Haka have travelled here for an engaging fight versus the home side Honka. Get smart on the match with this thorough League Cup preview!
Honka form and stats
Disaster struck Honka last season as they could not defend their status as a Veikkausliiga team. With 10 defeats from 22 games, and only 7 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Honka are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W4 D2 L5.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Honka's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won three matches, drawn two and lost three.
There will be little rest for Honka after this match as they are travelling to Lahti for a League Cup game in only four days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Honka, who have participated in one training match. Honka have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Haka form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Haka as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 7 victories from 22 games, relegation was a fact. Haka's manager Tainio are hoping to lead the team right back to Veikkausliiga at the first attempt.
A quick return to home after this game, as Haka are hosting Ilves in the League Cup only four days away.
It's a day of discovery for Haka as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Haka have played two with the results W1-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Haka has scored 3 goals and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for Honka, three draws and four wins for Haka. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Honka missing players
Haka missing players
| Honka | Haka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Honka | Last season | Haka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 93% | ||
| 74% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 70% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 37% | ||
| 33% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 11% | ||
| 19% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 33% | ||
| 15% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 37% | ||
| 37% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 37% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8.6 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 40% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | ||
| 10.1 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lahti | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 40 |
| 2 | Haka | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Honka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 33 |
| 4 | Mariehamn | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 30 |
| 5 | Oulu | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 23 |
| 6 | KTP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
