku vs Lahti

• Inter Turku have had a mediocre season so far – W4 D3 L7.
• Lahti are in last place and under pressure – W1 D6 L6.
• In early June Inter Turku beat Lahti 2-0 on the road.
• Inter Turku won all of the last 4 H2Hs.
• Inter Turku scored 2 or more goals in 5 of the last 7 H2Hs.
• Both teams scored in each of the last 5 H2Hs played in Turku.
• There was an odd number of total goals in 5 of the last 6 H2Hs.