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FC Lahti vs Ilves Tampere Preview 29/07/2022
FC Lahti vs Ilves Tampere – 29/07/2022
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Two sides sitting at both finish of the Veikkausliiga desk will meet this Friday as FC Lahti look to edge away from the relegation spherical positions once they play hosts to sixth-placed Ilves Tampere simply previous the halfway level within the league season.
Regardless of there being solely seven factors between these two sides, they’re in very contrasting areas of the league desk and the shape information.
@IlvesEdustus on voittanut edellisen kerran pääsarjaottelun Lahdessa 30.5.91. Tuolloin Ilves kaapi 1-0-voiton @LahdenReipas ta vastaan. Tuon jälkeen Ilves on pelannut 14 sarjaottelua Lahdessa ilman voittoa. 8 otteluista on ollut FC Lahtea vastaan.#Veikkausliiga #FCLahti #LAHILV pic.twitter.com/JVuw03w6kn
— FC Lahti (@FCLahti1996) July 28, 2022
Lahti sit all the best way down in eleventh and are solely above final place within the desk by 5 factors. What’s extra, they’re the worst defensive facet within the league with 37 targets being scored towards them from their 16 outings to date.
Lahti have put in a suitable document on the different finish, nonetheless, with them now bagging 15 targets from the 16 fixtures thus far following on from their 3-1 loss to SJK.
That defeat, however, has additional put them deeper into the dropping column with them now dropping all three of their final league video games, receiving one pink card within the course of, whereas additionally letting in an almighty 12 targets and scoring simply certainly one of their very own.
These different defeats previously few weeks have come towards KuPS in a 4-0 demolition job, earlier than additionally they misplaced 5-0 to Honka simply 5 days later.
The final victory for the membership got here towards Inter Turku in a 2-1 win on house soil. What’s extra, Lahti additionally managed to defeat JaPS in a 2-1 victory within the Suomen Cup which has now arrange a semi-finals encounter towards KuPS.
Again within the league, nonetheless, they continue to be seven factors adrift of sixth place which might get them into the championship spherical in a couple of weeks’ time.
This place is, in fact, occupied for Ilves, who’re struggling for type themselves proper now. They too are on a three-game winless run, however with a 3-3 draw towards SJK final day trip after dropping 2-1 to HJK, there’s nonetheless one thing to shout about.
The membership even have a sport in hand on a couple of groups round them, which suggests in the event that they rack up all three factors right here, they may put themselves ready the place they are going to be comfortably sat inside the highest six.
It’s laborious to count on something however a defeat for Lahti given their torrid type. Forebet predicts a win right here for Ilves and for the sport to see over 2.5 targets.
