Match Preview

With just a few games left of the 2017 Veikkausliiga campaign, the race for the Europa League qualification places is really starting to heat up. Both of the clubs scrutinised in our free Lahti vs Mariehamn preview are considered contenders to qualify for next year’s continental competitions. The teams are currently separated by two places and three points in 3^rd and 5^th spot respectively.

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Coming into our Lahti vs Mariehamn betting tips, the home team lost 2-1 to close rival, Ilves. It was the first time Toni Korkeakunnas’s men had lost in five. On their own patch, they have lost just twice all season, although they have drawn 50% of their fourteen league games there.

Mariehamn have lost just once in six – title favourites HJK were the only side to beat the club from the Åland Islands, winning 1-0 at the end of September. Despite an overall creditable campaign in 2017, Peter Lundberg’s squad have the worst stats in the Veikkausliiga on their travels, winning just once from thirteen on the road. The contrast between their home and away form has been alarming and one of Finnish football’s biggest talking points this year.

Lahti vs Mariehamn Prediction and Betting Advice

Having analysed the latest data, we predict that there will be plenty of goals on Thursday. Therefore, we start our free Lahti vs Mariehamn bets by forecasting that there will be over 2.5 goals in the ninety minutes. Lahti’s matches have had fans on the edge of their seats of late, with three of their last five ending with over 2.5 goals. Similarly, the away team’s games have passed the 2.5 goal mark on three of the last four occasions. Sportingbet’s football betting odds look particularly lucrative for our first free pick, so we advise you to take advantage of their offers.

The last meeting between the pair saw eight goals fired in during an epic action-packed battle. Henri Anier was the pick of the players that day, netting twice before halftime in a 6-2 blitz. However, it’s top scorer Marco Simonovski who will the one to watch on Thursday. The Macedonian international has scored four in his last two appearances.

It won’t surprise you to learn that we are backing a home win in our Lahti vs Mariehamn predictions today. The away team’s statistics from their travels make pretty despairing reading for their supporters. It’s not often you get such a certain pick for football betting tips when analysing two sides who sit so close to each other in the league table. One win from thirteen away from home with just eight goals scored is a grim set of numbers for any team, not least a club chasing European football.

At this stage, it feels like a mental block for Peter Lundberg’s players who have conceded eighteen times in their last six away matches alone. The Islanders are prolific at home, holding the second best goal getting the record in the league at their own stadium, but bizarrely, nobody has scored fewer goals than them when playing away. William Hill have superb value in their odds for this outright selection, so make the most of them.