With their 20 point advantage in the league table, HIFK fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against RoPS.
It's no vacation for neither HIFK nor RoPS as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
HIFK form and stats
HIFK have collected 12 points from their Veikkausliiga home games so far after 3-3-4. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on HIFK to get some points in this home game.
The fans are hoping that HIFK will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Veikkausliiga game against HJK (placed 1st). Ahead of that match, HIFK lost 1-2 at home to Ilves.
The HIFK fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.
RoPS form and stats
RoPS, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Veikkausliiga, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Veikkausliiga, after 1-0-9 (10 played). It's a growing despair in RoPS as they have recorded three consecutive losses. RoPS seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
It might be tough going out on the road again for RoPS, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus TPS (placed 11th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Lahti.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from RoPS's away games in the league this season with only 5 goals from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that RoPS concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the RoPS - HIFK 0-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five HIFK victories, three draws and two RoPS wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Tukiainen 5 goals |  S. Mattila 4 goals |
HIFK missing players
RoPS missing players
| HIFK | RoPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 31 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 25 | 47 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 80% |
| 60% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 60% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 45% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 30% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 177 | 96 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 50 | 110 |
| 70 | 39 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 19 | 43 |
| 39% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 30% |
- HIFK has the fewest points from losing position (1) in Veikkausliiga
- HIFK have scored more than double the goals of RoPS.
- RoPS has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the fewest points (3) away in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the fewest scored goals (13) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the fewest scored goals (5) away in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the most conceded goals (25) away in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the most conceded goals (47) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the the worst goal difference (-20) away in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS has the the worst goal difference (-34) in Veikkausliiga
- RoPS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- RoPS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- RoPS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 31 | 44 |
| 2 | KuPS | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 41 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 37 |
| 4 | Honka | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Ilves | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | Lahti | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | SJK | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | HIFK | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -10 | 20 |
| 10 | Haka | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -16 | 19 |
| 11 | TPS | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 15 |
| 12 | RoPS | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 25 | -34 | 5 |