Week 1 brings us a match on Sep 18th, where VPS and Ilves will play a match in Tampere in a meeting of these two Veikkausliiga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In Ilves’s last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Inter Turku. Tommi Jyry struck first for Inter Turku in the 4th minute, then Ariel Ngueukam tied it up for Ilves in the 84th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Ilves. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while vPS is fresh off their 0-1 loss against KuPS. Vayrynen struck first for KuPS in the 54th minute on a penalty shot, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, VPS couldn’t muster any offence and KuPS ran away with the shutout win. VPS looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
Ilves and VPS last played eachother at the Elisa Stadion on Aug 6th. VPS was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Multanen struck first for VPS in the 19th minute from the penalty spot, then Juhani Pikkarainen added another in the 27th minute In the end, Ilves couldn’t muster any offence and VPS ran away with the shutout win.
Joonas Vahtera has been the most effective weapon for VPS lately. The midfielder has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. For Ilves, their top scorers are Petteri Pennanen and Ariel Ngueukam, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.