Haka - HIFK in Veikkausliiga: Numbers, team sheets, fixtures, trends and headlines. Check out our comprehensive preview!
- Haka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- HIFK have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Veikkausliiga
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.
HIFK play their home games on artifical turf, while this fixture takes place on grass. Up to date data for HIFK when playing on grass are 10 wins, 8 draws and 10 defeats from 28 matches. They have managed to score 34 goals and conceded 31 times in these fixtures.
Haka form and stats
With 2 Veikkausliiga wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Haka are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Haka goalkeeper Aatu Hakala is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 185 minutes without conceding a goal in the Veikkausliiga.
Happy days for Haka in their previous game, a Veikkausliiga match away at Oulu (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Ahead of that match, Haka won a home game hosting SJK (4-0).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 four games. Haka has won zero of these, drawn one and lost three.
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 (9 from 10 games). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
HIFK form and stats
As the visiting team in Veikkausliiga matches, HIFK, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Veikkausliiga, have produced an overall stat of 5-4-1 so far.
HIFK have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Callum Ward. It's been 223 minutes since they last conceded in Veikkausliiga.
HIFK are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at KuPS (placed 1st).
Preceding that game was the away victory against HJK with the score of 2-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with HIFK playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were one HIFK win, three draws and four defeats.
HIFK find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. HIFK are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the participants met previously this campaign; HIFK - Haka 2-0. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous nine meetings): Haka won two games, zero matches ended in a draw and HIFK managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sixTop Goalscorers
  K. Kamara 5 goals |   A. Vucenovic 4 goals |  I. Yartey 3 goals |
Haka missing players
HIFK missing players
| Haka | HIFK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 70% | 86% |
| 67% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 57% |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 33% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 33% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 20% | 33% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 70% | 48% |
| 43% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 7.3 | 8.8 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 31% | 30% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 41% | 33% |
- HIFK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- HIFK have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Veikkausliiga
- HIFK have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Veikkausliiga
- 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 | KuPS | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 24 | 49 |
| 2 | HJK | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | SJK | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 37 |
| 5 | HIFK | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | Ilves | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 33 |
| 7 | Lahti | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | Honka | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 23 |
| 10 | Haka | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 11 | Oulu | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 18 |
| 12 | KTP | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -27 | 8 |