Haka have claimed 5 of their 8 in total here in their own stadium fortress. How will they do versus VPS?
- Haka have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have the the worst goal difference (-5) in Veikkausliiga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Haka form and stats
Haka have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Veikkausliiga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Haka faced defeat in their previous match, away at Mariehamn (1-2). Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Laine for missing a penalty kick versus Mariehamn in the 55th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Honka.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Haka have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.
The manager Tainio will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Inter Turku in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Haka's attacking play is working. Haka have conceded 5 from these games.
VPS form and stats
No Veikkausliiga points yet away for VPS, from their first 2 matches.
Two travels in a row for VPS, whose boss Nuorela could celebrate last time after the Finland Cup win against SJK-j Apollo.
It was a Veikkausliiga defeat before that one as the away game against Oulu wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.VPS are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
A new game in only four days for VPS, the Veikkausliiga home match versus Ilves. Busy days.
VPS have the goal stats of 1-6 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Haka victories, two draws and five VPS wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Multanen 2 goals |  T. Purme 1 goals | E. Auvinen 1 goals |
Haka missing players
VPS missing players
| Haka | VPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 7.6 | 8.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.4 | 8.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.5 | 7.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| 46% | 64% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 30% |
| 9.3 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 4 |
- All of Haka's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of VPS's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Haka have not yet lost a game at home.
- Haka have scored more than double the goals of VPS.
- Haka have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Veikkausliiga
- Haka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VPS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- VPS have lost all their away matches so far.
- VPS have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Veikkausliiga
- VPS have the the worst goal difference (-5) in Veikkausliiga
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | HJK | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | SJK | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Oulu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 5 | Honka | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Haka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Ilves | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | KTP | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | Lahti | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | VPS | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | Inter Turku | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 3 |
