Oulu vs SJK prediction and betting tips on July 8, 2024
Game Prediction
Oulu and SJK will play a match of the 14th round of the Finnish Veikkausliiga on July 8, 2024. The guests are racing to follow the leader, and the hosts are still not far from a couple of outsiders, and it’s too early for them to relax.
Oulu vs SJK: key statistics and trends
- Oulu has not lost 3 times in a row.
- SJK won only twice in the 5 previous rounds.
- The most popular score between the clubs is a 2-2 draw (3 times).
- Oulu scored 26% of goals between the 61st and the 75th minutes of confrontations, which is the best percentage in the league.
- SJK scored 25% of goals during the 0-15th minutes of games.
- Oulu wins the first half in 29% of matches, SJK – in 42% of meetings.
Oulu – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Dark Blues” managed to finish the previous cycle in 7th position – this is not bad for the club, which had recently returned from the Ykkönen. Now, it is clearly too early to take aim at such places.
For a long time, if we take into account the first 8 rounds, the team won a maximum of draws. Then, after a 1-0 result in the struggle with the champion, HJK, it played with KuPS – 1-4. Still, then there were draws with Lahti and VPS. And the new coach managed to make his debut with a 1-0 score in the battle against KuPS. This is the first such success for a modest club in head-to-head duels with one of the local grunge bands.
SJK – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Kerho” rose to 4th place last season. Now, the club, being already in the middle of summer, stubbornly pursued the long-time leader, HJK.
The champion is not in the best shape, but his pursuers are not that stable either. So, its 3 defeats do not give any opportunity to “breathe down the favourite’s back”. Moreover, there were victories in the home games against Ekenas and Haka and there happened a 2-2 draw on the field of Ilves.
Oulu: team news
Bratsos, who is the new coach of the club, has all the players ready to perform.
SJK: team news
The state of things is similar here – a wide rotation can be used (the infirmary is empty).
Oulu vs SJK: possible starting line-ups
Oulu (possible line-up): Ward – Elo, Holtta, Abadid – Radzinski, Kallinen, Metaxas, Lehtiranta – Jokelainen, Rennicks, Coffey.
SJK (possible line-up): Paunio - Fati, Tikkanen, Pires, Naamo – Karjalainen, Arsalo, Hannola, Gasc, Kaukua – Moreno.
Previous head-to-head matches: Oulu vs SIK
“The Dark Blues” had taken 3 wins in regulation time and another on penalties, but “the Kerho” prevailed at the home arena in the spring – 2-1.
Free prediction for the match Oulu - SJK
This time, the guests are noticeably stronger. We bet on their victory (odd: 2.13).