Honka have come here for an action-packed game against the hosting HJK. Get smart on the fixture with this in-depth League Cup preview!
It should be mentioned that Honka play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Honka on artifical turf are 6 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 15 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 22-20. You can compare this with overall results below.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
HJK form and stats
In the previous season, HJK's league results were 15 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, producing 2nd place in the League Cup. From these 22 matches they scored 32 goals and gave away 12. Appearing as the home side in the last season HJK generated 7-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 8 conceded.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the HJK friendly games in pre-season: HJK played three friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that HJK scored 4 goals and conceded 3 in these three games.
Honka form and stats
Let's have a look at how Honka performed last season in the League Cup: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 16/16 goals scored/conceded.
Just as the home team, Honka have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Honka wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: HJK - Honka null. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (HJK wins - draws - Honka wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Riski 2 goals |  R. Riski 2 goals |
HJK missing players
Honka missing players
| HJK | Honka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 7.7 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.7 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 10.3 |
| 6.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 35% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| HJK | Last season | Honka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 89% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 93% | ||
| 63% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 74% | ||
| 37% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 19% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 33% | ||
| 11% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 19% | ||
| 41% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 15% | ||
| 19% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 37% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 40% | ||
| 8 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
