It's early days in the Veikkausliiga and both HIFK and Ilves are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Ilves could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Veikkausliiga game only four sleeps ago.
5 - 5 - 6 with 15-20. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Ilves when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Ilves play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
HIFK form and stats
HIFK have only played one Veikkausliiga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 11 matches.
The home team returns to Bolt Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with SJK (placed 9th) on their last time out; the Veikkausliiga game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Haka.
HIFK has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Ilves form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Veikkausliiga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from 11 matches.
Home advantage was not enough for Ilves in their previous game, as they lost their Veikkausliiga-match, hosting HJK, 0-3. Preceding that game was the away victory against Oulu with the score of 2-0.
Ilves lost heavily in their last match (against HJK as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.
2 goals so far away for Ilves, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (HIFK wins - draws - Ilves wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Mömmö 2 goals |   A. Hernández Basanta 1 goals | J. Entrena Gálvez 1 goals |
HIFK missing players
Ilves missing players
| HIFK | Ilves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 13.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 12% |
| HIFK | Last season | Ilves | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 73% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 82% | ||
| 59% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 41% | ||
| 18% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 45% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 59% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 27% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 18% | ||
| 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 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 37% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Mariehamn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | HIFK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | KuPS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Lahti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ilves | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Honka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | SJK | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | KTP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Haka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Oulu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 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 |