Home advantage could prove decisive in Inter Turku - Honka battle

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Mon 02.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Veritas Stadion (9300 seats)

Inter Turku perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Honka can look both up and down from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Inter Turku have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Veikkausliiga
  • Honka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Inter Turku and Honka should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Inter Turku form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 7 Veikkausliiga games here at Veritas Stadion for Inter Turku. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Happy days for Inter Turku in their previous game, a Veikkausliiga match away at Mariehamn (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Before that game, the home loss against HIFK with the scoreline 0-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Inter matches with similar probabilities have ended with five wins, zero draws and one defeat (from six games).

The Inter Turku fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Inter have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Honka form and stats

There's been little loot from Honka's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Veikkausliiga. Honka only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

Honka's last game was the home draw against Lahti (1-1).

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Oulu.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Honka when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning zero games.

Honka have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. 10 goals have been conceded by Honka in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Honka - Inter 1-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Inter Turku four wins, two draws and Honka four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Inter TurkuB. Källman
B. Källman
6 goals
InterM. Haukioja
M. Haukioja
3 goals
Inter TurkuT. Furuholm
T. Furuholm
3 goals

Inter Turku missing players

Honka missing players

Inter Turku Honka
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 3 7 13
8 5 1 Won W 0 2 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 1 1 Lost L 3 4 7
21 11 2 Scored S 3 9 14
11 4 1 Conceded C 7 10 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 69%
54% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 38%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 15%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 8%
54% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 54%
31% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 15%
15% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 31%
 
5.9 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5 5.8
4.7 4.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 4.9 5.7
2.2 2.1 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.5 7.6 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 8.6 8.8
5.3 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.6 3.8
30% 37% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 36% 29%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • Honka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Honka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Inter Turku have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Inter Turku have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Veikkausliiga
  • Inter Turku have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Veikkausliiga
  • Inter Turku haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 HJK 13 11 1 1 25 7 6 6 0 0 15 4 7 5 1 1 10 3 18 34
2 KuPS 13 9 1 3 19 9 7 5 1 1 9 3 6 4 0 2 10 6 10 28
3 Inter Turku 13 8 1 4 21 11 7 5 1 1 11 4 6 3 0 3 10 7 10 25
4 Lahti 13 6 5 2 18 13 7 4 2 1 11 8 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 23
5 SJK 13 7 2 4 15 11 7 3 2 2 9 7 6 4 0 2 6 4 4 23
6 HIFK 13 5 5 3 13 11 7 2 2 3 7 9 6 3 3 0 6 2 2 20
7 Ilves 13 5 2 6 14 16 6 4 0 2 8 7 7 1 2 4 6 9 -2 17
8 Honka 13 4 2 7 14 17 6 2 1 3 5 7 7 2 1 4 9 10 -3 14
9 Mariehamn 13 3 2 8 9 21 7 1 1 5 3 11 6 2 1 3 6 10 -12 11
10 Haka 13 2 3 8 10 18 5 0 2 3 3 8 8 2 1 5 7 10 -8 9
11 KTP 13 1 5 7 12 22 6 0 2 4 4 12 7 1 3 3 8 10 -10 8
12 Oulu 13 2 1 10 11 25 7 1 1 5 4 12 6 1 0 5 7 13 -14 7

Read more about Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga is the premier division in Finnish football. It has its name from the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, the main sponsor. Seasons run from April to October in a league of twelve teams. These play two fixtures against each other in the regular season. After that the league table splits in two. The top teams play a championship round and the bottom half play a relegation round.