There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with HJK leading Haka by 22 points.
- HJK have the most scored goals (23) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have scored more than double the goals of Haka.
The hosts HJK saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Malmö FF.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Haka's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Haka have performed like this: Played 16 matches resulting in 8 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats with the goal stats 25-20 (scored/conceded).
HJK form and stats
5-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Veikkausliiga numbers at home for HJK, who have the most scored goals (23) in Veikkausliiga, so far this season.
No payout for HJK in their previous match, an away game at Malmö FF that ended in defeat 1-2.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Oulu (1-2).HJK are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won eight, drew five and lost zero.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for HJK, as the Champions League home game vs Malmö FF is only three days away.
HJK are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Bolt Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. HJK have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Haka form and stats
There's been little loot from Haka's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Veikkausliiga. Haka only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
The attacking players of Haka have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 325 minutes.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to KTP (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The Veikkausliiga match ended in a draw 0-0.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus KuPS.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Haka played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win two times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Haka have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. 8 goals have been conceded by Haka in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Haka - HJK 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - one - zero (HJK wins - draws - Haka wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Riski 4 goals |  F. Valenčič 4 goals |  L. Farinhas Taffner 3 goals |
HJK missing players
Haka missing players
| HJK | Haka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 17% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 58% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 42% |
| 6.1 | 7.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| 4.9 | 6.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 39% | 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 33% | 26% |
- All of HJK's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- HJK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- HJK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- HJK have scored in all their home matches so far.
- HJK have scored more than double the goals of Haka.
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals (13) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals (23) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the the best goal difference (+16) in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Veikkausliiga
- HJK have won all their matches at home so far.
- HJK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- HJK have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- HJK haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Haka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | KuPS | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Lahti | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | SJK | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | HIFK | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Ilves | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Honka | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Haka | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | KTP | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 7 |
| 12 | Oulu | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 7 |