AC Oulu vs IF Gnistan Helsinki Best odds and tips

AC Oulu are bottom of the Veikkausliiga 2025 table with just three points from six games and have yet to pick up a single point at home in the Veikkausliiga 2025 this season. Mikko Isokangas’ side lost 3-1 at SJK in their last away game before being thrashed 1-4 at home by FC Inter Turku. Oulu finally got back to winning ways last time out with a 3-1 victory away at FC KTP, but they will need to improve on their current home form if they are to avoid the drop. IF Gnistan Helsinki have won two and lost three of their first five Veikkausliiga matches to sit eighth in the table with six points. Jussi Leppaelahti’s side have won one and lost two of their three away league games so far, scoring three goals on the road.

Gnistan are the slight favourites here at 2.35, with AC Oulu available at 2.90. But we feel that backing under 2.5 goals could be a better play for this matchup given the teams’ respective recent results. Leppaelahti’s side are a well-organised team that like to play a transitional game and are good on the counterattack. They will get plenty of opportunities to do so against an AC Oulu side that are leaky at the back and like to get the ball wide and find their target man. Gnistan have been good from set pieces and capitalising on opposition mistakes this season, which should stand them in good stead against an AC Oulu side that have conceded four goals in their only home fixture of the league campaign so far.

Leppaelahti has been in charge of Gnistan since January 2024 and his tactics have already brought about a few surprise results, none more so than their 1-0 away win over giants HJK. The visitors will have a good chance of getting another one here against an AC Oulu side that is struggling at home. Gnistan beat IFK Mariehamn 2-0 at home last time out and are unbeaten in their last three Veikkausliiga meetings with Oulu, winning two and drawing one. Saku Heiskanen is the creative hub of this Gnistan side and has two assists in five Veikkausliiga matches this season. Joakim Latonen is the Finnish side’s main goal threat with two goals in five league games and he has scored two of Gnistan’s last six Veikkausliiga goals. Marokhy Ndione is Oulu’s main striker with two goals in six Veikkausliiga matches this season, but Gnistan’s head-to-head dominance and better league position suggest they are primed for at least a point, if not all three.