TAMPERE. Ilves and Lahti didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..
The match was played at the Tammelan Stadion stadium in Tampere on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Kaarlo Oskari Hämäläinen who had the assistance of Simo Mynttinen and Eemeli Kettunen. The 4th official was Kalle Mäkinen. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 1.38 degrees Celsius or 34.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Ilves was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Lahti that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Ilves was putting more pressure with 97 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Ilves to win the match.
Ilves shot 20 times, 4 on target, 16 off target. On the opposite side, Lahti shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Ilves received 5 yellow cards (Joonas Rantanen, Anton Popovitch, S. Pasanen, Juhani Pikkarainen and Anton Popovitch). On the other side, Lahti received 2 yellow cards (Riku Selander and S. Pasanen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Ilves has 1 points to occupy the 6th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Lahti has 1 points (7th).
Next matches
Ilves – Formation
Ilves started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Joonas Rantanen decided to play with the following team: Otso Virtanen , Felipe Aspegren, Tatu Miettunen, Juhani Pikkarainen, Jorginho, M. Söderbäck, Anton Popovitch, Doni Arifi, Oiva Jukkola, Santeri Haarala and Roope Riski.
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Umar, Joona Veteli , V. Ulundu, Lauri Ala-Myllymäki, Aapo Mäenpää, Noel Hasa and L. Väyrynen.
Substitutions
Ilves made 3 changes: Oiva Jukkola for Joona Veteli (63′), M. Söderbäck for Asaad Babiker (63′) and Doni Arifi for Lauri Ala-Myllymäki (90′).
Lahti – Formation
Lahti started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Toni Lindberg played with: O. Maukonen, Riku Selander, Dylan Fox, Mikko Viitikko, Julius Tauriainen, Tommi Jäntti, Eemeli Virta, Otso Koskinen, Luke Ivanovic, Michael López and Colin Odutayo.
They had on the bench: Joshua Oluwayemi, D. Koskipalo, S. Pasanen, Marius Könkkölä, Matias Vainionpää, V. Huovila and Asaad Babiker.
Substitutions
Lahti made 4 changes: Tommi Jäntti for V. Ulundu (46′), Luke Ivanovic for Lauri Ala-Myllymäki (74′), Michael López for Matias Vainionpää (82′) and Otso Koskinen for Matias Vainionpää (65′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Veikkausliiga.
- Gnistan – Inter Turku – 2-1
- Ilves – Lahti – 0-0
- SJK – Oulu – 2-1
- Mariehamn – EIF – 3-2
- Haka – VPS – 1-2
- KuPS – HJK – 3-1