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Ilves welcome Austria Vienna to Tammelan Stadion for the first leg of their UEFA Conference League second round qualification tie on Thursday (July 25th). The home side are coming into the game on the back of a 3-2 victory over VPS at the same venue in the Finnish Veikkausliiga over the weekend.
They took the lead in the 10th minute through Santeri Haarala but were reduced to 10 men three minutes later when Otso Virtanen was sent off. Their visitors took advantage and were ahead by the break courtesy of Teemu Hytonen's brace. Joona Veteli and Anton Popovitch scored late second half goals to help Ilves turn the tide and claim the win.
Ipa will now turn their focus to the continent and booked their spot at this stage of the Conference League qualifiers as Finnish Cup winners.
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Austria Vienna, meanwhile, suffered a 3-1 defeat to Porto in a friendly last week. Andre Franco, Goncalo Borges and Nico scored for the Dragons while Lucas Galvao scored for the Austrians.
The Violets booked their spot in the Conference League by winning the playoff in the Austrian Bundesliga.
The winner of this tie will face either Djurgarden or Progrès Niederkorn in the next round of the qualifiers.
Ilves vs Austria Vienna Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
- Ilves' last six games across competitions have witnessed goals at both ends and also produced three goals or more.
- Austria Vienna's last 17 away games in UEFA club competition have produced over 2.5 goals, with 15 games in this sequence seeing both sides find the back of the net.
- Ilves are competing in the Conference League for the first time in their history.
- Ilves have scored at least two goals in their last seven competitive games.
Ilves vs Austria Vienna Prediction
Ilves are marking their maiden participation in the Conference League as they continue to aim for a first appearance in the group stage of a UEFA competition.
Austria Vienna are the more established side in this tie and their away games on the continent tend to be high-scoring affairs.
We are backing Stephan Helm's side to claim a comfortable victory with goals at both ends.
Prediction: Ilves 1-3 Austria Vienna
Ilves vs Austria Vienna Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Austria Vienna to win
Tip 2 - Both teams to score
Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals
Tip 4 - Highest scoring half: Second half
