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Saturday, 10/10/2026 at 18:00

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Match preview · Veikkausliiga

IFK Mariehamn – Ilves

IFK Mariehamn 11th in Veikkausliiga Home 1.47 projected goals by the model
Ilves 6th in Veikkausliiga Away 1.93 projected goals by the model

Model updated 3 October, 21:30 Best odds updated 10 October, 12:00

What the model expects

expected goals
1.47 1.93
IFK Mariehamn Ilves
IFK Mariehamn
27%
Draw
26%
Ilves
47%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
IFK Mariehamn Draw Ilves
Fair odds 3.69 3.90 2.11
Total goals
3.40
Over 2.5 goals
68%
Both teams to score
71%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

The model sees an edge in 6 outcomes.

  • IFK Mariehamn

    Model
    27.1%
    Market, margin removed
    31.5%
    Probability gap
    −4.4 pp
    Edge
    −21.5%
    Fair odds
    3.69
    Market odds
    2.90 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    3.88
    Bookmaker margin
    9.6%
  • Draw

    Model
    25.6%
    Market, margin removed
    26.1%
    Probability gap
    −0.4 pp
    Edge
    −10.3%
    Fair odds
    3.90
    Market odds
    3.50 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    4.10
    Bookmaker margin
    9.6%
  • Ilves

    Model
    47.3%
    Market, margin removed
    42.5%
    Probability gap
    +4.8 pp
    Edge
    +1.7%
    Fair odds
    2.11
    Market odds
    2.15 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    2.22
    Bookmaker margin
    9.6%

Best opportunity

Ilves 2+ goals

odds · Bet365 1.80 value +7.2%

Model 59.5% vs. bookmaker 51.5%, margin removed.

Markets 6 / 17

Match result

Ilves to win model 47.3% · book 42.5% (no margin) +1.7% 2.15 fair 2.11
Marginal

Measured model skill on this market: +7.20%.

Goals

Over 2.5 goals model 68.2% · book 59.9% (no margin) +7.1% 1.57 fair 1.47
Worth playing

No measured model skill on this market (-0.89%).

Over 1.5 goals model 88.7% · book 81.1% (no margin) +3.5% 1.17 fair 1.13
Marginal

No measured model skill on this market (-0.01%).

Both teams to score

Both teams to score model 71.0% · book 62.5% (no margin) +6.5% 1.50 fair 1.41
Worth playing

No measured model skill on this market (-0.43%).

Goals by team

Ilves 2+ goals model 59.5% · book 51.5% (no margin) +7.2% 1.80 fair 1.68
Worth playing

Measured model skill on this market: +2.61%.

Ilves to score model 87.6% · book 81.1% (no margin) +2.2% 1.17 fair 1.14
Marginal

Measured model skill on this market: +2.56%.

Show every rated outcome

Skill is what a backtest measured each market at, over 7 competitions to 17/08/2026. Across every market at once it is +2.50%. Markets measured at nothing are ranked last and never recommended. How that is measured →

Why the model disagrees with the market

The leading outcome: Ilves 2+ goals

What the model's reading is made of

  • The model makes Ilves 2+ goals 59.5%. The market, with the bookmaker's margin taken out, makes it 51.5%. The gap between the two is 8.1%.
  • The defence Ilves plays against is IFK Mariehamn's, which the fit rates at 1.31 — above the competition's average of 1.00, so an average side creates more against them than against the field.

These are the parts of the model's own number, not an account of the bookmaker's. The fit reads two ratings a side, the competition's average home and away expected goals, the window it looks back over and how many matches it found in it — and nothing else is a reason this page can give.

What the model did not read

Readings for IFK Mariehamn and Ilves that the model does not use.
Reading IFK Mariehamn Ilves
Form — xG difference, the last 6 matches -0.51 +0.17
Goals scored minus expected -5.20 -0.66
Points won minus expected +1.02 +0.06
npxG per shot 0.11 0.13

All of this is in the database and none of it entered the fit. A reading here may point the other way from every line above it — where it does, both are true, and only one of them is in the model.

The model's case

Why the model leans Ilves

47% Ilves to win

Attack
7th vs 12th
Ilves attack v IFK Mariehamn defence
Defence
10th vs 11th
Ilves defence v IFK Mariehamn attack
Recent xG form
+0.17 vs -0.51
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.47 – 1.93
IFK Mariehamn v Ilves
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: IFK Mariehamn and Ilves compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading IFK Mariehamn Ilves
xG / match 1.10 · 12th (better) 1.72 · 5th
xGA / match 2.50 · 12th (better) 1.94 · 11th
xGD / match -1.41 · 12th (better) -0.21 · 9th
xPts / match 0.69 · 12th (better) 1.35 · 8th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.51 (better) +0.17

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 29% of the model's distribution.

Ilves clean sheet
20%
Ilves 2+ goals
60%
Under 2.5 goals
32%
Both teams to score: no
29%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
11.1%
1:2
10.3%
2:2
8.0%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
IFK Mariehamn sample
20 matches
Ilves sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · IFK Mariehamn
12 matches
Away xG sample · Ilves
11 matches
Computed
Saturday, 03/10/2026 at 21:30
Odds updated
1 minute ago

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.