An important duel in the bottom section of the Veikkausliiga, with both Haka and SJK experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 9th place.
It's no vacation for neither Haka nor SJK as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
3-7-8 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for SJK when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 18 matches are 10-18 (scored/conceded).
Haka form and stats
Haka's struggle is real here at Tehtaan kenttä with only 2 points collected from 7 Veikkausliiga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-5. With seven home Veikkausliiga games in a row without a win, the Haka fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the MYPA game long ago, can be stopped today.
Happy days for Haka in their previous game, a Veikkausliiga match away at TPS (placed 11th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Ahead of that match, Haka lost 0-2 at home to Ilves.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Haka have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost two.
Haka aren't scoring a lot here at Tehtaan kenttä in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Haka are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 7 played).
SJK form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for SJK so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from J. Lepistö (2) and E. Ledesma secured the home win 3-2 against Inter Turku in their previous game. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against RoPS.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with SJK playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were zero SJK wins, three draws and four defeats.
Goals are few and far between in SJK's away league games. Only 2 goals from 6 travels. As opposed to that, SJK have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Haka and SJK have met before this season: SJK - Haka 1-1. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's one Haka victory, five draws and two SJK wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Markkanen 5 goals |  S. Chidi 3 goals |  J. Lepistö 3 goals |
Haka missing players
SJK missing players
| Haka | SJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 29 | 17 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 77% |
| 93% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 69% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 64% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 38% |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 102 | 55 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 41 | 112 |
| 44 | 22 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 18 | 42 |
| 36% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 26% |
- All of Haka's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Haka has the most conceded goals (17) at home
- Haka has the most dropped points from leading position (8)
- Haka has the the worst goal difference (-11) at home
- Haka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Haka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Haka have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SJK have scored away.
- Haka have yet to win a game at home.
- Haka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SJK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- SJK have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SJK have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 | KuPS | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Honka | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | HIFK | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Ilves | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Lahti | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Mariehamn | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | SJK | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Haka | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
| 11 | TPS | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 9 |
| 12 | RoPS | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 17 | -21 | 2 |