SJK host Lahti on Friday night at the OmaSP Stadion. The Club go into the fixture as winners of four of their last six league matches. They are just three points off of first place and can reel in Ilves this weekend with a win.
Lahti sit eighth in the Veikkausliiga and have struggled with inconsistency over their last six matches. Lahti won just one match in their last six games. The good news for the Black Drones is they have picked up four points from their last six available.
Their matches have not been high scoring this term. Lahti have seen under 2.5 goals tallied in 12 of their last 15 matches in the Veikkausliiga.
SJK’s home form has been brilliant. The Club have picked up 13 of 21 points possible. They have won back to back home matches outscoring their opponents 3-1.
Lahti have won just twice on their travels this term. The Black Drones have obtained eight points from 24 possible and just one point from their last nine available scoring just two goals over 270 minutes of football.
The last six matches between SJK and Lahti have seen the home side post a 2W-2D-2L record. SJK are undefeated in their last three matches against Lahti.
The two sides played previously this season with the two teams drawing 1-1. All six of the teams’ last six meetings have seen under 2.5 goals.
Three of SJK’s last six matches have seen under 2.5 goals scored. The Club have scored just 16 goals this term, the sixth fewest in the Veikkausliiga. While they haven’t scored goals, SJK have kept them out of the back of the net.
The Club have conceded just 15 strikes, which is the Veikkausliiga’s third lowest tally. Just four of those 15 goals have been scored at home.
Lahti have tallied the second fewest away goals in the Veikkausliiga. They have tallied a mere four strikes. The Black Drones have allowed 11 scores on the road, which is the third most.
The two sides have been quite even when playing one another. Both teams should once again cancel each other out when they meet at the OmaSP Stadion on Friday.
SJK and Lahti drew when they met earlier this season at the Lahden Stadion. The clubs will once again finish in stalemate on Friday night with under 2.5 goals being scored.