KTP vs Haka match preview: Even contest expected at Arto Tolsa Areena

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Mon 21.Aug
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arto Tolsa Areena (4780 seats)

This game involves two sides dwelling in the lower section of the Veikkausliiga, KTP holding 9th position and Haka in 11th. A decent opportunity for one of the participants to better their position.

Insights:
  • KTP have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Haka have the most conceded goals (34) in Veikkausliiga

Both teams have had sufficient rest since their last competitive action. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!

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KTP form and stats

3 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what KTP have to build on here at Arto Tolsa Areena in the Veikkausliiga. When KTP hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Mariehamn, KTP and Lahti), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

KTP enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at SJK's place. The match ended 3-2 with Lehtiranta, Pozo-Venta and Furtado scoring. Finally, a league victory after five matches without. Manager Leppälahti felt very clever after Pozo-Venta scored the winning goal against SJK, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 54th minute.

Preceding that match was the home game against Inter Turku that was lost 1-4.

KTP are traveling soon after this match as the Veikkausliiga match at VPS awaits in four days.

KTP have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Haka form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Haka so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-8 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Haka's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Mariehamn (placed 12th).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ilves at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Both teams to score? This club's latest statistics suggest that, having finished 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Haka, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Haka have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing KTP.

The most up to date logged match involving both these sides is the Haka - KTP 4-2 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

KTPW. Pozo-Venta
W. Pozo-Venta
2 goals
KTPJ. Mäkelä
J. Mäkelä
1 goals
KTPW. Alvés Furtado
W. Alvés Furtado
1 goals

KTP missing players

Haka missing players

KTP Haka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 10 19
5 3 2 Won W 0 2 3
5 3 0 Drew D 0 0 8
9 3 0 Lost L 2 8 8
17 9 4 Scored S 1 7 22
27 12 1 Conceded C 3 21 34
79% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
58% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 90% 95%
37% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 70% 58%
26% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 26%
21% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 11%
37% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 68%
37% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 5%
47% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 26%
 
5.6 7.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 5.3
5.9 6.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.4 6.5
2.3 2.8 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.2 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 9.8 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.5 9.1
3.5 4.1 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.3 3.8
25% 24% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 21% 30%
 
11.8 13.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9.4 9.7
4.6 4.6 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.9 4.2
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • Haka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Haka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Haka have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Veikkausliiga
  • Haka have the fewest points (6) away in Veikkausliiga
  • Haka have the most conceded goals (21) away in Veikkausliiga
  • Haka have the most conceded goals (34) in Veikkausliiga
  • Haka have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Veikkausliiga
  • Haka have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Veikkausliiga
  • Haka have the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Veikkausliiga
  • Haka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KTP have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KuPS 20 13 2 5 30 11 11 7 0 4 15 6 9 6 2 1 15 5 19 41
2 HJK 20 11 7 2 34 16 10 7 2 1 19 5 10 4 5 1 15 11 18 40
3 SJK 20 10 5 5 26 21 10 6 1 3 13 12 10 4 4 2 13 9 5 35
4 Oulu 20 9 4 7 30 32 10 4 2 4 14 17 10 5 2 3 16 15 -2 31
5 VPS 20 9 3 8 26 21 10 5 2 3 15 9 10 4 1 5 11 12 5 30
6 Honka 20 8 5 7 19 16 10 5 2 3 12 7 10 3 3 4 7 9 3 29
7 Inter Turku 19 7 4 8 27 28 9 4 2 3 13 11 10 3 2 5 14 17 -1 25
8 Ilves 20 4 8 8 18 22 11 2 5 4 10 15 9 2 3 4 8 7 -4 20
9 KTP 19 5 5 9 17 27 9 3 3 3 9 12 10 2 2 6 8 15 -10 20
10 Lahti 19 4 7 8 16 26 9 2 2 5 8 13 10 2 5 3 8 13 -10 19
11 Haka 19 3 8 8 22 34 9 1 8 0 15 13 10 2 0 8 7 21 -12 17
12 Mariehamn 20 3 6 11 18 29 10 1 3 6 6 14 10 2 3 5 12 15 -11 15

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.