The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. HIFK are in the 5th position while the guesting TPS worry at 11th.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Veikkausliiga game only four days ago.
It should be mentioned that TPS play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for TPS on artifical turf are 3 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 15 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 12-24. You can compare this with overall results below.
HIFK form and stats
HIFK have played three Veikkausliiga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
HIFK enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Haka's place. The match ended 2-0 with M. Hänninen and Tiquinho scoring. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Ilves the opponent.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does HIFK handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for HIFK here at Bolt Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). HIFK are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).
TPS form and stats
TPS, who have the most conceded goals (14) in Veikkausliiga, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Veikkausliiga, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
TPS failed to get anything from their last game, a Veikkausliiga home match vs Honka (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Prior to that result TPS won their away game at RoPS. The scoreline was 3-2.
TPS are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.
TPS are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). For TPS, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Mattila 3 goals |  L. Farinhas Taffner 2 goals |  M. Olawale 2 goals |
HIFK missing players
TPS missing players
| HIFK | TPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 4.7 | 6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 59 | 22 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 33 | 65 |
| 23 | 7 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 43% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 31% |
- All of HIFK's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- HIFK has the most conceded goals in the first half (7)
- HIFK has the most matches over the total-line (5)
- HIFK have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- HIFK haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- TPS has the fewest scored goals (5)
- TPS has the most conceded goals (14)
- TPS has the most conceded goals in the second half (10)
- TPS has the the worst goal difference (-9)
- TPS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- TPS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- TPS 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 | KuPS | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | HJK | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Honka | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | HIFK | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Ilves | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 7 | Lahti | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | Mariehamn | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | SJK | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Haka | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | TPS | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 12 | RoPS | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 2 |