This could be an interesting match as HIFK have their presumed home advantage while Inter Turku are ahead 4 points in the Veikkausliiga table.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for HIFK and Inter Turku.
HIFK's stadium, Bolt Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Inter Turku have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Inter Turku when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses from 19 matches. They have scored 17 goals in these games and conceded 26.
HIFK form and stats
3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for HIFK so far this season.
The spoils were shared in HIFK's previous game, also at home. Visiting Inter Turku (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Before that, HIFK had a home game versus HJK which ended with a victory 4-3.
HIFK has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the HIFK defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Inter Turku form and stats
Inter Turku have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Veikkausliiga, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to HIFK (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The Veikkausliiga match ended in a draw 0-0. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting SJK's place.
Inter find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Inter in these games.
Head 2 Head
HIFK - Inter Turku 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: HIFK won zero, Inter Turku won six and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Furuholm 8 goals |   L. Farinhas Taffner 4 goals | T. Kagayama 4 goals |
HIFK missing players
Inter Turku missing players
| HIFK | Inter Turku | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 19 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 17 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 93% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 22% | 40% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 14% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 20% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 47% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 36% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 27% |
| 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | 66 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 104 | 190 |
| 48 | 27 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 37 | 78 |
| 40% | 30% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 32% |
- HIFK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- HIFK have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 33 |
| 2 | KuPS | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Honka | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | HIFK | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Mariehamn | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Ilves | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Lahti | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | SJK | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Haka | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -16 | 11 |
| 11 | TPS | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 10 |
| 12 | RoPS | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 17 | -23 | 2 |