Week 20 brings us a match on Aug 26th where Lahti will host Mariehamn in a clash of the Veikkausliiga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. Lahti is fresh off their 3-2 win against VPS. Geoffrey Chinedu Charles scored the first goal for Lahti in the 7th minute, then Multanen tied it up for VPS in the 43rd minute on a feed from Lindeman , but Lahti kept scoring and walked away with the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while mariehamn sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-5 loss against Ilves. Tuomas Ollila struck first for Ilves in the 2nd minute on a feed from Petteri Pennanen, then added another in the 5th minute. Mariehamn is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn and Lahti battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Mariehamn nor Lahti could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Mariehamn’s top weapon lately has been Carvalho da Silva, who has three goals in the last five matches. Lahti’s most prolific scorer has been Geoffrey Chinedu Charles. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.