On Saturday Aug 27th, in week 20, Ilves will host Haka in a clash of these two evenly matched Veikkausliiga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 8th placed Ilves, recorded a 5-1 win against Mariehamn. Tuomas Ollila scored the first goal for Ilves in the 2nd minute, then added another in the 5th minute. Ilves is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Haka recorded a 0-3 loss against HJK. Anthony Olusanya scored the first goal for HJK in the 38th minute, then Bojan Radulovic Samoukovic added another in the 42nd minute In the end, Haka couldn’t muster any offence and HJK ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Haka should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Apr 2nd, Haka hosted Ilves at the Tehtaan Kenttä in their last match together. Haka won by a score of 2 to 1. S. Zarokostas scored the first goal for Haka in the 32nd minute, then Lee Erwin added another in the 40th minute on a feed from Henri Malundama.
Both Elias Mastokangas and S. Zarokostas have been the hottest scorers for Haka in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Adam Larsson and Kai Meriluoto are the top scorers for Ilves in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.