HIFK fights Haka in Veikkausliiga battle

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Mon 03.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bolt Arena (4000 seats)

HIFK and Haka supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Veikkausliiga season. Game on!

It should be mentioned that Haka play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Haka on artifical turf are 7 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 15 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 23-19. You can compare this with overall results below.

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HIFK form and stats

The manager J. Gómez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to SJK in only four days.

HIFK have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; HIFK scored 2 goals and let in 0 goals during these two games.

Last season, HIFK's league statistics were 8 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Veikkausliiga. Over these 22 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 33. Playing at home last season HIFK managed 4-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 16 conceded.

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Haka form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Haka as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Haka have played eight with the results W2-D2-L4 (win-draw-lost). In these games Haka has scored 6 goals and conceded 9 times.

Let's have a look at how Haka performed last season in the Veikkausliiga: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 2 with 16/16 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: six - zero - two (HIFK wins - draws - Haka wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

HIFK missing players

Haka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
HIFK Haka
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
HIFK Last season Haka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
8 4   Won W   4 5
4 3   Drew D   5 7
10 4   Lost L   2 10
29 13   Scored S   16 25
33 16   Conceded C   16 41
95% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 95%
73% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 86%
59% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 50%
27% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 41%
18% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 23%
45% 45%   BTTS BTTS   73% 64%
32% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 9%
27% 36%   Failed to Score F T   18% 32%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
3.1 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
3 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
9.4 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   5.6 7.1
3.6 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 2.9
37% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   53% 40%

  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 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Inter Turku 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Haka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 HIFK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ilves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KTP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lahti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mariehamn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Oulu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 SJK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KuPS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Honka 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
Last season 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 22 14 6 2 53 17 11 6 5 0 27 9 11 8 1 2 26 8 36 48
2 Inter Turku 22 12 5 5 36 17 11 9 1 1 24 6 11 3 4 4 12 11 19 41
3 KuPS 22 12 5 5 39 26 11 7 1 3 20 14 11 5 4 2 19 12 13 41
4 Honka 22 9 10 3 26 17 11 5 4 2 13 9 11 4 6 1 13 8 9 37
5 Ilves 22 10 6 6 37 29 11 5 4 2 20 12 11 5 2 4 17 17 8 36
6 Lahti 22 8 8 6 33 30 11 4 5 2 15 13 11 4 3 4 18 17 3 32
7 SJK 22 8 5 9 27 29 11 4 2 5 14 17 11 4 3 4 13 12 -2 29
8 HIFK 22 8 4 10 29 33 11 4 3 4 13 16 11 4 1 6 16 17 -4 28
9 Mariehamn 22 6 5 11 29 43 11 3 3 5 13 19 11 3 2 6 16 24 -14 23
10 Haka 22 5 7 10 25 41 11 1 2 8 9 25 11 4 5 2 16 16 -16 22
11 TPS 22 6 3 13 23 39 11 5 1 5 14 15 11 1 2 8 9 24 -16 21
12 RoPS 22 1 2 19 15 51 11 0 2 9 10 25 11 1 0 10 5 26 -36 5

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Inter Turku 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Haka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 HIFK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ilves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KTP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lahti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mariehamn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Oulu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 SJK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KuPS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Honka 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0

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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.