HIFK look to Bolt Arena supporters for inspiration before Mariehamn match

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Competition: Finland Veikkausliiga
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bolt Arena (4000 seats)

HIFK have claimed 14 of their 29 in total here at their precious home ground. How will they do versus Mariehamn?

Insights:
  • HIFK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mariehamn have the fewest scored goals (13) in Veikkausliiga

These are active days for the hometeam, as they were in action only four days ago in the Veikkausliiga. That game was an away game at Ilves, so at least HIFK are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Mariehamn play their home fixtures on grass, while this fixture occurs on artifical turf. Recent data for Mariehamn when playing on artifical turf are 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 15 matches. They have managed to score 17 goals and conceded 27 times in these games.

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HIFK form and stats

HIFK have played 10 Veikkausliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for HIFK after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The fans are hoping that HIFK will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Veikkausliiga game against Ilves (placed 7th).

Before that, HIFK had a home game versus Oulu which ended with a victory 3-1.

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 HIFK have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for HIFK as they are travelling to their away game against HJK in the Veikkausliiga. That match is four days after this one.

HIFK has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the HIFK defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Mariehamn form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Veikkausliiga, are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Veikkausliiga.

It's the second away game in a row for Mariehamn, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Haka (placed 11th) in the Veikkausliiga last time out.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus KuPS.

Mariehamn are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Mariehamn have another fixture away in just four days, a Veikkausliiga match against Ilves. A back-breaking calendar for the guests!

The attacking power of Mariehamn when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Mariehamn have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Mariehamn - HIFK 0-0 was the outcome when these two squads previously played each other, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two HIFK victories, seven draws and one Mariehamn win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HIFKM. Yaghoubi
M. Yaghoubi
3 goals
HIFKJ. Ali
J. Ali
3 goals
HIFKK. Isaksson
K. Isaksson
3 goals

HIFK missing players

Mariehamn missing players

HIFK Mariehamn
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 10 3 Played P 2 9 19
8 4 2 Won W 1 3 5
5 2 1 Drew D 1 1 2
5 4 0 Lost L 0 5 12
21 12 7 Scored S 3 8 13
18 15 3 Conceded C 1 13 28
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
56% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 63%
33% 40% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 42%
22% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 16%
11% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
39% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 26%
44% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 11% 16%
28% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 56% 63%
 
4.4 5 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.6 4.8
5.5 5.9 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.3 5.5
1.8 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.4 10.5 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.2 8.2
3.7 4.3 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 2.7
32% 28% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 25%
Key stats in Veikkausliiga this season:
  • HIFK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • HIFK haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Mariehamn have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mariehamn have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mariehamn have the fewest scored goals (13) in Veikkausliiga
  • Mariehamn haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 19 15 3 1 32 9 9 7 2 0 17 5 10 8 1 1 15 4 23 48
2 KuPS 19 13 3 3 35 13 10 7 2 1 18 5 9 6 1 2 17 8 22 42
3 SJK 19 10 3 6 23 17 9 5 2 2 16 9 10 5 1 4 7 8 6 33
4 Inter Turku 19 10 2 7 29 20 10 6 2 2 16 9 9 4 0 5 13 11 9 32
5 HIFK 18 8 5 5 21 18 10 4 2 4 12 15 8 4 3 1 9 3 3 29
6 Lahti 19 7 7 5 24 20 10 5 2 3 14 11 9 2 5 2 10 9 4 28
7 Ilves 19 8 2 9 18 23 9 7 0 2 11 7 10 1 2 7 7 16 -5 26
8 Honka 19 7 3 9 28 28 9 4 1 4 12 12 10 3 2 5 16 16 0 24
9 Oulu 19 5 2 12 17 30 10 3 2 5 8 13 9 2 0 7 9 17 -13 17
10 Mariehamn 19 5 2 12 13 28 10 2 1 7 5 15 9 3 1 5 8 13 -15 17
11 Haka 18 4 3 11 14 25 8 1 2 5 5 11 10 3 1 6 9 14 -11 15
12 KTP 19 1 5 13 14 37 9 0 2 7 5 17 10 1 3 6 9 20 -23 8

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.