Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Honka & Haka face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Honka and Haka 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.
Honka form and stats
Honka was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Finland Cup.5-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for Honka so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Esport Ratiopharm Arena.
Before that, Honka had a Veikkausliiga home game versus Lahti which ended with a victory 2-1.
Honka are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Honka have conceded only 9 goals.
Haka form and stats
Haka was sent out of Finland Cup in the semi-finals last season.4-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Haka in their Veikkausliiga matches away.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Mariehamn.
Haka delivered their win in the match against Mariehamn already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
Haka are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 16 goals have been conceded by Haka in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Honka, four draws and four wins for Haka. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Honka missing players
Haka missing players
| Honka | Haka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 18 | 30 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 42 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9.2 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.6 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Haka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Honka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mariehamn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 36 | 48 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | KuPS | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Honka | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Ilves | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Lahti | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | SJK | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 8 | HIFK | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 28 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -14 | 23 |
| 10 | Haka | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | -16 | 22 |
| 11 | TPS | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 21 |
| 12 | RoPS | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -36 | 5 |