Lahti prevailed over Ilves 3-2 thanks to A. El who scored in the 58th and 67th minute.

The referee was Dennis Antamo with the help of Simo Mynttinen and Mikko Alakare. The 4th official was Dag Ayhan.

Match Statistics​

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

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Lahti 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

Lahti was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lahti won the match​.

Lahti shot 9 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Ilves shot 6 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Lahti received 1 yellow card (Irfan Sadik). Talking about the opposition, Ilves received 2 yellow cards (Seydine N’Diaye and Jorginho).

Standings

After this encounter, Lahti will have 22 points to remain in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Ilves will stay with 20 points like KTP to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

Lahti – Formation

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

The manager Toni Lindberg decided to play with the following team: Marin Ljubic, Akseli Puukko, Arian Kabashi, Luka Simunovic, Julius Tauriainen, Mikko Kuningas, Bubacar Djaló, Samuel Pasanen, Anouar El Moukhantir, Matheus Alves and Leon Krekovic.

The home team had on the bench: Daniel Koskipalo, Eemil Laamanen, Tommi Jäntti, Marius Könkkölä, Irfan Sadik, Loorents Hertsi and Anton Munukka.

Substitutions

Lahti made 3 changes: Anouar El Moukhantir for Loorents Hertsi (74′), Matheus Alves for Irfan Sadik (71′) and Leon Krekovic for Tommi Jäntti (90′).

Ilves – Formation

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

Joni Lehtonen played with: Otso Virtanen, Kalle Katz, Mohammed Umar, Seydine N’Diaye, Jorginho, Yusif Moussa, Felipe Aspegren, Emmanuel Patut, Oiva Jukkola, Djair Parfitt-Williams and Sabit James Ngor.

These were the players on the bench: Johannes Viitala, Lauri Ala-Myllymäki, Marius Söderbäck, Noel Hasa, Jere Riissanen, Leo Kyllönen and Méry Traoré.

Substitutions

Ilves made 4 changes: Emmanuel Patut for Noel Hasa (60′), Djair Parfitt-Williams for Méry Traoré (60′), Sabit James Ngor for Marius Söderbäck (71′) and Mohammed Umar for Jere Riissanen (76′).

Results of the day

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

• Haka – SJK – 1-0
• Mariehamn – VPS – 1-2
• KTP – Honka – 1-2
• HJK – KuPS – 2-2
• Lahti – Ilves – 3-2
• Inter Turku – Oulu – 2-1