IFK Mariehamn - RoPS Rovaniemi

IFK Mariehamn welcome RoPS Rovaniemi in a game from Round 12 in the Finland Veikkausliga. The game will be played at Wiklof Holding Arena and kicks off at 16:30 GMT on Wednesday. Both teams have not been very convincing since the start of the new season but I think that the hosts have more quality and I will go with them here.

IFK Mariehamn are currently sitting in 5th place with 16 points from the first 11 games of the campaign. The team won luckily against Honka on Sunday when the team’s joint top-scorer Kangaskolkka bagged the only goal of the game with seven minutes to go. This was Mariehamn’s third consecutive home win and it seems that they will rely on the games at Wiklof Holding Arena to accumulate more of their points this year as they have lost the last four away games. Head coach Lyyski will rely on Kangaskolkka and Lehtinen upfront as the duo has already got 6 goals between them.

RoPS Rovaniemi lie in 9th place in the league table and they have only won 10 points from the first 11 games. RoPS are currently experiencing a serious crisis in their form and they have won only three points in the last six games in the league games (0-3-3). Head coach Allen will have to change something in his team quickly if he is to keep his place and they will need a better performance that the one they produced against VPS (1:1) at the weekend. Moreover, RoPS lost the last two games on the road by a combined goal difference of 1:7.

IFK Mariehamn have also got the edge as far as the game between the two teams are concerned – 2-2-0 in the last four meetings.