FC Lahti will be looking for an improved result here after a 3-0 Veikkausliiga defeat in their last game at the hands of AC Oulu.

Julius Körkkö (58′), Danny Barrow (87′) and Santeri Silander (91′) scored for AC Oulu.

Over their prior 6 games, Ricardo Duarte’s FC Lahti have found the net 7 times – an average number of goals scored per match of 1.17.

Their past results show that FC Lahti:

• haven’t lost in the league to IFK Mariehamn in their previous 3 games.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

After being defeated in their last game at the hands of IF Gnistan in Veikkausliiga competition, IFK Mariehamn will be aiming to make amends here.

The only scorer from IFK Mariehamn was Emmanuel Patut (51′). Vertti Hänninen (27′, 46′) scored for IF Gnistan.

The stats tell the story, and IFK Mariehamn have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 10 goals in all. At the back, IFK Mariehamn just haven’t been too solid at all. Putting that to one side, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend might be replicated in this upcoming match.

Going into this one, IFK Mariehamn haven’t won away from home in the past 6 matches in the league.

 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 18/09/2022, neither club has come out on top overall with FC Lahti winning 2 of those games, IFK Mariehamn 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A sum of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 6 of them from Mustat kuhnurit and 10 coming from Grönvitt. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The last league match between the two was Veikkausliiga match day 20 on 18/08/2024 when it finished IFK Mariehamn 0-0 FC Lahti.

The match was refereed by Amir Hajizadeh.

 Team News: IFK Mariehamn

Owing to an otherwise available group, there’s only the one fitness worry for the IFK Mariehamn boss Gary Williams to be concerned about. Noah Nurmi (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be in action.

For the second time in a row, the Serbian champion managed to reach the final stage of the Champions League. Unlike last season when they entered the group stage directly, for the new league format they had to overcome the Norwegian champion Bodoe Glimt. After the defeat on the road, Crvena Zvezda completely dominated on the home field and achieved a sufficient victory 2-0. According to the rating, this is the second team from the back of all 36 teams, so there are no great ambitions, but it is certain that they will be a dangerous rival for everyone on the home field.

As the second-placed club in the Portuguese championship, Benfica went directly to the group stage of the Champions League. This has always been a club that made a lot of money from selling players. At the beginning of this season, they brought in players for around 50 million and sold the players who were under contract for around 150 million EUR. 100 million was taken for Neves and Leonardo. Since the beginning of the season, they have achieved 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the Portuguese League

Crvena Zvezda vs Benfica pick: OVER 2.5 GOALS

On the wings of passionate fans and the specificity of the match due to the premiere, the Serbian team could surprise the Portuguese club. Both teams have a great tradition as former European champions. Benfica certainly has players who are technically better and will have the initiative, but what we saw from Crvena Zvezda in the matches against Bodo shows that they can be competitive, at least at the Rajko Mitic stadium. If we see a quick opening goal, this could be a very effective match, so over 2.5 goals is an excellent solution for betting.

Milos Degenek, who returned to Crvena Zvezda from Columbus Crew, is still not available to coach Milojevic due to a heel injury, besides him, young midfielder Vladimir Lucic is also still not ready due to a knee injury.

Gouveia and Schjelderup are on the list of injured players at Benfica. Aursnes and Beste are currently questionable players and it is not yet known whether they will be in the protocol for the 1st match of the Champions League in the new season

Crvena Zvezda U19 will play against Benfica U19 as part of UEFA Youth League season 2024/2025. Crvena Zvezda U19 vs Benfica U19 match kick-off is scheduled for 19 September 2024 at 02:00. The match will be played at Rajko Mitić – Jug veštačka trava 4 in Beograd. Find more details about the match below, including stats, H2Hs, match facts, and standings. The data will help you decide on your Crvena Zvezda U19 vs Benfica U19 prediction.

Data Analysis

Using the latest data provided for both teams and based on our database with statistical information, we can provide some details about the chances of Crvena Zvezda U19 and Benfica U19 in this game.

The last 10 Crvena Zvezda U19 matches across all competitions saw the team winning 3 of the matches, 3 of the results ended in a draw,and they lost 4.

Benfica U19 stats (across the last 10 matches) point to wins 3, draws 4 and losses 3. A rundown of the number of goals in the last 10 matches shows that Crvena Zvezda U19 scored an average of 1.4 goals per game. The stats obtained from the results of Benfica U19 show that the team achieves an average of 2.2 goals per match.