Both Lahti and SJK will be looking to bounce back to winning ways when they face of at Lahti Stadium in their Veikkausliiga Matchday 15 tie on Sunday.
Lahti are coming off back-to-back league defeats to KuPS (4-0) at away and Honka (5-0) also at away last weekend. They have now won just one of their last nine Veikkausliiga matches, picking up just two draws while suffering six defeats in the process.
They now sit second from bottom on the league standings on 12 points from 15 games, four points above the HIFK at the bottom and six points outside the top half of the table.
Mikko Mannila’s side will now be looking to end their poor run and bounce back to winning ways on Sunday, as they seek to climb away from the bottom and close to the mid-table sides. They have not lost to SJK in their last 10 encounters at home, winning 2-1 last time SJK visited Lahti Stadion and they will look to draw confidence from that.
Meanwhile SJK head into the match of a 1-0 home defeat to Norway outfits Lillestrom in the first leg of their second qualifying round of the Europe Conference League. The defeat saw them go two matches winless in all competitions as they were previously coming off a 3-3 draw with Ilves at home in the Veikkausliiga.
The draw continued their ups and downs in the league as they have now drawn three, won one and lost one of their last five top flight matches – a run that leaves them 12th in the league standings with 16 points from 14 matches.
They are four points above their Sunday hosts and three points outside the top half an thus will be determined for a win on Sunday as they seek to climb into the top half while increasing the gap between and Lahti in the process.
Lahti vs SJK team news
Both sides have met in 26 encounters since 2014 with Lahti claiming 12 victories, there have been 10 draws while SJK have claimed only four victories.
- SJK 1-2 Lahti 07/05/22
- SJK 4-1 Lahti 26/09/21
- Lahti 2-1 SJK 04/07/21
- SJK 0-1 Lahti 23/09/20
- Lahti 0-0 SJK 08/07/20
Home
- Honka 5-0 Lahti
- KuPS 4-0 Lahti
- Lahti 2-1 Turku
- Lahti 2-1 JAPS
- Turku 5-1 Lahti
Away
- SJK 0-1 Lillestrom
- SJK 3-3 Ilves
- SJK 4-2 Flora Tallinn
- SJK 3-2 Honka
- Flora Tallinn 1-0 SJK
Lahti team news
Lahti have no fresh injury concerns ahead of the clash.
SJK team news
SJK also have no fresh injury reports ahead of the clash.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 1.5
