AI Football Tips: Veikkausliiga round 14

Matchday 14 of Veikkausliiga kicks off on July 6th with Ilves hosting HJK, a matchup that promises to be an exciting one. Did you know that Ilves is the oldest football club in Finland, founded in 1931, while HJK has won a record 29 Finnish league titles? Meanwhile, VPS takes on Ekenas on the same day, and Mariehamn faces off against Haka on July 7th. KuPS and Gnistan also clash on July 7th, before AC Oulu meets SJK and Inter Turku takes on Lahti on July 8th.
In the table below you will find our AI prediccions for Veikkausliiga round 14.

Date	Home Team	Away Team	Prediction
2024-07-06	Ilves	HJK	1
2024-07-06	VPS	Ekenas	1
2024-07-07	Mariehamn	Haka	1
2024-07-07	KuPS	Gnistan	1
2024-07-08	AC Oulu	SJK	2
2024-07-08	Inter Turku	Lahti	1

The table below shows the goal averages for each encounter based on home teams average performance (goals scored and conceded) at home, and away teams average performance away.

Date	Home Team	Away Team	Goal Avg.
2024-07-06	Ilves	HJK	3.64
2024-07-06	VPS	Ekenas	3.22
2024-07-07	Mariehamn	Haka	2.86
2024-07-07	KuPS	Gnistan	3.73
2024-07-08	AC Oulu	SJK	2.58
2024-07-08	Inter Turku	Lahti	2.90

The median goal  provides a stable measure of a team’s typical scoring performance. Unlike the mean, which can be influenced by outliers, the median is robust and useful for predicting future performance. Please see the table below for the teams median performance at home or away, respectively.

Date	Home Team	Away Team	Median Home	Median Away
2024-07-06	Ilves	HJK	5.0	2.0
2024-07-06	VPS	Ekenas	2.0	3.0
2024-07-07	Mariehamn	Haka	2.0	2.5
2024-07-07	KuPS	Gnistan	4.0	2.0
2024-07-08	AC Oulu	SJK	2.0	2.5
2024-07-08	Inter Turku	Lahti	3.0	2.5

We also have calculated the average goals scored and conceded for the teams. See the table below.

Team	Home Goals	Home Conceded	Away Goals	Away Conceded
Ilves	2.57	1.71	1.29	0.71
HJK	2.00	0.75	1.71	1.29
KuPS	2.60	1.00	1.22	1.11
SJK	1.88	1.25	1.50	1.50
VPS	1.86	1.29	1.43	1.29
AC Oulu	1.17	1.00	1.71	2.57
Haka	1.71	1.00	1.17	1.83
Gnistan	0.71	1.71	1.86	2.00
Inter Turku	1.71	1.43	0.86	2.00
Mariehamn	1.43	1.29	1.00	1.50
Ekenas	0.83	1.33	1.14	2.14
Lahti	1.29	1.86	0.67	2.00