Rest day at the World Cup in Russia. For us from the betting base so again the opportunity to light games that get rather less attention in the flood of games in the normal league everyday life. In this article we are dedicated to a game from the Veikkausliiga. In the highest Finnish league meet on Wednesday Matchday 17 Rovaniemi PS and FC Tampereen Ilves on each other. The home team has established itself in the top group and has this year again the goal to qualify for the European competition. Let’s see if a tip on the rags on the current odds turns out to be worthwhile. The kick-off will take place at the Keskuskentta Stadium at 16:30.
Rovaniemi:
So far, the team from the capital of Lapland is playing a decent season. After 17 games completed it is on an excellent second place. Due to some catch-up games, the table image is still slightly wrong. At the top stands HJK Helsinki with 39 points from 18 games, followed by Rovaniemi with 32 points from 17 games. The third in the table from Lahti comes after 16 games to 29 points. The champions will probably be identified among these three teams and qualify for the Champions League qualification, while the other two teams will participate in the Europa League qualification. This succeeded RoPS last in the season 2016/17. In the first round they could still prevail against the Irish team of the Shamrock Rovers 3-1. A lap later, however, came out against Lokomotiva Zagreb. In sum, they drew with 1: 4 the short straw. The team of coach Toni Koskela has been unbeaten for five league games.
After beating Vaasa PS (1-0), Mariehamn (3-1) and PS Kemi (1-0), they lost to TPS Turku (0-0) and Espoo (2-2) in matches. each satisfied with a division of points. In the last match in Espoo they were able to convert the early backlog by a double whistle shortly before half time into a lead, but just before the end they still conceded the late equalizer. Best scorer in Koskela’s team is Macedonian Filip Ivanovski, who has already scored six goals.
Ilves:
The team of coach Jarkko Wiss is currently in secure midfield. In the completed 17 championship games she has so far collected 24 points. This puts her in seventh place out of twelve teams. The gap to the relegation places is already eleven points and also the gap to the places to the international competitions is already so big that probably not much will go in both directions. Last year, Tampereen Ilves still reached the third place in the table. As a result, they have qualified for the qualifiers for the Europa League.
Here they meet in the first round on Slawia Prague. Ilves has not lost the last four championship games, but also only a victory in 3-2 at SJK Seinäjoki retracted. Last Saturday’s home game was a disappointing 1-1 draw against a weakening Inter Turku team. Here Rannankari missed in injury time a penalty and awarded so the possible victory. With six goals, Cameroonian Marius Noubissi is fifth in the Torjägertabelle Veikkausliiga and thus best of his team.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1.76
