OULU. Ilves was eventually too strong for Oulu with the goal of Sabit James Ngor (18′), Lauri Ala-Myllymäki (48′) and Jorginho (67′).

The match was played at the Raatin stadion stadium in Oulu on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Antti Munukka who was helped by Jan Peter Aravirta and Mikko Alakare. The 4th official was Tatu Korkalainen. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 17.24 degrees Celsius or 63.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Oulu was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Ilves that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Ilves was more aggressive with 30 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ilves won the encounter.​

Oulu shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Ilves shot 5 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Oulu received 2 yellow cards (Magnus Breitenmoser and Jere Kallinen). Talking about the opposition, Ilves received 6 yellow cards (Seydine N’Diaye, Oiva Jukkola, Yusif Moussa, Santeri Haarala, Jorginho and Yann Emmanuel Affi).

Standings

After playing this match, Oulu will stay with 31 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Ilves will have 20 points like Haka and KTP to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Veikkausliiga, Oulu will play away with Inter Turku on the 3rd of September with a 4-4 head to head stats.

Ilves will play away agasint Lahti on the 3rd of September with a 8-8 head to head.

Oulu – Formation

Oulu adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Ricardo Duarte decided to play with the following team: Juhani Pennanen, Yassin Daoussi, Alexander Forsström, Yann Emmanuel Affi, Noah Pallas, Jere Kallinen, Magnus Breitenmoser, Maximus Tainio, Daniel Barrow, Lucas Morais and Onni Suutari.

The home team had on the bench: Ashley Coffey, Elias Collin, Niklas Jokelainen, Rasmus Karjalainen, Calum Ward, Rony Huhtala and Eelis Taskila.

Substitutions

Oulu made 4 changes: Magnus Breitenmoser for Ashley Coffey (58′), Maximus Tainio for Niklas Jokelainen (59′), Onni Suutari for Rasmus Karjalainen (68′) and Daniel Barrow for Rony Huhtala (77′).

Ilves – Formation

Also Ilves adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Joni Lehtonen played with: Otso Virtanen, Aapo Mäenpää, Kalle Katz, Seydine N’Diaye, Jorginho, Yusif Moussa, Lauri Ala-Myllymäki, Felipe Aspegren, Santeri Haarala, Sabit James Ngor and Oiva Jukkola.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Leo Kyllönen, Emmanuel Patut, Mohammed Umar, Johannes Viitala, Adam Larsson, Noel Hasa and Marius Söderbäck.

Substitutions

Ilves made 4 changes: Lauri Ala-Myllymäki for Noel Hasa (68′), Oiva Jukkola for Adam Larsson (68′), Yusif Moussa for Emmanuel Patut (77′) and Santeri Haarala for Marius Söderbäck (77′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.​

• Oulu – Ilves – 0-3