VIFK W v Ilves W — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Kansallinen Liiga (W) · Sunday, 14 June 2026. Final score 0–3 (half-time 0–1). Rebuilt from the season as it stood that morning, our rating would have been 69% for over 2.5 goals. This match is older than our frozen ratings ledger, which keeps 30 days, so that figure is a reconstruction from pre-match data rather than a number we published at the time — a distinction worth making, because only the frozen ones prove what we actually said beforehand.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals69%31%Over
Over 3.5 goals48%52%Over
Both teams to score58%42%Yes

The result model puts VIFK W at 23%, the draw at 21% and Ilves W at 56%, from expected goals of 1.33 and 2.17.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Kansallinen Liiga (W) has produced over 2.5 goals in 69% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. VIFK W have 6 in 8 this season (2 of 4 at home), Ilves W 6 in 8 (3 of 4 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 70% and 70%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 8 and 8 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 69% and 70%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 69%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 68%, from expected goals of 1.33 for VIFK W and 2.17 for Ilves W. Folding in 30% of that view gives 69%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
VIFK W875%38%38%
Ilves W875%50%63%

Head to head

3 Apr 26Ilves W 3–0 VIFK WO2.5

More: VIFK W season stats · Ilves W season stats · Kansallinen Liiga (W) table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.