Soccer match preview: Home fans have high expectations when Haka take on HIFK

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Fri 22.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tehtaan kenttä (3516 seats)

Haka greet HIFK for another interesting Veikkausliiga fixture here at Tehtaan kenttä.

Insights:
  • HIFK have the the worst goal difference (-4) in Veikkausliiga

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Veikkausliiga game only four days ago.

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Haka form and stats

The story so far in the Veikkausliiga for Haka at their home stadium (Tehtaan kenttä) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Happy days for Haka in their previous game, a fixture away at Inter Turku (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Honka (2-3).

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Haka at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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HIFK form and stats

As the visiting team in Veikkausliiga matches, HIFK have produced an overall stat of 0-0-1 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, HIFK are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

HIFK's previous game was their home loss versus Lahti (0-3).

hometeam won Looking at the earlier recent performances of HIFK when being an outsider away as they are today, we find nine matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing one and winning three games.

1 goal so far away for HIFK, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Haka-HIFK H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Haka three wins, HIFK seven wins, zero draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

HakaS. Zarokostas
S. Zarokostas
2 goals
HakaJ. Laine
J. Laine
1 goals
HakaA. Sihvonen
A. Sihvonen
1 goals

Haka missing players

HIFK missing players

Haka HIFK
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
6 2 2 Scored S 0 1 2
4 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 3
3.3 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 5.3
1.3 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 15 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 6
6.3 10 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3
32% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 22%
 
9.3 8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 15.3
4.3 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 8
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • HIFK have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Veikkausliiga
  • HIFK have the the worst goal difference (-4) in Veikkausliiga
Haka Last season HIFK
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
5 3   Played P   3 4
2 1   Won W   2 2
3 2   Drew D   0 0
0 0   Lost L   1 2
6 3   Scored S   3 4
3 2   Conceded C   2 5
80% 67%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   33% 50%
20% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 50%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 25%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
60% 67%   BTTS BTTS   33% 50%
40% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 25%
20% 33%   Failed to Score F T   33% 25%
 
5.6 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   2.7 2.2
4.8 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 7.5
2.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 0.8
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10 9.3   Shots (avg) S (   2.3 2.8
3.2 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.3 1.5
38% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   75% 67%
 
9.2 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   4.3 8.5
2.8 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.3 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KuPS 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 9
2 HJK 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 9
3 Haka 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 6
4 VPS 3 1 1 1 7 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 4 4
5 Honka 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
6 Lahti 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 3 0 -2 4
7 Mariehamn 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
8 Inter Turku 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 3
9 SJK 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
10 Oulu 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 2
11 Ilves 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
12 HIFK 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 1

Read more about Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga is the premier division in Finnish football. It has its name from the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, the main sponsor. Seasons run from April to October in a league of twelve teams. These play two fixtures against each other in the regular season. After that the league table splits in two. The top teams play a championship round and the bottom half play a relegation round.