Lahti contest Haka for glory and sporting success.
The hosts Lahti saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ilves.
Lahti form and stats
In the previous season, Lahti's league results were 8 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, results that produced 7th position in the League Cup. Over these 22 matches they scored 27 goals and gave away 25. Performing as the host team in the last season Lahti generated 5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 11 conceded.
Lahti have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Lahti have scored 4 goals and conceded 3 times.
Haka form and stats
Let's have a look at how Haka performed last season in the League Cup: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 3 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 6 with 10/14 goals scored/conceded.
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 three with the results W2-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Haka has scored 4 goals and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Lahti victories, four draws and four Haka wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Zeqiri 3 goals | G. Charles 1 goals |   J. Laine 1 goals |
Lahti missing players
Haka missing players
| Lahti | Haka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 57% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 16.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Lahti | Last season | Haka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 89% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 93% | ||
| 74% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 70% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 37% | ||
| 19% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 11% | ||
| 11% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 33% | ||
| 30% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 37% | ||
| 26% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 37% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 31% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 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 |
