AC Oulu vs IFK Mariehamn Predictions

• At least three goals have been scored in four of the previous five meetings.
• Both teams have scored in all of the visitors’ last seven matches.
• Both teams have scored in four of the last five meetings.

Hosts looking to keep ahold of their position

The hosts are pushing up the table and they’ve managed to earn three victories from their last five outings in the Finnish top flight. They currently occupy a place in the top half but do so by just three points. With it being such a slender gap, the hosts will want to keep adding points to the board as they work towards their target of a Championship Group finish. They will have had 12 days rest by the time this fixture comes around and boss Ricardo Duarte will be encouraging his said to make it back-to-back wins.

Mariehamn have had a tough time this season and are languishing in tenth place but they are only four points off of a place in the top half and they’ll arrive here believing that they can secure victory. Their matches have also been very entertaining of late and despite the fact they have failed to keep a clean sheet across their last seven fixtures, they are unbeaten in all of their last four.

Goals seems the best angle

Both teams to score has been hitting with some regularity in the visitor’s games of late and we fancy that trend to continue here. However, we don’t see it ending as a draw and as such, we like both teams to score and over 2.5 goals – a pick that has landed in three of the last four meetings.