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Saku Lilja Profile and Player Statistics

Saku Lilja

First name:	Saku
Last name:	Lilja
Position:	Midfielder
Nationality:

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Saku Lilja has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
Club Friendlies 3	2024	PKKU	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland Cup	2024	PKKU	90	1	0	0	0	0
Ykkönen	2024	PKKU	558	12	6	6	0	0
Kakkonen	2023	PKKU	1311	23	8	10	1	5

Saku Lilja has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: All Competitions

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
05/10/2024	KuPS Ak.	2 - 3	PKKU	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	4' Elmeri Lappalainen
Eemeli Puolitaival 8'		1 - 1
Leevi Kohonen 11'
Mohamad Ahmad Al-Sheikh 34'
Leevi Kohonen 46'
		1 - 2	48' Naoto Umetsu
			50' Samuel Tiainen
			51' Niklas Leinonen
			66' Samuel Tiainen
			66' Aleksi Sainio
			67' Niklas Leinonen
			67' Iiro Kärsämä
			67' Masamune Kobayashi
			67' Altin Pllana
			73' Aaron Lindholm
			73' Hugo Hahl
Samu Koistinen 73'
Eero Kirjavainen 73'
Nooa Mielonen 73'
Kariim Al-Wehliye 73'
Eero Kirjavainen 75'		2 - 2
			81' Jermu Virtanen
			81' Saku Lilja
		2 - 3	85' Elmeri Lappalainen
Oumar Balde 87'
Eelis Varis 87'
Mohamad Ahmad Al-Sheikh 89'
Okko Nenonen 89'
Jaakko Hanhineva 90'
28/09/2024	PKKU	3 - 4	VIFK	3-1	H2H	+
Adam Zahedi 12'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	13' Arsene Baseme
Aaron Lindholm 23'		2 - 1
Iiro Kärsämä 38'		3 - 1
			46' Abdullah Mohammad Doudi
			46' Fabrice Gatambiye
Iiro Kärsämä 59'
Hugo Hahl 59'
Niklas Leinonen 59'
Naoto Umetsu 59'
			63' Arttu Nuutinen
			63' Merhawi Birhane
			63' Andreas Järv
			63' Roope Hammar
			63' Rasmus Forsbacka
			63' Steven Morrissey
			66' Fabrice Gatambiye
Naoto Umetsu 70'
Jermu Virtanen 70'
Noakim Lokake 70'
Adam Zahedi 70'
Altin Pllana 70'
			71' Steven Morrissey
		3 - 2	72' Steven Morrissey
			79' Tuomas Kautonen
			79' Filip Österblad
		3 - 3	80' Roope Hammar
Aaron Lindholm 81'
Saku Lilja 81'
			87' Lubunga Etoka
Noakim Lokake 88'
		3 - 4	90' Aleksi Pahkasalo
08/05/2024	EBK	2 - 0	PKKU	1-0	H2H	+
K. Koskela 12'		1 - 0
Endrit Mehmeti 46'
V. Ackalin 46'
Oskari Ojala 46'
Valdrin Rashica 46'
J. Zaknoun 52'
K. Koskela 68'
			69' Masamune Kobayashi
			69' S. Tiainen
			69' H. Hahl
			69' A. Hietanen
Rinor Karaca 70'
			71' N. Inha
K. Tahiri 72'
Rinor Karaca 73'		2 - 0
O. Hietanen 75'
K. Tahiri 76'
E Ibrahimi 76'
Rinor Karaca 76'
Arber Istrefi 76'
Valdrin Rashica 83'
			87' S. Vuohtoniemi
			87' I. Kärsämä
28/10/2023	Vaajakoski	3 - 1	PKKU	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	16' Ajack Aling Deng
Lennart Voikar 22'		1 - 1
Santeri Suutari 33'
Niilo Pirttinen 33'
			44' Yilson Lika
Jimi Saarikko 44'
			45+1' Ardiol Musa
Hugo Halonen 53'
Miska Verkko 53'
Matias Sarlin 56'		2 - 1
Matti Mikael Liimatainen 68'
Rasmus Häkkinen 68'
Viljami Suihkonen 68'
Joonas Rönkä 68'
Jimi Saarikko 68'
Lauri Suutarinen 68'
			69' Jermu Virtanen
			69' Oscar Dahlfors
			69' Saku Lilja
			69' Akseli Haapalainen
			79' Yilson Lika
			79' Idrissa Camara
Lauri Suutarinen 89'		3 - 1
21/10/2023	PKKU	4 - 1	Vaajakoski	0-0	H2H	+
			46' Rasmus Häkkinen
			46' Salim Saboor
Noah Kaijasilta 46'		1 - 0
Ajack Aling Deng 53'		2 - 0
			56' Niilo Pirttinen
62'
Peetu Haikonen 62'		3 - 0
			64' Matias Niemelä
			64' Jimi Saarikko
			64' Niilo Pirttinen
			64' Juuso Sarkkinen
			72' Jimi Saarikko
Ajack Aling Deng 76'		4 - 0
Jermu Virtanen 79'
Oscar Dahlfors 79'
		4 - 1	79' Santeri Suutari
			80' Hugo Halonen
			80' Veikko Janhunen
			80' Matti Mikael Liimatainen
			80' Lauri Suutarinen
Yilson Lika 84'
Idrissa Camara 84'
Ajack Aling Deng 86'
			86' Lauri Suutarinen
			87' Lauri Suutarinen
Samuel Tiainen 88'
			90+1' Santeri Suutari
Ajack Aling Deng 90+1'
MukunaTegra 90+1'
07/10/2023	PKKU	2 - 1	Kiffen	1-0	H2H	+
Yilson Lika 28'		1 - 0
			46' Valtteri Karlsson
			46' Riku Heinonen
			46' Milot Kastrati
			46' Muslim Markhiyev
		1 - 1	47' Mauricio Hopsu
Peetu Haikonen 54'
			60' Muslim Markhiyev
Saku Lilja 63'
Ajack Aling Deng 64'		2 - 1
			68' Emil Lehtinen
			68' Dudu
			68' Leo Ussher
Yilson Lika 75'
Idrissa Camara 75'
Saku Lilja 75'
Jermu Virtanen 75'
			80' Severi Murto
			80' Tuomas Saarikko
Akseli Haapalainen 86'
Nicholas Inha 86'
			86' Noakim Lokake
			86' Eetu Kolu
			89' Dudu
Ajack Aling Deng 90+1'
Oscar Dahlfors 90+1'
			90+5' Tuomas Saarikko
			90+6' Mauricio Hopsu
01/10/2023	PEPO	2 - 0	PKKU	0-0	H2H	+
Alex Kristopher Oikkonen 45+1'
Lauri Seilonen 50'		1 - 0
Lauri Seilonen 64'
Juho Enbuska 64'
Mélé Temguia 64'
Pablo Matías Stupiski 64'
Torres 64'
			69' Jermu Virtanen
			69' Idrissa Camara
			71' Ajack Aling Deng
			72' Akseli Haapalainen
			72' Saku Lilja
Samu Suoraniemi 82'		2 - 0
			84' Yilson Lika
			84' Santeri Romppanen
Mélé Temguia 90+1'
Ronaldo Flowers 90+4'
Patrik Pesonen 90+4'
22/09/2023	PPJ	1 - 2	PKKU	0-0	H2H	+
Risto Kahelin 37'
Tommi Kari 50'
Samuel Sjölund 50'
		0 - 1	56' Ajack Aling Deng
			58' Ajack Aling Deng
			63' Jermu Virtanen
			63' Idrissa Camara
			63' Akseli Haapalainen
			63' Saku Lilja
Aleksi Kilpeläinen 65'		1 - 1
Shakur Boudali 69'
Kelechi Anyamele 69'
Sebastian Veijola 69'
Tuomas Mustonen 69'
			69' Yilson Lika
			69' Daro Pola
Rasmus Smidtslund 69'
Paavo Puttonen 69'
		1 - 2	78' Ajack Aling Deng
Patrik Ahonen 84'
Emil Rask 84'
16/09/2023	PKKU	2 - 0	Reipas	1-0	H2H	+
Teemu Jäntti 8'
Akseli Haapalainen 8'
Yilson Lika 43'		1 - 0
Peetu Haikonen 45+1'
			46' Daniel Koskipalo
			46' Santeri Harjula
Jermu Virtanen 65'
Idrissa Camara 65'
Yilson Lika 65'
Ajack Aling Deng 65'
Samuel Tiainen 72'		2 - 0
			73' Viljami Heinonen
			73' Lauri Ala-Kauhaluoma
			75' Topias Inkinen
Ardiol Musa 78'
			86' Vilho Huovila
			86' Roope Niskanen
Akseli Haapalainen 87'
Nicholas Inha 87'
Saku Lilja 87'
MukunaTegra 87'
08/09/2023	Atlantis II	0 - 4	PKKU	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	28' Noah Kaijasilta
Leevi Lehtovuori 34'
			46' MukunaTegra
			46' Jermu Virtanen
Daniel Åkerlund 57'
Roope Sipi 57'
			59' Saku Lilja
			59' Ajack Aling Deng
			59' Teemu Jäntti
			59' Akseli Haapalainen
			71' Yilson Lika
			71' Idrissa Camara
			72' Akseli Haapalainen
Mohamed Lassoued 72'
Mohammed Bakkar 72'
Leevi Lehtovuori 72'
Atte Karppinen 72'
Miro Marin 75'
Arash Singh 78'
Arashdeep Singh 78'
Masiholla Fazli 81'
		0 - 2	82' Noah Kaijasilta
Joao Costa 82'
Joshua Etie 82'
Arashdeep Singh 82'
Aram Hasanzada 82'
		0 - 3	84' Ajack Aling Deng
Masiholla Fazli 88'
Anwar Abdi 88'
		0 - 4	90' Idrissa Camara
Mahamadou Samajari Sambageh 90+2'
26/08/2023	PK-35	3 - 1	PKKU	2-0	H2H	+
Niklas Jokiniemi 7'		1 - 0
Mustafa Beyai 18'		2 - 0
			37' Daro Pola
			37' Saku Lilja
Niklas Jokiniemi 43'
			46' Nicholas Inha
			46' Ardiol Musa
			46' Samuel Tiainen
			46' Jermu Virtanen
Moshtagh Yaghoubi 56'
Toshiki Makimoto 56'
Niklas Jokiniemi 56'
Tommi Tainio 56'
Tommi Tainio 59'
			64' Saku Lilja
			65' Ajack Aling Deng
			65' Akseli Haapalainen
Toshiki Makimoto 67'
Kevin Ingoli 71'
Richard Florent 71'
Xhevdet Gela 71'
Sebastian Kamara 71'
		2 - 1	80' Noah Kaijasilta
Mustafa Beyai 83'		3 - 1
19/08/2023	PKKU	2 - 0	NJS	0-0	H2H	+
Peetu Haikonen 51'
Oscar Dahlfors 57'		1 - 0
Oscar Dahlfors 67'
Ajack Aling Deng 67'
			67' Aleksi Kallio
			67' Lauri Pastinen
Ajack Aling Deng 70'		2 - 0
			74' Luca Weckström
			79' Arvi Liljaniemi
			79' Kauri Koivunen
			79' Joose Rahja
			79' Akseli Lehtojuuri
MukunaTegra 84'
Daro Pola 84'
Noah Kaijasilta 87'
			90+1' Akseli Lehtojuuri
12/08/2023	JIPPO	1 - 0	PKKU	0-0	H2H	+
			41' Ardiol Musa
			65' Peetu Haikonen
			65' Saku Lilja
Pyry Piirainen 65'
			65' Ajack Aling Deng
			65' MukunaTegra
Janne Partanen 66'
Aake Yletyinen 66'
Niko Niemeläinen 73'
Santeri Saarenkunnas 73'
			73' Samuel Tiainen
			73' Jermu Virtanen
Terrence Smith 76'
			83' Yilson Lika
			83' Idrissa Camara
			83' Daro Pola
			83' Oscar Dahlfors
Anton Eerola 84'
Toni Tahvanainen 84'
Terrence Smith 85'		1 - 0
			87' David Weiss
			90+1' Ardiol Musa
05/08/2023	PKKU	4 - 0	TiPS	1-0	H2H	+
			16' Sami Pyysalo
Ajack Aling Deng 29'		1 - 0
			46' Sami Pyysalo
			46' Ismail Hassan
			46' Carl-Mikael Frankenhaeuser
			46' Rony Kaateri
Daro Pola 52'
Aleksi Manssila 52'
Yilson Lika 57'		2 - 0
			57' Matias Kanerva
			57' Mohammed Mubarik
Yilson Lika 65'		3 - 0
Nicholas Inha 68'
Akseli Haapalainen 68'
Oscar Dahlfors 68'
Jermu Virtanen 68'
			69' Rony Kaateri
Yilson Lika 77'
Idrissa Camara 77'
Ajack Aling Deng 77'
Saku Lilja 77'
			77' Iidle Elmi
			77' Mowliid Nur
			77' Arsen Ceni
			77' Oskari Paski
			87' Oskari Paski
Idrissa Camara 90+1'		4 - 0
29/07/2023	Futura	0 - 5	PKKU	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	37' Ajack Aling Deng
		0 - 2	41' Ardiol Musa
			43' David Weiss
Matias Viitanen 46'
Lassi Kouri 46'
Elton Maloku 65'
Leo Kurvinen 65'
		0 - 3	69' Roni Mäkilä
Simon Stenstrand 74'
Patrick Ntare 74'
Michele Desalegen 79'
Alejandro Löfman 79'
Lassi Kouri 81'
		0 - 4	85' Noah Kaijasilta
		0 - 5	88' Yilson Lika
			90' Noah Kaijasilta
			90' Oscar Dahlfors
			90' Yilson Lika
			90' Akseli Haapalainen
			90' David Weiss
			90' Saku Lilja
23/07/2023	Kiffen	2 - 1	PKKU	1-0	H2H	+
Mauricio Hopsu 12'
Fesal Mohamed 12'
Emil Lehtinen 21'		1 - 0
			46' Akseli Haapalainen
			46' Noah Kaijasilta
			46' Saku Lilja
			46' Jermu Virtanen
Emil Lehtinen 58'
Aleksi Hollmen 64'
Tejan Deen 64'
Samuli Heiska 68'		2 - 0
Peik Koskinen 71'
Milot Kastrati 71'
Emil Lehtinen 71'
Reko Räsänen 71'
Samuli Heiska 71'
Tuomas Saarikko 71'
			74' Ajack Aling Deng
			74' Oscar Dahlfors
		2 - 1	76' Noah Kaijasilta
			85' Peetu Haikonen
			85' MukunaTegra
			90+2' David Weiss
15/07/2023	PKKU	3 - 1	PEPO	0-0	H2H	+
Roni Mäkilä 45'
MukunaTegra 46'
Saku Lilja 46'
			46' Markus Koistinen
			46' Alex Kristopher Oikkonen
Aleksi Manssila 46'
Santeri Romppanen 46'
Yilson Lika 55'		1 - 0
Akseli Haapalainen 57'
Samuel Tiainen 57'
			65' Aleksi Tarvonen
			65' Patrik Pesonen
			65' Pablo Matías Stupiski
			65' Torres
Ajack Aling Deng 68'		2 - 0
Ajack Aling Deng 73'
Idrissa Camara 73'
		2 - 1	83' Torres
Yilson Lika 89'		3 - 1
David Weiss 90+3'
Oscar Dahlfors 90+3'
04/07/2023	Klubi-04	4 - 1	PKKU	3-0	H2H	+
Kaius Hardén 26'		1 - 0
Matias Ritari 30'		2 - 0
			34' Saku Lilja
Matias Ritari 40'		3 - 0
			46' MukunaTegra
			46' Akseli Haapalainen
			46' Saku Lilja
			46' David Weiss
Liam Möller 61'
Aaro Toivonen 61'
Oscar Häggström 63'
			63' Ardiol Musa
			64' Idrissa Camara
			64' Ajack Aling Deng
Oscar Häggström 67'
Dylan Hayes 67'
Benjamin Dahlström 67'
Santeri Silander 67'
			72' Ardiol Musa
			72' Aleksi Manssila
			72' Teemu Jäntti
			72' Samuel Tiainen
Hadi Noori 82'		4 - 0
Hadi Noori 84'
Francis Etu 84'
Michael Boamah 84'
Johan Lietsa 84'
		4 - 1	85' Ajack Aling Deng
			90' Peetu Haikonen
30/06/2023	PKKU	2 - 2	Atlantis II	2-1	H2H	+
Yilson Lika 11'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	15' Ardiol Musa
Roni Mäkilä 30'
Yilson Lika 36'		2 - 1
			42' Franck Nyemb
			46' Roope Sipi
			46' Atte Karppinen
			46' Aram Hasanzada
			46' Daniel Åkerlund
MukunaTegra 62'
Oscar Dahlfors 62'
Saku Lilja 62'
Ajack Aling Deng 62'
Elias Turunen 62'
Teemu Jäntti 62'
			65' Franck Nyemb
			65' Arashdeep Singh
		2 - 2	71' Arashdeep Singh
Yilson Lika 80'
Idrissa Camara 80'
			87' Joao Costa
			87' Joshua Etie
Samuel Tiainen 88'
Nicholas Inha 88'
17/06/2023	Reipas	4 - 4	PKKU	1-2	H2H	+
L. Haziri 12'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	13' Ajack Aling Deng
		1 - 2	17' Saku Lilja
T. Kautonen 32'
			45+1' Ajack Aling Deng
			45+1' O. Dahlfors
J. Tuomi 46'
H. Kossigbo 46'
V. Huovila 46'
R. Niskanen 46'
O. Köse 50'		2 - 2
			57' Saku Lilja
		2 - 3	66' N. Kaijasilta
			67' Saku Lilja
			67' I. Camara
T. Kautonen 67'
Nikke Oksanen 67'
			74' T. Mukuna
			74' E. Korpela
			74' E. Turunen
			74' Aleksi Manssila
H. Kossigbo 87'		3 - 3
A. Babiker 90'		4 - 3
L. Haziri 90+2'
J. Hahl 90+2'
A. Babiker 90+4'
Viljami Heinonen 90+4'
		4 - 4	90+5' N. Kaijasilta
05/06/2023	PKKU	2 - 2	PK-35	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	12' S. Uchiyama
			20' V. Rashica
N. Kaijasilta 35'		1 - 1
			49' Felix Ferahyan
			52' Y. Adam
			58' O. Kekkonen
			58' N. Jokiniemi
			58' A. Abdi
			58' T. Tainio
			68' Toshiki Makimoto
			68' E. Karjalainen
T. Mukuna 68'
			68' R. Lehtonen
			68' F. Troni
Saku Lilja 71'
A. Vanhanen 71'
N. Kaijasilta 79'
O. Dahlfors 79'
Teemu Jäntti 79'
A. Haapalainen 79'
Ajack Aling Deng 79'
Yilson Lika 79'
S. Tiainen 81'		2 - 1
			85' T. Kurvinen
			85' Samuel Vuohtoniemi
		2 - 2	88' N. Jokiniemi
27/05/2023	NJS	2 - 0	PKKU	0-0	H2H	+
			11' Saku Lilja
Matias Inoranta 29'
			34' A. Musa
			44' A. Musa
			44' Peetu Haikonen
Joose Rahja 46'
K. Koivunen 46'
Matias Inoranta 46'
L. Pastinen 46'
			53' Peetu Haikonen
M. Salminen 54'		1 - 0
			58' Yilson Lika
			58' S. Tiainen
Ahmed Aethe 72'
T. Grönthal 74'
I. Sirkin 74'
			75' T. Mukuna
			75' Ajack Aling Deng
			78' O. Dahlfors
M. Salminen 83'		2 - 0
Ahmed Aethe 88'
Isljam Kastrati 88'
V. Salminen 90+1'
Omar Cukici 90+1'
20/05/2023	PKKU	1 - 2	JIPPO	0-0	H2H	+
S. Tiainen 30'
T. Mukuna 35'
			43' S. Saarenkunnas
			51' E. Viitaniemi
		0 - 1	60' J. Partanen
			64' Toni Tahvanainen
			64' S. Kettunen
			64' S. Saarenkunnas
			64' Joona Malinen
			64' J. Partanen
			64' T. Smith
J. Virtanen 67'
O. Dahlfors 67'
T. Mukuna 67'
Yilson Lika 67'
			67' N. Tykkyläinen
Saku Lilja 74'
Ajack Aling Deng 74'
			74' A. Yletyinen
			74' N. Niemeläinen
		0 - 2	80' Y. Kikuchi
E. Korpela 80'
A. Haapalainen 80'
A. Musa 80'
Aleksi Manssila 80'
N. Kaijasilta 87'		1 - 2
O. Dahlfors 90+1'
			90+1' P. Piirainen
			90+1' T. Smith
13/05/2023	TiPS	3 - 3	PKKU	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	7' N. Kaijasilta
M. Hussein 15'
		0 - 2	40' T. Mukuna
M. Hyvärinen 43'
Jasir Chokairy 46'
A. Ceni 46'
M. Hussein 46'
I. Elmi 46'
M. Hyvärinen 46'
Rony Kaateri 46'
		0 - 3	47' N. Kaijasilta
N. Haiko 56'		1 - 3
			60' J. Virtanen
			60' O. Dahlfors
			60' T. Mukuna
			60' Yilson Lika
			60' Teemu Jäntti
			60' S. Tiainen
N. Haiko 66'		2 - 3
			69' J. Rantanen
			71' Peetu Haikonen
			71' Aleksi Manssila
N. Haiko 74'
Mowliid Nur 74'
A. Ceni 81'		3 - 3
			83' N. Kaijasilta
			85' E. Korpela
			85' Ajack Aling Deng
Kim Lundgren 88'
Matias Kanerva 88'
06/05/2023	PKKU	4 - 2	Futura	1-1	H2H	+
O. Dahlfors 9'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	35' S. Tammivuori
		1 - 2	48' S. Faal
Teemu Jäntti 54'		2 - 2
			57' T. Hirvonen
			57' N. Lokake
R. Mäkilä 60'
S. Tiainen 61'
E. Korpela 61'
O. Dahlfors 61'
T. Mukuna 61'
N. Kaijasilta 61'
J. Virtanen 61'
			72' S. Faal
N. Inha 81'
A. Haapalainen 81'
			82' E. Maloku
			82' L. Heiskanen
			82' K. Eriksson
			82' S. Stenstrand
Yilson Lika 85'
Ajack Aling Deng 85'
A. Musa 90+3'		3 - 2
A. Musa 90+5'
J. Virtanen 90+6'		4 - 2
21/04/2023	PKKU	1 - 1	PPJ	0-0	H2H	+
A. Musa 26'
			55' S. Boudali
			55' A. Haajanen
			55' J. Huovinen
			55' R. Kahelin
			62' P. Ahonen
			62' Paavo Puttonen
I. Camara 66'
Saku Lilja 66'
O. Dahlfors 66'
T. Mukuna 66'
		0 - 1	72' E. Kallio
			76' T. Mustonen
			76' A. Kilpeläinen
			76' O. Kaijasilta
			76' V. Suokivi
Yilson Lika 79'
A. Haapalainen 79'
N. Kaijasilta 79'
Daro Pola 79'
			81' R. Kahelin
S. Tiainen 83'
J. Norss 83'
A. Haapalainen 90'		1 - 1
			90+1' Osmo Hakulinen

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

Police Commissary vs Naga World

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

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H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Police Commissary vs Naga World

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.