Football Bet of the Day: Telia what, there should be goals in Helsinki

HJK Helsinki v Ilves
Thursday 16:30

Emelec didn't slip down quite as easily as we thought. The Ecuadorians took the lead and eventually held out for a 1-1 draw at River Plate, a result that's pretty hard for us to digest.

We return to our home continent today, and it's a first trip to Finland for a few months. It's early days in the Veikkausliiga season, but HJK Helsinki are already top of the pile, despite only winning half of their first six games.

Home and away, Mika Lehkosuo's men have conceded in each of the most recent four. At the Telia 5G Arena, the hosts have managed just six clean sheets in 19 attempts since April last year.

Visiting Ilves are currently second in the table. They lost this fixture 5-1 a year ago, but we do at least fancy their chances of scoring again this time. They've won their first two away games of the new campaign and have hit the back of the net at least once in 9/11 since July 2016. For all of these reasons, we like the big price on goals at both ends again this afternoon.

Recommended Bet
Back Both Teams to Score @ 2.3611/8 in HJK Helsinki v Ilves