Week 4 brings us a match on Oct 9th, where Lahti will travel to Tampere to battle Ilves in a meeting of these two Veikkausliiga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Ilves is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Mariehamn. Ariel Ngueukam struck first for Ilves in the 12th minute, then John Owoeri tied it up for Mariehamn in the 39th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 86th minute on a goal by Cledson Carvalho da Silva. Ilves looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while 5th placed Lahti is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Oulu. Magnus Breitenmoser scored the first goal for Oulu in the 19th minute, then Ibra Sekajja added another in the 25th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match on the 29th of July, Lahti and Ilves battled to a 1-1 draw. Kai Meriluoto scored the first goal for Ilves in the 11th minute, then Teemu Penninkangas tied it up for Lahti in the 79th minute on a feed from Arttu Heinonen squeezing out at least the one point for Lahti. Ilves is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Kai Meriluoto and each having 2 goals in their last five.