FC Lahti and Inter Turku meet at Lahden Stadion, in a match for the 12th round of the Veikkausliiga. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 10 matches won 4, tied 3 and lost 3. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 06-28-2020, ended with the Inter Turku win by (5‑0). Particular attention is needed for the home / away condition, as both teams present significantly different results at home and away.
FC Lahti:
The home team is currently in 6th position, with 16 points won, after 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Ilves by (3‑1). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Haka, by (2‑2). This is a team that curiously has been stronger as a visitor than in their home games, since in the last 30 games they have registered 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses as a visitor; against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in his stadium. For the championship, FC Lahti won 8 points out of a possible 15, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 5 matches they played in their stadium.
For this competition, he has not lost in his stadium for 4 games. His attack has scored regularly, since he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 11 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 6 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (76′ ‑ 90 ‘).
After two consecutive victories in this competition and five unbeaten matches, Lahti lost on the penultimate round, away from home, to Ilves Tampere (1-3), and drew 2-2 with Haka in their last match. also far from its territory. Currently sixth in the Veikkausliiga leaderboard, the team doing this home game won 16 points in 11 rounds: there were 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, with 16 goals scored and 16 conceded. This is a very difficult team to win, especially when played in their domains: counting 2 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss at home. However, Lahti has a hard time finding the best balance between attack and defense, especially when facing other teams at the top of the table. Therefore, as this match is against the current sub-leader, whom he has already lost 5-0 this year (for the Finnish Cup), the home factor should not have much relevance. As has already happened in this competition, Lahti may have difficulties reaching the nets in this match.
Inter Turku :
After 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, the visiting team is currently in 2nd position, with 25 points won. In their last match, they lost in an away match against TPS Turku by (1‑0), after having won away in the previous match, in a match against RoPS Rovaniemi, by (0‑2). This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has registered 5 victories, 4 draws and 6 losses as a visitor; against 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in his stadium. The team comes to this match after an away loss against Honvéd by (2‑1), at the end of extra time. For the championship, Inter Turku won 7 points out of a possible 18, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in the last 6 away games. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In his away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since in 25 of the last 36 he played there were less than 3 goals. In 12 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 4 times and never got the comeback.
Inter Turku comes to this match unmotivated by two consecutive defeats, one of them by Veikkausliiga and the other by the 1st qualifying round of the Europa League. In other words, this team has been shaken by a defeat that ended its brief passage in the European competition, and another that cost it the leadership of the current competition. Despite all this, Inter Turku intends to retake the 1st position of the table and, for this, they need to find victory again. Currently in 2nd position, the team that makes this game away from home has 25 points in 12 games, accounting for 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, with 21 goals scored and 10 conceded. Inter Turku combine their firepower with a good defensive balance and are therefore used to winning. Therefore, if the Spanish coach José Riveiro manages to put the heads of his athletes in their place, the team has a good chance of finding victory and leaving with 3 points.
