Haka are trying to stop thinking about the league table ahead of this game against HIFK. Here's everything you need to know pre-match!
- Haka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- HIFK have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Veikkausliiga
Both teams have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's look for an energetic fixture!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting HIFK have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-9-10 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.
Haka form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Veikkausliiga this season. Haka have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Tehtaan kenttä.
Stress levels are on the rise for Haka's attacking players as they have now played 231 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Vucenovic was their last goal scorer.
No payout for Haka in their previous match, an away game at SJK that ended in defeat 0-4. Haka were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Oulu (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Haka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Haka as a small favourite), we find three games. Haka has won zero of these, drawn one and lost two.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Haka here at Tehtaan kenttä in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). Haka have conceded 9 in these home matches.
HIFK form and stats
HIFK have an excellent away record in the Veikkausliiga so far with 4-3-0 from 7 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the SJK game have they lost an away game, meaning HIFK has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
HIFK play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Honka (placed 7th).
A 1-5 loss hosting KuPS before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by HIFK in our archives, and the results are: one win for HIFK, three draws and three defeats.
A new game in only four days for HIFK, the Veikkausliiga home match versus SJK. Busy days.
HIFK are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). HIFK's manager J. Gómez has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have fought previously this season: HIFK - Haka 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Haka two wins, zero draws and HIFK seven victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Vucenovic 3 goals |   M. Yaghoubi 3 goals | H. Malundama 2 goals |
Haka missing players
HIFK missing players
| Haka | HIFK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 87% |
| 71% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 60% |
| 41% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 33% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 35% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 29% | 40% |
| 24% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 71% | 47% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 27% |
| 6.3 | 6.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 5.7 | 6.1 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 8.7 | 9.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 20% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 39% | 31% |
- HIFK have not yet lost a game away.
- HIFK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- HIFK have scored at least twice as many goals away as Haka have scored home.
- HIFK have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Veikkausliiga
- Haka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Haka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 45 |
| 2 | KuPS | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | SJK | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Lahti | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | HIFK | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Honka | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -2 | 21 |
| 8 | Ilves | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Oulu | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 10 | Haka | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 15 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 14 |
| 12 | KTP | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -18 | 8 |