Soccer match preview: HJK confident before travelling to HIFK

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Thu 28.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bolt Arena (10770 seats)

HJK have travelled here for an intriguing fight versus the hosting HIFK. Prepare for the game with this full Veikkausliiga preview!

Insights:
  • HIFK is in the worst form (0-1-3)
  • HJK have the most clean sheets (3) in Veikkausliiga

Both contenders have had enough days rest since their last competitive action. Let's agree to expect an active match!

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HIFK form and stats

0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for HIFK so far this season.

HIFK lost their last game at Haka (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline.

Before that game, the home loss against Lahti with the scoreline 0-3.

There will be little rest for HIFK after this match as they are travelling to Honka for a Finland Cup game in only four days.

HIFK has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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HJK form and stats

HJK are yet to lose a point on their Veikkausliiga travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. HJK have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

HJK failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Inter Turku (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-4.

Preceding that game was the away victory against VPS with the score of 1-0.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with HJK given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed five matches with four wins as expected, one draw and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won zero of these games by at least two goals.

2 goals so far away for HJK, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for HIFK, zero draws and eight wins for HJK. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The matches between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

HJKR. Riski
R. Riski
2 goals
HJKR. Riski
R. Riski
2 goals
HIFKF. Sáez Carrillo
F. Sáez Carrillo
1 goals

HIFK missing players

HJK missing players

HIFK HJK
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 1 2 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 1 0 Scored S 1 2 4
8 4 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 75%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 8 8.5 8.2
6.5 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.5 2
2.2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.8 6.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11 11.2
3 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.8
25% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 21%
 
14.5 18.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 9.5 7.5
7.8 10.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 1.5 2
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • HIFK have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Veikkausliiga
  • HIFK have the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Veikkausliiga
  • HIFK have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Veikkausliiga
  • HIFK is in the worst form (0-1-3)
  • HJK have the most clean sheets (3) in Veikkausliiga
HIFK Last season HJK
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
4 1   Played P   1 4
2 0   Won W   1 2
0 0   Drew D   0 0
2 1   Lost L   0 2
4 1   Scored S   3 8
5 3   Conceded C   1 8
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
50% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
50% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   100% 100%
25% 100%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   100% 75%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 25%
50% 100%   BTTS BTTS   100% 100%
25% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
25% 0%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
2.2 1   Corners for (avg) C F   11 7.7
7.5 11   Corners against (avg) C A   1 2.3
0.8 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 1
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
2.8 4   Shots (avg) S (   21 17.7
1.5 2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   10 6.7
67% 50%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 35%
 
8.5 21   Shots against (avg) S A   4 4.7
4.2 10   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2 2.7

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

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.