Ilves take on the visitors HIFK in the round 11 match of Finnish Veikkausliiga. The match will be played on Wednesday, June 22nd at Ratina Stadion (Tampere).
Ilves remains in the top half of the division standings. The Lynxes were champions in 1983, but at the beginning of the new century they dropped to playing at the futsal level. Gradually managed to return and, having passed through 3rd and 2nd divisions of Finland, already in 2015 they again began to play in the “elite”. It cannot be said that it turned out to be powerfully manifested there, for all these years there was only one 3rd place. And 3 of the last 4 draws, including in 2021, brought the 5th position. Now Ilves is also going into his usual niche, gaining approximately equal numbers of wins, draws and losses. On the other hand, 3-2 with Lahti extended the unbeaten run to 4 rounds.
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HIFK looks like a redundant player in this Veikkausliiga season. Star Chest has a habit of changing divisions quite often. In 2007, for example, they were still in the 4th division of the country. And already in 2015, they managed to advance to the Veikkausliiga. True, after spending 3 years there, the club dropped out in Jukkonen for 1 season, but immediately returned And even climbed into the 6th position in the last season. In the spring, for 9 matches held in April-May, it was not possible to win even once. In the first 5 rounds, only 1 point was taken. Yes, in May there were 2 draws in a row, away at Oulu and Inter (Turku), but still the club is getting deeper and deeper into the bottom of the standings. Match with a modest VPS was a complete failure. At home, the team conceded 5 goals into their own net, to which they answered only with a prestige goal in the middle of the 2nd half.
HIFK last won a head-to-head in 2015. Ilves' long unbeaten streak was capped by 1-0 and 3-0 last fall. HIFK does not look like a serious opponent now. So you can safely bet on the victory of Ilves with a handicap of "-1 goal".
Prediction for the match: Ilves to win with -1.0 handicap.
